Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole were nurses who improved the treatment of the ......................in the Crimean War from 1853โ6.
Wounded
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After the siege of Constantinople in 1204, the Crusaders ................the city and transferred its riches to Italy.
Looted
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baam
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shark
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gift
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lifesaver
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The ........................in the United States โ fought between the Northern and Southern States โ lasted from 1861 to 1865.
Civil war
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In 1805, naval ....................Horatio Nelson led the British Royal Navy to destroy the French-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Commander
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On 8th December 1941, President Roosevelt ............... war on Japan following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day
Declared
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banana
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In December 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary break in World War I for the celebration of Christmas. While an official ........................was refused, many soldiers declared their own unofficial truce.
Ceasefire
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The Great Fire of London .....................in a bakery on 2nd September 1666 and wasnโt extinguished until four days later.
broke out
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In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes attempted to ...............the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder.
blow up
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eraser
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thief
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Nelson Mandela was ......................in 1990 after having been imprisoned for 27 years.
Released
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star
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shark
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banana
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In the early 1930s, the divorced American Wallis Simpson ......... the heart of the heir to the British throne, who soon after became King Edward VIII. Their intended marriage caused a constitutional crisis and ultimately led to Edwardโs ab
Captured
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In 2018, convicted British football hooligans had to ....................their passports to police to prevent them from travelling to the World Cup in Russia.
Surrender
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Although the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 lasted only 38 minutes, over 500 people, both combatants and ................ , were killed or injured.