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Western Front
Western Front or West Front may refer to: Military frontiers *Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (World War II), a military frontier to the west of Germany *Western Front (Russian Empire), a major unit of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I *Western Front (RSFSR), a Red Army group during the Russian Civil War and the Polish-Soviet War *Western Front (Soviet Union), an army group of the Soviet Union *Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), known in Turkey as the Western Front of the Turkish War of Independence *Operation Chengiz Khan, in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Art, entertainment and media *West Front (video game), a 1998 video game * ''Western Front'' (album), a 2006 album by Carbon/Silicon *Western Front (band), an American band active from 1985 to 1986 * ''The Western Front'' (book), a 2000 book by Richard Holmes about the First World War *''The Western Front'', a newspaper of Western Washington University * ''The Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The German advance was halted with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France, which changed little except during early 1917 and in 1918. Between 1915 and 1917 there were several offensives along this front. The attacks employed massive artillery bombardments and massed infantry advances. Entrenchments, machine gun emplacements, barbed wire and artillery repeatedly inflicted severe casualties during attacks and counter-attacks and no significant advances were made. Among the most costly of these offensives were the Battle of Verdun, in 1916, with a combined 700,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front (band)
Western Front was an American band formed in 1985 in Portland, Oregon that consisted of Fred Cole on vocals and guitar, Kevin Conner on bass, and Jeff Evans on drums. Cole had been in the garage rock band The Lollipop Shoppe and the punk rock band The Rats, among others. Western Front still had some punk influence but was more inspired by country music. They released two singles on Cole's Whizeagle label, "Orygun" b/w "Clementine" and "Stampede" b/w "Looking Back At Me." On a third single, "Coming on Strong" b/w "Rather Be Your Lover," they backed up Cole's wife Toody, who had been in The Rats. By 1986, the band had broken up. Fred and Toody went on to form The Range Rats, and later Dead Moon Dead Moon was an American punk rock band active from 1987 to 2006, formed in Portland, Oregon. History Fronted by the singer/guitarist Fred Cole, the band also included the bass guitarist Toody Cole and the drummer Andrew Loomis. Veterans .... References Musical groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front Society
Western Front (Western Front Society) is an artist-run centre located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1973 by eight artists (Martin Bartlett, Mo van Nostrand, Kate Craig, Henry Greenhow, Glenn Lewis, Eric Metcalfe, Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov ) who wanted to create a space for the exploration and creation of new art forms. After they purchased the former Knights of Pythias lodge hall located in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, it quickly became a centre for poets, dancers, musicians and visual artists interested in exploration and interdisciplinary practices. Many of the Western Front's early works reflect this interdisciplinary ethos with early influences of Duchampian and Fluxus-based investigations into mail art, telecommunications art, live electronic music, video and performance art. Western Front also supported a number of political and activist projects - in one of their most famous performance pieces, founding member Vincent Trasov adopted the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front Association
The Western Front Association (WFA) was inaugurated on 11 November 1980, in order to further interest in the Great War of 1914-1918. The WFA aims to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of all those who fought on all sides and who served their countries during the Great War. The Western Front Association does not seek to justify or glorify war. It is not a reenactment society, nor is it commercially motivated. It is entirely non-political. The object of the Association is to educate the public in the history of The Great War with particular reference to the Western Front. The WFA was established by military historian John Giles, who enlisted the help of the historian John Terraine, who co-wrote the landmark television series ''The Great War'', which was first broadcast by the BBC in 1964. Giles was driven to form The Western Front Association as a result of the creation of such groups as 'The Gallipoli Association' which had been established in 1969, and, in the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Western Front (film)
''The Western Front'' is a 2010 American feature-length documentary film directed by debut director Zachary Iscol about his experience as a Marine officer in Iraq and how the US changed its tactics in Iraq over time, produced by Radha Agrawal and Zachary Iscol, and written by Zachary Iscol. The film, the first about the Iraq War made by someone who served in it, debuted at the 2010 TriBeCa Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Productions. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Tribeca was f ..., and screened around the United States. CBC. References External links ...
