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- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies of World War II) that consisted of those nations opposed to the Axis Powers ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
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- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies of World War II) that consisted of those nations opposed to the Axis Powers ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- term was commonly used up until the end of World War II. Zaibatsu were usually ... After Japan’s surrender (1945) in World War II, the breakup of the ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- The First Italo–Ethiopian War was fought between Italy and Ethiopia ... perhaps the weakest of all the colonial powers, arguing that this detracts ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 17:24, 28 March 2024
- a number of outstanding issues between the powers. A rift in the relationship ... to describe the failure of the Western powers to live up to its claims ...13 KB (2,093 words) - 10:05, 22 May 2023
- brother-in-law of the German Emperor William II and the elected king of Finland ... parliament. With the defeat of Germany in World War I, the monarchy was abandoned ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Deputy to General ... Clay was a man whose training was for war, but he had the foresight ...11 KB (1,629 words) - 02:26, 5 November 2022
- in extensive research, especially during World War II. His study of radio ... Not only did radar greatly assist the Allies in the world war, but ...7 KB (1,005 words) - 05:01, 17 June 2023
- Iran (Persia). It was the first of three World War II conferences of the ... and against Japan, and the envisaged post-war settlement. A separate protocol ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- V who died four months before the end of World War I, he succeeded to the ... people were responsible for entering the war, so the people should not ...16 KB (2,497 words) - 04:11, 9 November 2022
- created after Italy joined other European powers in establishing colonies ... were limited to Africa. By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Italy had ...17 KB (2,625 words) - 06:22, 11 March 2024
- Harbor against pirates and rival naval powers. During the 1942 Battle of ... Great Britain, which had carved out colonies throughout the world ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- to ultranationalism. In 1937, it engaged in war with China for a second time ... After World War II, Japan was occupied by a foreign power for the ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- Total war is a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available ... century caused a change in thinking. Such a war does not require the mobilization ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- as the consequence of the Turkish War of Independence between the ... secular Muslim majority state in the world. The Turkish people were ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1923. some support from the West European powers, who sympathized with their ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the ... soldier." In 1951, during the Korean War, he resisted Gen. Douglas ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- World War II participants. The [[ALlied Powers (World War II)|Allies]] depicted ... The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed ...31 KB (4,510 words) - 07:22, 23 August 2023
- Regiments.org, Boxer Rebellion (Third China War) 1900. By August 1900, over ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, ... he wanted above all to remove the causes of war "insofar as humanly possible ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- In 1937, Japan engaged in war with China for a second time, and in ... for Japan’s involvement in China and World War II can be attributed ...23 KB (3,453 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- father, following Bulgaria's defeat in World War I. This was the country ... Boris died in 1943 during World War II and the Communists were able ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- December 2, 1823, proclaimed that European powers would no longer colonize ... forewarned the imperial European powers against interfering in the ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- Korea and South Korea stems from the 1945 Allied victory in World War II, ... The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- and as a commander on the Western Front in World War I, Haushofer was concerned ... strategies in Germany, resulting in World War II. Haushofer maintained ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- Panjang Ridge, on February 13, 1942, during World War II in the Battle of Singapore ... trade to China. European colonial powers had their way in Southeast ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- The Crimean War lasted from March 28, 1853 until April 1, 1856 and ... Victoria Cross (VC) was created after the war (January 29, 1856) to honor ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 06:24, 11 January 2024
- an active military officer could serve as War Minister or Navy Minister ... Incident in 1864, during which an allied fleet of Western powers bombarded ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- freedoms humans "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom ... to working for human rights around the world prior to the U.S. entry into ...12 KB (1,763 words) - 12:27, 22 May 2021
- Germany"), both formed in 1949, after World War II. The East had been ... the GDR and FRG and the four occupying powers produced the so-called "Two ...20 KB (3,005 words) - 09:18, 5 December 2022
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... in part to bolster its efforts in the Korean War, as well as out of a larger ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- the Sudetenland Crisis among the major powers of Europe after a conference ... This had been forbidden by the victorious allied powers of the First World ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 18:57, 10 November 2022
- to her acceding to the throne led to the War of the Austrian Succession ... of Prussia led to the Seven Years' War and later to the War of the ...16 KB (2,351 words) - 04:11, 6 November 2022
- a conference organized by the victors of World War I to negotiate the peace ... Conference involved deciding which of the Allied powers would administer territories ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- Lindbergh found her own place in the world as a writer. She would gain ... Europe was struggling still to recover from World War I, Lindbergh strongly ...12 KB (1,917 words) - 06:54, 28 July 2023
