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1 day ago · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history ...
- 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942, (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
- Axis captured approximately 600,000 square kilometres of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A-A line
- Soviet Victory, Axis operational failure
4 days ago · Saturday, 18 November 2023. By Ugo Realfonzo. Leopold II giving a speech on Congo at the Bourse in 1893 on the left, and Belgian King Leopold II. Credit: Creative Commons. On this day, 18 November 1889, King Leopold II organised an anti-slavery conference in Brussels. Rather than being a key moment for abolitionism in Europe, it helped secure ...
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Apr 29, 2024 · Human Action: A Treatise on Economics is a work by the Austrian economist and philosopher Ludwig von Mises. Widely considered Mises' magnum opus, [1] it presents the case for laissez-faire capitalism based on praxeology, his method to understand the structure of human decision-making. Mises rejected positivism within economics, and defended an ...
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3 days ago · History Origin. The family stems from the Lords of Seinsheim, who had established themselves in Franconia during the Middle Ages. A branch of the Seinsheim family (the non-Schwarzenberg portion died out in 1958) was created when Erkinger of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian territory of Schwarzenberg and the castle of Schwarzenberg in Scheinfeld during the early part of the 15th century.
- Joseph II, 6th Prince of Schwarzenberg
- Seinsheim
5 days ago · Charles II King of Spain 1661–1700: Margaret Theresa of Spain 1651–1673: Leopold I Holy Roman Emperor 1640–1705: Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg 1655–1720: Louis Grand Dauphin of France 1661–1711: Maria Antonia of Austria 1669–1692: Charles VI Holy Roman Emperor 1685–1740: Louis Petit Dauphin of France 1682–1712: Philip V King of ...
4 days ago · Bonne of Luxemburg (also Boner) (May 20, 1315 – September 11, 1349), was born Jutta, the daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia and his first wife Elisabeth of Bohemia. Jutta was referred to in French historiography as Bonne de Luxembourg. Jutta was the eldest sister of the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who was ...
4 days ago · Book Sources: Leopold & Loeb. A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library. Click the title for location and availability information. Off campus access instructions (for e-books) The Loeb-Leopold Case by Alvin Sellers. Call Number: Online - free - Internet Archive. Publication Date: 1926.
