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ID: 7008656
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Record Type: administrative |
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Argonne (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 03 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 5.0500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Wooded plateau in NE France, in Meuse, Ardennes & Marne departments; scene of Dumouriez' campaign against the Prussians in 1792; site of Allied offensive in WW I (1918); overrun by Nazis in June 1940 in WW II; crossed by American army in August 1944. |
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| Argonne (preferred,C,V)
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| Argonne Forest (C,O)
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| L'Argonne (C,V)
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| Argonner Wald (C,O)
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| die Argonnen (C,O)
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| Argonna (H,O)
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| Argonnensis silva (H,O)
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Argonne (general region) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| general region (preferred, C) |
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| woods (C) |
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| plateau (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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