Ligne claire (French for "clear line", pronounced [liɲ klɛʁ]; Dutch: klare lijn, pronounced [ˈklaːrə ˈlɛin]) is a style of drawing created and pioneered...
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TGV (redirect from Ligne à grande vitesse)
inaugural service between Paris and Lyon in 1981 on the LGV Sud-Est (LGV for Ligne à Grande Vitesse; "high-speed line"), the network, centred on Paris, has...
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Maginot Line (redirect from Ligne Maginot)
The Maginot Line (French: Ligne Maginot, IPA: [liɲ maʒino]), named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, is a line of concrete fortifications...
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Saint-Étienne–Lyon railway (redirect from Ligne Saint-Etienne-Lyon)
1830–1833 Technical Line length 57 km (35 mi) Number of tracks Double track Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Electrification 1.5 kV DC...
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Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway (redirect from Ligne Paris-Caen)
Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg (370 km from Paris). It was electrified with 25 kV AC in June 1996. The main stations on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway...
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Major Capt = Captain Lt = Lieutenant (w) = wounded (mw) = mortally wounded (k) = killed in action (c) = captured Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Army:...
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8ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne (line infantry) 45ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne 54ème Régiment d'lnfanterie de Ligne 2nd Division – General of Division...
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Maucune 6e Légère (3 bns) 69e Ligne (3 or 4 bns) 2nd Brigade GB Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet 39e Ligne (3 or 4 bns) 76e Ligne (3 or 4 bns) 2nd Division...
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artist – "Hergéan" (comics in Hergé's graphic style, usually meaning the ligne claire) Milton S. Hershey, American businessman – Hershey Company Heinrich...
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du Nord to the north (which formerly terminated at Gare du Nord) and the Ligne de Sceaux to the south (which formerly terminated at Luxembourg station)...
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