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Siston

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Siston St. Anne's Church, Siston, viewed from the southeast Siston Siston shown within Gloucestershire Population 4,552 (2011) [1] Civil parish Siston Civil Parish District South Gloucestershire Shire county Gloucestershire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Bristol Postcode district BS15, BS16, BS30 Police Avon and Somerset Fire Avon Ambulance South Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament Kingswood List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°28′29″N 2°27′00″W  /  51.4746°N 2.4501°W  / 51.4746; -2.4501 Coordinates: 51°28′29″N 2°27′00″W  /  51.4746°N 2.4501°W  / 51.4746; -2.4501 Siston (pronounced "sizeton") (anciently Syston, Sistone, Syton, Sytone and Systun etc.) is a small village and former manor in South Gloucestershire, England 7 miles (11 km) east of Bristol Castle, ancient centre of Bristol. The village lies at...

La Puebla de Almoradiel

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An La Puebla de Almoradiel amo an usa ka bungto ha Provincia de Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Espanya. igliwat Mga Bungto han Provincia de Toledo Ajofrín  · Alameda de la Sagra  · Albarreal de Tajo  · Alcabón  · Alcaudete de la Jara  · Alcañizo  · Alcolea de Tajo  · Aldea en Cabo  · Aldeanueva de Barbarroya  · Aldeanueva de San Bartolomé  · Almendral de la Cañada  · Almonacid de Toledo  · Almorox  · Arcicóllar  · Argés  · Azután  · Añover de Tajo  · Barcience  · Bargas  · Belvís de la Jara  · Borox  · Buenaventura  · Burguillos de Toledo  · Burujón  · Cabañas de Yepes  · Cabañas de la Sagra  · Cabezamesada  · Calera y Chozas  · Caleruela  · Calzada de Oropesa  · Camarena  · Camarenilla  · Camuñas  · Cardiel de los Montes  · Carmena  · Carranque  · Carriches  · Casarrubios del Monte  · Casasbuenas  · Castillo de Bayuela  · Cazalegas  · Cebolla  · Cedillo del Condado  · Cervera de los ...

Warsaw Uprising

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Not to be confused with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising or a Battle of Warsaw. For other uses, see Warsaw Uprising (disambiguation). Warsaw Uprising Part of Operation Tempest , World War II Polish Home Army positions, outlined in red, on day 4 (4 August 1944) Date 1 August – 2 October 1944 (63 days) Location Warsaw, Poland 52°13′48″N 21°00′39″E  /  52.23000°N 21.01083°E  / 52.23000; 21.01083 Coordinates: 52°13′48″N 21°00′39″E  /  52.23000°N 21.01083°E  / 52.23000; 21.01083 Result German victory Territorial changes Destruction of the city Belligerents Polish Underground State Polish First Army (from 14 September) [1] Supported by: Royal Air Force including Polish squadrons (4 August – 21 September) No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron South African Air Force [2] US Army Air Force (only on 18 September) Soviet Air Force (from 13 September)   Nazi Germany Commanders and leaders Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (POW) Tadeusz ...