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5 days ago · Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian general and military thinker, whose work Vom Kriege (1832; On War) has become one of the most respected classics on military strategy. Clausewitz enlisted in the Prussian army in 1792, and in 1793–95 he took part (and was commissioned) in the campaigns of the.
1 day ago · Battle of Verdun. / 49.20806°N 5.42194°E / 49.20806; 5.42194. The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took ...
- 21 February – 18 December 1916, (9 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
- French victory
4 days ago · Born: April 15, 1452, Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence [Italy] Died: May 2, 1519, Cloux [now Clos-Lucé], France (aged 67) Notable Works: “Battle of Anghiari” “Last Supper” “Leda” “Mona Lisa” “Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci” “St. Jerome” “The Benois Madonna” “The Virgin of the Rocks” “Treatise on Painting” “Virgin and Child with St. Anne”
- Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich
2 days ago · Famille et jeunesse (1896-1914) [ | le code] Selon les historiens Jean Lopez et Lasha Otkhmezuri, reprenant les travaux de Boris Sokolov, les origines extrêmement pauvres de Gueorgui Joukov sont exagérées. Cette construction, due aux Mémoires écrits entre 1958 et 1969 par Joukov lui-même (avec l'aide d'Anna Davydovna Mirkina) et reprise par presque toutes les biographies, a été faite ...
- Георгий Константинович Жуков
- Russe, puis soviétique
10 hours ago · Luxembourg is a representative democracy headed by a constitutional monarch, Grand Duke Henri, making it the world's only remaining sovereign grand duchy . Luxembourg is a developed country with an advanced economy and one of the world's highest GDP (PPP) per capita as per IMF and World Bank estimates.
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- National language:, Luxembourgish, Administrative languages:, Luxembourgish, French, German
10 hours ago · Francisco Villagrán de León, 70, Guatemalan diplomat, academic and presidential advisor, ambassador to the United States (2008–2011, 2012–2013), complications from a fall. Md. Wali Ullah, 87, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996). Mark Wells, 66, American ice hockey player, Olympic champion .
1 day ago · Auschwitz (en allemand : Konzentrationslager Auschwitz Écouter, « camp de concentration d'Auschwitz ») est le plus grand complexe concentrationnaire du Troisième Reich, à la fois camp de concentration et centre d'extermination. Faisant auparavant office de camp militaire, il est situé dans la province de Silésie, à une cinquantaine de ...