- was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied ... Negotiations between the allied powers started on May 7, the anniversary ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- are in London. Rolls-Royce planes powered Allied planes in World War I. In ... Rolls Royce engines famously set several world speed records in cars driven ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 02:47, 16 December 2022
- was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. His ironic ... His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 15:15, 25 January 2023
- The Eritrean War of Independence (September 1, 1961 – May 29, 1991 ... energy and resources they used in a 30 year war on education and development ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 19:31, 13 February 2024
- of these trials was the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- of the most distinguished field marshals of World War II. He was the commander ... 1942 Commando Order requiring that allied commandos captured in Europe ...24 KB (3,681 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- Ottoman parliament by Sultan the Abdul Hamid II, who abdicated, marking the ... this alliance led to the Ottoman defeat in World War I and to the end of their ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- worked in France on behalf of disabled war veterans and war orphans and ... 1909, as counsel at the Paris Court. During World War I, he was drafted into ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:06, 8 December 2022
- During World War II, the Allies discovered that the Nazis were using ... as part of the Campo dei Miracoli UNESCO World Heritage Site along with ...8 KB (1,257 words) - 18:48, 25 October 2022
- the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 following World War I when its territories ... #039;s renewed attempt to conquer Europe in World War I resulted in loss of ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- of the three most important East Slavic powers to have emerged from the ... of the European Union. A more unified world is only likely to emerge ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- hostile nations not involved in an open war de-escalate tensions through ... The two sides in the Cold War, the NATO powers and the Warsaw Pact ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- General of Australia. He fought in both World War I and World War II. He ... towards the defeat of the Axis Powers. Without such skilled military ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- The Cretan War (205 B.C.E.–200 B.C.E.) was fought by King Philip ... The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip ...30 KB (4,711 words) - 00:32, 27 December 2021
- commander of the Serbian army during World War I. Throughout his reign ... help protect the Balkans from outside powers; at this point Italy was ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2023
- play a role in the structure of the material world. Together with Bohr ... plaguing the theory, and it was only after World War II that a technique called ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2023
- Duke.Hindley (2000), 209. Her reign saw World War I and World War II, the ... Wilhelmina won respect and admiration for her role during World War ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- Ethiopia is one of the oldest states in the world, and the only native African ... helping hand from the colonial powers to progress and develop, ...17 KB (2,624 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- He had hoped to be viewed as a prisoner of war instead of a criminal assassin ... Because he considered his action an act of war, rather than a criminal ...14 KB (2,121 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... they were able to accurately predict the Allied invasion plans and adjust ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- Mauer), an iconic symbol of the Cold War, was initially constructed ... of 28 years. It was built during the post-World War II period of a divided ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- in the years during and after the Second World War. The vast amounts of ... a president, who has primarily ceremonial powers and is elected by a two-thirds ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- in a street battle with the Eight-Power Allied Forces in 1901. To support ... The outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) radically ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- The Pope also made use of the weakness of King Frederick II of Sicily ... Emperor and to elect Frederick II of Sicily. Frederick II made ...15 KB (2,410 words) - 19:30, 5 March 2024
- opposition and disastrous defeats in World War I, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated ... displaced the autocracy of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar of ...26 KB (3,801 words) - 18:19, 22 December 2022
- has been ruled by different imperial powers, and after World War II some ... He also hoped that Japan would commence a war against the western ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- instrumental in defeating the Japanese in World War II and presided over ... life, participating in three major wars (World War I, World War II, Korean ...47 KB (7,075 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- Revolution of 1979. The coup was a Cold War incident; it was feared that ... ability to defend democracy around the world. Reasons given for why the ...27 KB (4,144 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- Gustav II Adolf (December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632) (Gustav II ... peace-affirming people in the world. As a modern day supporter ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- Channel Islands by the Third Reich during World War II which lasted from ... and was sent to a German prison-of-war camp. On the night of July 14 ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- control. At the start of the first Punic War, Carthage was the dominant ... law, order and security to the known world. This administrative and ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- and journalist. He led France during World War I and was one of the ... French involvement in trade with the Arab world and in good relations with ...28 KB (4,425 words) - 22:45, 28 November 2022
