The Vichy French government hands southern Indochina over to the Japanese. July 26: The British and American governments freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in Japanese assets in their respective nations. The Japanese will employ the same tactic in two days. General Douglas MacArthur is called ...
Being a leader in the movement to end apartheid in South Africa was probably the greatest achievement of the man’s life work, and it should come as a surprise to no one that this is the focus of his many obituaries, along with the Nobel he was awarded in 1984. After Martin Luther Ki...
Europe. She stayed on to help friends and then soon strangers as well find refuge. After the fall of Pairs that summer of 1940 her villa in the hills above Monaco became a meeting place for young men and women of the Resistance against the German occupation and the Vichy government. ...
Here’s a secret beauty brands don’t want you to know. Large corporations love to save money. To cut down on production costs, they use the same active ingredients in both their high-end and low-end products. Then, they add different scents and texture to differentiate them. That’s wh...
the system. By the mid-nineteenth century, the French government adopted the system as their official measuring system. Answer and Explanation: During the French Revolutions, the leaders of the revolutionary efforts attempted to not only overthrow a monarchical government, but also create a......
This Day in History Video: What Happened on October 15European History 1945 Vichy leader executed for treasonWorld War II 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmed to the Supreme CourtU.S. Government and Politics 2004 “Funeral coaches” exempted from car‑seat lawInventions & Science 1965 Antiwar demonstrati...
Winston Churchill was a former Prime Minister of Great Britain who was instrumental in the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II. His leadership style is often the subject of academic study and debate. Answer and Explanation: The most concise interpretation of Winston Churchill's leadership ...
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For the majority of the rest of the world, what has happened has a varying level of interest, from the ‘ what’s it got to do with us,’‘ to the interesting but we have far more important things to think about right now,’ or ‘look what happened to the Gringoes, nice to see...
This was the period that became foundational for the so-called bond vigilantes that emerged in the 1980s. They were big bond-fund managers that had gotten burned during those prior years, and that then refused to buy government bonds unless the yields were high enough. And for the next 20...