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    Emmanuel Charles Mast (7 January 1889 – 30 September 1977) was a major general who participated in the liberation of North Africa in 1942 and was Resident...
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    a mast, however, when identifying a ship as "two-masted" or "three-masted" Fore-mast: the mast nearest the bow, or the mast forward of the main-mast. As...
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    He succeeded in contacting several French officers, including General Charles Mast, the French commander-in-chief in Algiers. These officers were willing...
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    Jury rigging (redirect from Jury mast)
    rigging). Similarly, after a dismasting, a replacement mast, often referred to as a jury mast (and if necessary, yard) would be fashioned, and stayed...
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    A mast (from Persian مست mast), in Meher Baba's teaching, is a person who is overwhelmed with love for God, accompanied with external disorientation resembling...
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    Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building. In many countries...
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    present an opportunity to bring together the French in North Africa and Charles de Gaulle's Free French. De Gaulle and Giraud met in late January but little...
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  • tallest mast on a ship with more than one mast, especially the tallest mast on a full-rigged ship. 2.  On a ship with more than one mast, the second mast from...
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    At the outbreak of World War II, Charles de Gaulle was put in charge of the French Fifth Army's tanks (five scattered battalions, largely equipped with...
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    natives of North Africa.[citation needed] Giraud designated General Charles Mast as his representative in Algeria. A secret meeting on 23 October with...
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