Thunder Cross (Disambiguation)
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Thunder Cross is one of the names in Latvian for swastika
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Pērkonkrusts
, the Latvian fascist organisation led by Gustavs Celmiņš
, is also sometimes referred to in English as the Thunder Cross.
Other uses of "Thunder Cross" include:
Swastika
The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing form in counter clock motion or its mirrored left-facing form in clock motion. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient...
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Pērkonkrusts
Perkonkrusts
Pērkonkrusts , was a Latvian political party founded in the 1930s. This group adapted fascist ideology to the situation in independent Latvia after 1918. It was the largest and longest-lived organisation of its kind in Latvia...
, the Latvian fascist organisation led by Gustavs Celmiņš
Gustavs Celminš
-Biography:Born in Riga, he was educated at the commerce school of the Riga Stock Exchange, and graduated in Moscow. In 1917, he began studies at the Riga Polytechnical Institute which had been evacuated to Moscow...
, is also sometimes referred to in English as the Thunder Cross.
Other uses of "Thunder Cross" include:
- Thunder Cross (arcade game)Thunder Cross (arcade game)Thunder Cross is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released in arcades by Konami in 1988. Thunder Cross used a "layered scrolling" background, a new 2D graphics technique at the time...
, a 1988 scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game - Rhapsody of FireRhapsody of FireRhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
formally Thundercross, an Italian power metal band