- ===Martinique and World War II=== Fanon was born on the Caribbean island ... medal. When the Nazis were defeated and Allied forces crossed the Rhine ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 15:25, 6 October 2022
- recent than that of other former imperial powers, its legacy arguably opened ... to achieving an equitable and just world for all its people. ...18 KB (2,669 words) - 00:38, 27 February 2023
- The Thirty Years' War was fought between 1618 and 1648, principally ... During the war, Germany's population was reduced by 30 percent ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- At the end of World War II, thousands of Nazis who participated in ... so that they could be brought to justice for war crimes and crimes against ...23 KB (3,477 words) - 22:10, 29 January 2023
- gained a sense of belonging to the same world, governed by the same moral ... uneasy truce. After a tense standoff, and a war in Cisalpine Gaul after Antony ...27 KB (4,377 words) - 19:08, 21 August 2023
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known ... of India. For this reason, colonial powers considered it vital to keep ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- defeated in Romania's 1877 Independence War by the Romanian-Russian army ... During the Independence War of 1877-1878, Prince Charles personally ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- opposition and isolated Portugal from the world community. The regime was ... developed a real commitment to making the world a more prosperous, peaceful ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 20:38, 22 December 2022
- Atatürk rose to prominence during World War I, in which Turkey allied ... The Young Turks seized power from the Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1908 ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- led by Francis Xavier. By 1579, six regional war lords and approximately 100 ... to Christianity. By 1579, six regional war lords and approximately 100 ...21 KB (2,903 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- United States) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and least ... people remain an enigma to most of the world. Cemeteries uncovered on ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- a political association. However the Korean War galvanized the member states ... Throughout the Cold War doubts over the strength of the relationship ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, be used as a part of a larger ... well-defined panthe other faction in a civil war or insurrection situation ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- The Federal Republic of Germany was established after World War II ... from the massive destruction wrought by World War II to become home to ...36 KB (5,407 words) - 17:16, 4 May 2023
- In World War II he joined the Allied Powers (World War II) in aid of what ... When World War I began Menzies was 19, and his family decided that ...23 KB (3,472 words) - 01:43, 16 December 2022
- The Cretan War, or War of Candia, as the sixth Turkish–Venetian ... Papal bans on trade with the Muslim world, which even in the middle ...20 KB (3,128 words) - 19:12, 7 May 2020
- under Benito Mussolini (1926-1929). During World War II, he was active in ... He can be credited with helping to shape post-World War II Europe ...21 KB (3,168 words) - 23:30, 8 January 2023
- The history of Sicily has seen it usually controlled by greater powers—Roman ... was the most populous Greek city in the world. Sicilian politics was intertwined ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- offensive on the Western Front during World War II; to the south Operation ... of surprise achieved was compounded by Allied overconfidence, preoccupation ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. ... the battle was part of the endgame of the war that led up to the Allied ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- and Anatolian sections of Turkey. The world's narrowest strait used ... it. Istanbul, the only city in the world to bridge two continents ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- The First World War, known as the Great War before 1939 and as World ... The legacy of the war, in many respects, was World War II, which was ...72 KB (11,195 words) - 13:50, 20 May 2023
- enjoyed good relations with the Western powers, who sold him arms to defend ... competition in Budapest. At the outbreak of World War I, he was sent to Ruma ...26 KB (3,964 words) - 05:28, 7 May 2024
- Algiers played a role in World War II as the headquarters of Allied ... present are 30 times those accepted around the world. ==Geography== ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- of the United States for rebuilding the allied countries of Europe and containing ... NATO, that kept the peace during the Cold War by deterring the Soviet Union ...47 KB (7,376 words) - 19:38, 14 June 2023
- people of Italy that they were losing the war, they turned against the dictator. Mussolini entered World War II in June, 1940 on the side of Nazi Germany ...40 KB (6,139 words) - 09:16, 27 September 2023
- European power under the reign of Frederick II of Prussia (1740–1786). During ... Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Frederick II of Prussia's desire to ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- and is one of the largest artificial ports in the world. city since its inception. During the Second World War, the city served as a ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- In 1918 he joined the navy to serve in World War I and was assigned ... his son Geddes was killed in action during World War II, Mumford recalled ...29 KB (4,364 words) - 22:20, 25 October 2022
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... Pact, and were known as the Axis Powers. Then, nine months later ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- [Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], during the war, 1993. Photo by Mikhail Evstafiev]] of people fleeing Eastern Europe following World War II. Under international ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 19:39, 16 April 2023
- been annexed. An independent state after World War I, it was occupied by ... Vilnius, in the name of the whole Christian World, between Gediminas and the ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 06:32, 18 April 2024
- The Amazon River of South America is the world's largest river ... begins. It is the largest rainforest in the world and is of great ecological ...24 KB (3,833 words) - 15:24, 19 August 2023