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Joel Feeney And The Western Front
''Joel Feeney and the Western Front'' is the debut studio album by Canadian country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ... artist Joel Feeney. It was released in 1991 by Justin Entertainment. It includes the singles "It's a Beautiful Life", "Poor Billy", "Diamonds", "One Good Reason", "If Anything Could Be" and "The Tennessee Hills". Track listing References {{Authority control 1991 debut albums Joel Feeney albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Western Front (TV Series)
''The Western Front'' is an Australian rules football television series that has been broadcast on Network Ten in Western Australia in 2002 and ended on 8 October 2011. The show focuses on the two Western Australian teams in the Australian Football League, and , as well as the West Australian Football League. The show has been hosted by Tim Gossage and Lachy Reid from its debut until 2010, but for the 2011 season, Reid will host it with a guest host each week. The show is notable for encouraging people to form a "big 'W'" hand sign in the background of television broadcasts on any show on any network. The sign is created by holding your hands up in front of you with the thumbs touching and only the index fingers extended, to form a "W" shape. Each week the show highlights signs seen at football matches, behind outside broadcasts or posed photos of people forming the W at notable locations around the world. They also encourage celebrities to form the "W" sign, and have filmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Washington University
Western Washington University (WWU or Western) is a public university in Bellingham, Washington. The northernmost university in the contiguous United States, WWU was founded in 1893 as the state-funded New Whatcom Normal School, succeeding a private school of teaching for women founded in 1886. In 1977, the university adopted its present name. WWU offers a variety of bachelor's and master's degrees. In 2019, there were 16,142 students, 15,240 of whom were undergraduate students, and 664 full time faculty. Its athletic teams are known as the Vikings, which compete in division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The main campus is located on 215 acres in Bellingham, Washington. Branch campuses are located in Anacortes and Lakewood, Washington. The university is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Additional accreditation is held by individual colleges. History Western was established as the Northwest Normal School, a teachers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Western Front (book)
''The Western Front'' is a 2000 book by Richard Holmes about the western front of the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... '' Kirkus Reviews ''called it a "concise, balanced study". References {{DEFAULTSORT:Western Front History books about World War I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front (album)
Carbon/Silicon is a rock music duo consisting of Mick Jones (formerly of The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik). The band formed around 2002. Career Similar in many respects to Jones' earlier work in Big Audio Dynamite, Carbon/Silicon aims to break the traditional approach to rock and roll. The band was described by critic Alan McGee as "...the Stones jamming with a laptop," as they initially made extensive use of samples in their recordings and live shows but have given up that practice in recent years. The formation of the band was catalyzed by the internet and file sharing. The first song written by Jones and James was entitled "MPFree," in which they expressed their willingness to embrace the technology of the internet and file sharing, in the interest of spreading music, rather than profit. The band still makes live bootlegs and recordings freely available through their own website, and the fansite. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front (World War II)
The Western Front was a European theatre of World War II, military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian campaign (World War II), Italian front is considered a separate but related theater. The Western Front's 1944-1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater of Operations, United States Army, European Theater by the United States, whereas Italy fell under the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army, Mediterranean Theater along with North Africa. The Western Front was marked by two phases of large-scale combat operations. The first phase saw the capitulation of Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, and France during May and June 1940 after their defeat in the Low Countries and the northern half of France, and continued into an air war between Germany and Britain that climaxed with the Battle of Britain. The second phase consisted of large- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Front (video Game)
''West Front'' is a 1998 computer wargame developed and published by TalonSoft. It is the sequel to '' East Front'' and the second game in the ''Campaign'' series. In 1999, ''West Front'' was followed by '' East Front II: The Russian Front''. Gameplay ''West Front'' is a computer wargame that simulates conflict during the Western Front of World War II and the North African campaign. Development ''West Front'' was created with an updated version of the game engine from '' East Front'', its direct predecessor. It is the second entry in TalonSoft's ''Campaign'' series. Reception According to TalonSoft head Jim Rose, ''West Front'' early sales were strong, and were on track to surpass the roughly 90,000 units sold by its predecessor. By February 2000, the overall ''Campaign'' series had achieved global sales above 250,000 copies. The editors of ''GameSpot ''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
