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Okinawa

Inside Japan

Also known as Grand Liuqiu · Grand Lu-chew · Grand Ryukyu

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Osaka

Inside Japan

Also known as Namba · Naniwa · Nishi-ku

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Satsuma Province

Inside Japan

Also known as province de Satsuma · Provincia de Satsuma · Provinz Satsuma

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Sekigahara

Inside Japan

Also known as Sekigaharachō

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Tokyo

Inside Japan

Also known as Edo · Jedo · métropole de Tokyo

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Jerusalem

Inside Asia

Also known as Aelia Capitolina · Al-Kuds · al-Quds

The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.

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Jordan

Inside Asia

Also known as Giordania · Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan · HKJ

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Aqaba

Inside Jordan

Also known as Acaba · Aelana · Akaba

Strategic Red Sea port captured by Arab forces from the Ottoman garrison on 6 July 1917.

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Kerak

Inside Jordan

Also known as Al-Karak · Burg Karak · Castelo de Kerak

A major crusader castle and lordship in Transjordan, historically associated with the lordship of Oultremer and the tensions preceding the 1187 campaign.

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Joseon

Inside Asia

Also known as Choson · Chosŏn · Choson Corea

Korean dynastic kingdom, 1392–1910.

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Kazakhstan

Inside Asia

Also known as Cazaquistao · Kasachstan · Kazachstan

Country in Central Asia.

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Kingdom of Jerusalem

Inside Asia

Also known as Crusader Kingdom · Jerusalem · Königreich Jerusalem

The Latin Christian polity in the Levant where the film’s court politics, frontier warfare, and defense of Jerusalem unfold.

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Kuwait

Inside Asia

Also known as Covaite · Cuvaite · Estado de Kuwait

Gulf country invaded by Iraq in 1990 and the principal setting of Airlift.

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Lebanon

Inside Asia

Also known as lb · Lebanese Republic · Liban

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Beirut

Inside Lebanon

Also known as Beirute · Bejrut · Beyrout

Capital city of Lebanon.

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Manchuria

Inside Asia

Also known as Dongbei · Liaoling · Manchooria

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Mongolia

Inside Asia

Also known as MGL · mn · Mongalie

Country in East Asia.

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North Korea

Inside Asia

Also known as Corea del Norte · Corea Popular · Corée Du Nord

Country in East Asia.

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Pakistan

Inside Asia

Also known as Hồi Quốc · Islamic Republic of Pakistan · Islamische Republik Pakistan

Country in South Asia.

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Lahore

Inside Pakistan

Also known as Lahaur · Lāhaur · Lahor

Capital of Punjab province in Pakistan.

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Saragarhi outpost

Inside Pakistan

Also known as Fort Saragarhi · outpost of Saragarhi · puesto de Saragarhi

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Philippines

Inside Asia

Also known as die Philippinen · Filipinas · Filipiny

Southeast Asian country where the Siege of Baler took place.

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Baler

Inside Philippines

Municipality in the Philippines and the site of the 1898–1899 Siege of Baler.

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Qin

Inside Asia

Also known as Ch'in · Chin · Ch'in-kuo

Ancient Chinese state that unified China in 221 BCE.

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Saudi Arabia

Inside Asia

Also known as Arabia Saudí · Arabia Saudita · Arabia Saudyjska

Country in Western Asia.

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Hejaz

Inside Saudi Arabia

Also known as Al-Hidżaz · Al-Hijaz · Al Ḩijaz

Historical region along the Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula and the core territory of the Hashemite-led revolt.

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Silla

Inside Asia

Also known as Gyerim · Kingdom of Silla · Sara

Historical Korean kingdom.

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South Korea

Inside Asia

Also known as Choson · Cor. du Sud · Corea del Sur

Country on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Busan

Inside South Korea

Also known as Busan Metropolitan City · Fuzan · Pusan

Major port city in South Korea.

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Gwangju

Inside South Korea

Also known as Cidade de Gwangju · Gwangju City · Gwangju-gwangyeoksi

South Korean city at the center of the May 1980 Gwangju uprising.

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Myeongnyang Strait

Inside South Korea

Also known as Uldolmok Strait

A narrow sea passage off the southwestern Korean Peninsula, where Yi Sun-sin used the currents and restricted waters to engage the larger Japanese fleet.

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Seoul

Inside South Korea

Also known as Ciudad Especial de Seúl · Gyeongseong · Hanseong

Capital city of South Korea and a major historical setting for modern Korean political history.

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Syria

Inside Asia

Also known as República Árabe Siria · République arabe syrienne · Siria

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Damascus

Inside Syria

Also known as Damas · Damasco · Damaskus

Major Syrian city entered by Arab and British forces on 1 October 1918 during the final phase of the revolt.

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Thailand

Inside Asia

Also known as Kingdom of Siam · Kingdom of Thailand · Königreich Thailand

Country in Southeast Asia.

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Chiang Mai

Inside Thailand

Also known as Chiang Mai City Municipality

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Tibet

Inside Asia

Also known as Greater Tibet · le Thibet · le Tibet

The Himalayan country through which Harrer travels and where he resides from 1946 until 1951.

