war of independence
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America initially tried avoiding a Middle East arms race and didn’t sell weapons to Israel during its 1948 War of Independence or for its 1956 Sinai campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
He did so conspicuously at the end of the War of Independence, then again after eight years as president.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026
He wrote a 12-book series around the character, a British soldier who returns to Cornwall from the American War of Independence and rebuilds his tattered estate, reopens his father's derelict mine and finds love.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
On the heels of World War One, there was a lot of instability and she walked right into The Turkish War of Independence.
From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023
When the War of Independence erupted in 1775, Bushnell donated the Turtle to the Colonial forces.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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