Memories of the Nevisian maroons'struggle under the plantation system are preserved in place names such as Maroon Hill, an early centre of resistance.
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The University of the Witwatersrand is one of the leading universities in Africa, and is famous as a centre of resistance to apartheid.
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Home Guard troops were largely responsible for the defence of nodal points and other centres of resistance such as towns and defended villages.
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The house where the Boissevain family had moved at the end of 1939 gradually became an important centre of resistance and sabotage activities.
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The Kingdom of Two Sicilies ended some days later when the last organized centre of resistance, Civitella del Tronto, surrendered on March 20, 1861.
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Batalion Zo [ ka was established by leaders of the Polish Scouting movement ( code name : Szare Szeregi ), a centre of resistance to the Nazi occupation.
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The fourth group landed in the town itself, which proved to be the main centre of resistance, the last group was kept onboard ship to act as a floating reserve.
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Russian military officials say Gudermes, a town 40 kilometres east of Grozny with strong fortifications and containing about 5, 000 fighters, is likely to become the next centre of resistance.
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The Uprising was to be started in three phases, the first being in the East ( with main centres of resistance in Lw�w and Wilno ), before the advancing Red Army.
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The main centre of resistance was captured in 1837, Tuanku Imam Bonjol was captured and exiled soon after, and by the end of the next year the war was effectively over.