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Lhasa

Inside Tibet

Also known as Barantola · Lasa · Lassa

The city where Harrer lives, works, and meets the young 14th Dalai Lama.

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Vietnam

Inside Asia

Also known as la République socialiste du Vietnam · República Socialista de Vietnam · República Socialista do Vietname

Country in Southeast Asia.

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Yemen

Inside Asia

Also known as Iemen · Iémene · Jemen

Country in West Asia.

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Yuan dynasty

Inside Asia

Also known as dinastía Yuan · dynastie Yuan en Chine · Empire du grand Khan

Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China, 1271–1368.

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British Empire

Also known as Britisches Weltreich · Empire · Empire britannique

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Byzantine Empire

Also known as Bizancio · Bizancjum · Byzantinisches Kaiserreich

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continent495

Europe

Also known as Alter Kontinent · continente europeo · continente europeu

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Austria

Inside Europe

Also known as Autriche · Österreich · República da Áustria

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Mauthausen concentration camp

Inside Austria

Also known as 007 · Camp de Mauthausen · Campo de concentração de Mauthausen

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Salzburg

Inside Austria

Also known as Juvavum · Salisbourg · Salisburgo

Mozart’s birthplace and the seat of his former employment before he established himself independently in Vienna.

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Vienna

Inside Austria

Also known as Viena · Vienna, Austria · Vienne

Habsburg imperial capital and the main setting for Mozart’s professional and personal life in the film.

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Austria–Hungary

Inside Europe

Also known as Austria · Austría-Hungría · austro-hongrois

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Belarus

Inside Europe

Also known as Belorussia · Belorussland · Belorußland

Country in Eastern Europe.

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Belgium

Inside Europe

Also known as Belg. · Belgia · Bélgica

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Bastogne

Inside Belgium

Also known as Baaschtnech · Bastenach · Bastenaken

City in Belgium, central to the Battle of the Bulge.

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Foy

Inside Belgium

Also known as Belgium Foy

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Leuven

Inside Belgium

Also known as Louvain · Lovaina · Lowanium

City in Belgium, also known as Louvain.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Inside Europe

Also known as ba · B&H · Bósnia

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Sarajevo

Inside Bosnia and Herzegovina

Also known as Bosna-Serai · City of Sarajevo · Sarajevo (Bosnia y Herzegovina)

Capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Czech Republic

Inside Europe

Also known as Bohemia · Česká republika · Česko

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Bohemia

Inside Czech Republic

Also known as Boehmen · Boêmia · Boheme

Historical region in the Czech Republic.

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Prague

Inside Czech Republic

Also known as City of Prague · Hlavní město Praha · Prag

Capital of the Czech Republic and setting of Operation Anthropoid.

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Slavkov u Brna

Inside Czech Republic

Also known as Austerlitz

Moravian town historically known as Austerlitz, near the battlefield of the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz.

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Czechoslovakia

Inside Europe

Also known as Československo · Checoeslovaco · Checoeslovaquia

Former state in Central Europe, 1918–1992.

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Denmark

Inside Europe

Also known as Dan. · Danemark · Danemark métropolitain

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Alheden

Inside Denmark

A major heathland area in central Jutland associated with eighteenth-century Danish land-improvement and settlement efforts.

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Copenhagen

Inside Denmark

Also known as Copenhaga · Copenhagen, Denmark · Copenhague

Capital of Denmark and principal court setting of A Royal Affair.

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Jutland

Inside Denmark

Also known as Cimbria · Jutlandia · Jutland Peninsula

The Danish peninsula containing the heathlands targeted for cultivation and settlement.

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Finland

Inside Europe

Also known as fi · Fin. · Finl.

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France

Inside Europe

Also known as Fr. · França · Francia

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Agincourt

Inside France

Also known as Azincourt

The northern French locality near which Henry V won his major victory on October 25, 1415.

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Avignon

Inside France

Also known as Avignoun · Avinhão · Avinhon

The papal residence and administrative center whose authority frames the conference at the abbey.

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Dunkirk

Inside France

Also known as Duinkerke · Duinkerken · Dune-Libre

Port city in northern France where Allied forces were surrounded and evacuated in May–June 1940.

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Forbach

Inside France

Also known as Fuerboch

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Haguenau

Inside France

Also known as Hagenau

City/commune in Alsace, France.

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Harfleur

Inside France

A Norman port besieged and captured by Henry V in September 1415.

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Jura

Inside France

Also known as Département Jura · FR-39 · Jura (department)

French department; setting region for A French Village.

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Le Mans

Inside France

Also known as Cenomanensium · Croix-Gazonfière · Denis-des-Coudrais

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Marseille

Inside France

Also known as Cité phocéenne · City of Marseille · Marsaille

Port city in southern France.

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Normandy

Inside France

Also known as Normandia · Normandia, França · Normandie

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Carentan

Inside Normandy

Historic town/former commune in Normandy, France.

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Omaha Beach

Inside Normandy

Also known as Bloody Omaha · Dog Green Sector · Dog Red Sector

One of the five Allied landing beaches in Normandy and the site of the film’s opening battle.

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Paris

Inside France

Also known as City of Light · City of Love · FR-75

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