WWII
General Dietrich von Choltitz ignored orders to reduce this city to rubble & surrendered it largely intact August 25, 1944
Paris
The people of Zermatt go about their quaint ways at an altitude of 5,300 feet in these mountains
the Alps
Created in 2002, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States is better known as this
the 9/11 Commission
The Code of Hammurabi specified just one penalty for breaking & entering into a house--this
death
Its motto A Mari Usque Ad Mare, "From Sea to Sea", could refer to the Labrador & the Beaufort
Canada
Thousands of American women served as army WACs, Navy Waves, Coast Guard Spars & the Wasps of this U.S. military branch
Air Force
This town, Shakespeare's birthplace, is a big attraction in England
Stratford-upon-Avon
This judge & future U.S. president headed a 1900 commission that for a while became the lawmaking body of the Philippines
Taft
A founding text of this religion, the Manu-Smriti, or Laws of Manu, says a Brahmana must not disrespect teachers or parents
Hinduism
Haiti has this 3-word motto, the same as the country from which it won its independence
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Japanese forces in Burma invaded the northeast of this country in 1944 but were stopped at the battles of Imphal & Kohima
India
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This Indiana town got its name from a "Mad" general who set up a stockade there in 1794
Fort Wayne
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The McKay Commission called 1971 events in this N.Y. prison "the bloodiest 1-day encounter between Americans since the Civil War"
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Lex talionis, the law of retaliation, was summed up in this ocular phrase from Matthew 5:38
an eye for an eye
This African land has been using "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here" since 1847
Liberia
German & Finnish troops besieged this Russian city for 872 brutal days before Soviet forces broke through in 1944
Leningrad
The Jets of this Canadian city play in the Canada Life Centre; head on over & cheer them on with other Manitobans
Winnipeg
A 1970 report of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest discusses rules of engagement for the national guard of this state
Ohio
The code of this 6th century Byzantine emperor was the product of committees acting at his direction
Justinian
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Allahu Akbar, "God Is the Greatest", is used by these 2 neighbors that fought a bloody 1980s war
Iraq and Iran
The Allies invaded on D-Day at five beaches--U.S. troops at Omaha & Utah, the British at Golden Sword, & a Canadian & British force here
Juno Beach
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Dubbed "the Pearl of Lake Como", this quaint Italian town shares a name with a Vegas casino
Bellagio
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The Manhattan Engineer District of the Army Corps of Engineers, aka the Manhattan Project, was succeeded in 1947 by this agency
the Atomic Energy Commission
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The code of law established by this Athenian in the 7th century B.C. was so harsh his name gave rise to an adjective meaning severe
Draco
Plus Ultra, "Further Beyond", was the motto of the Holy Roman Empire's Charles V, aka Charles I as king of this country
Spain
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