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May 4, 2024 · In 1532, Brittany was incorporated into the Kingdom of France. France engaged in the long Italian Wars (1494–1559), which marked the beginning of early modern France. Francis I faced powerful foes, and he was captured at Pavia. The French monarchy then sought for allies and found one in the Ottoman Empire.
6 days ago · Tanks and mechanised infantry of the 24th Panzer Division advancing through Ukraine, June 1942, typifying fast-moving combined arms forces of classic blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg (/ ˈ b l ɪ t s k r iː ɡ / BLITS-kreeg, German: [ˈblɪtskʁiːk] ⓘ; from Blitz "lightning" + Krieg "war") or Bewegungskrieg is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force ...
2 days ago · The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, which lasted from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Italian Invasion ( Amharic: ጣልያን ወረራ, romanized : Ṭalyan warära ), and in Italy as the ...
- 3 October 1935 – 19 February 1937, (1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
4 days ago · This map illustrates European borders prior to the start of WWI in 1914 with black lines and new states formed by the First World War in red. As the map illustrates, a number of states became independent from Tsarist Russia. What new states were these? Do you think that newly found independence had an affect on nationalist movements in these areas?
Apr 22, 2024 · Gallica is the online library of the French National Library, with over 6 million documents online. Most finding aids are in French, so if you don't know much/any French, it will be best to search it for the French term for "interwar," L'entre-deux-guerres, names of places, people, individual years, or regimes (e.g., Vichy).
- Rachel Brekhus
- 2020
Apr 22, 2024 · Try to find out the European-language terms for subjects or periods of interest. For instance, the French term for "interwar period" is L'entre-deux-guerres You can also search names of places, people, individual years, or named events/regimes.
4 days ago · In both cases it seems clear that the agricultural development of the post-war period was strongly influenced by the policies and systems of wartime intervention, as would be demonstrated by the British Agriculture Act of 1947. In Spain, studied by Juan Pan-Montojo, the period 1935–55 marks the transition from a liberal to a regulated sector.
