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Thomas Kretschmann (pronounced [ˈtoːmas ˈkʁɛtʃman]; born 8 September 1962) is a German actor who has appeared in many European and American films.His notable roles include Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in Stalingrad (1993), Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist (2002), Hermann Fegelein in Downfall (2004), Captain Englehorn in King Kong (2005), Major Otto Remer in Valkyrie (2008), the ...
Thomas King (died 1688) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1679. King married into a merchant family of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and became a freeman of Yarmouth in 1647. He was a victualler to the parliamentary navy. In 1650 he moved his business to Harwich but in 1657 the ...
Total: 255,268 (56,643 dead) [6] [11] The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli ( Turkish: Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
The Golden Fleece (1944 UK version; aka Hercules, My Shipmate, 1945 US version) written by Robert Graves, is a somewhat humorous account of Jason and the Argonauts. Graves sometimes gives "natural" explanations to some of the myths. At other times he includes new myths of his own. The novel Jason (1961) by Henry Treece is narrated by Jason himself.
From 1462 to 1479, Lemnos was an object of wars between the Venetians and the Turks. Venice was forced to give it to the Ottoman Empire when it became the supreme power of the Aegean. After the Greek Revolution of 1821, Lemnos, like the other Eastern Aegean islands, did not join the newly built Greek State. Lemnos was finally set free in 1912 ...
The Argonauts ( / ˈɑːrɡənɔːt / AR-gə-nawt; Ancient Greek: Ἀργοναῦται, romanized : Argonaûtai, lit. ' Argo sailors') were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) [1] accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, Argo ...
Jan 11, 2016 · 443. Fragokefala at Lemnos Kristo Pantera (Atlas Obscura User) (Used with Permission) The Greek island of Lemnos is the mythic location of the forge of Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths, metallurgy ...
