No history of the First World War would be especially intelligible without a Who's Who gallery of its primary protagonists. This section of the website goes some way towards providing background information on the people who shaped events and perceptions. ...
结果1 题目 六、完形填空:阅读短文,选择正确的选项填人横线中。World War I (1914-1918) was once known 1"the war to end all wars", because people believed that there would be no more wars after it was over. About 2 people died dur-ing the war. But about twenty years later, World ...
war was signed. Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Joseph Weishaar, who was a 25-year-old architectural intern when his design for the memorial beat out more than 360 applicants from over 20 countries; and with artist Sabin Howard, for whom devising and sculpting the 60-foot-long sculpture...
The complex took shape after World War II and was strengthened during the Cold War with the majority of Fortune 500 companies becoming defense contractors. Throughout the entire Cold War period, U.S. defense spending amounted to 10 trillion dollars, and the direct beneficiaries were the military-...
aWhen the U.S. enters World War I, the Pier houses several regiments of soldiers, Red Cross and Home Defense units as well as a barracks for recruits. 当美国。 参与第一次世界大战,码头安置战士、红十字和家庭防御单位的几个军团并且营房为新兵。 [translate] ...
Who broke the Treaty of London? Ultimately, France and England broke the Treaty of London. The Allied Powers went back on the promise to give Italy land in return for joining the war on their side. Italy had been in an alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary before the war beg...
Britain supported France and Germany was persuaded to back down for part of French Congo.Bosnian CrisisIn 1908, Austria-Hungary took over the former Turkish province of Bosnia. This angered Serbians who felt the province should be theirs. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war, Russia, allied...
This French film starring Audrey Tautou and Gaspard Ulliel follows a woman named Mathilde as she searches for her beloved fiancé who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during the war. Her fiancé, along with four other soldiers, was convicted of trying to escape military service, ...
World War Z: Directed by Marc Forster. With Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governmen
France, with a desire to regain their land previously lost to Germany, declared their support of Russia. Soon after that, Britain declared war on Germany. On August 23, 1914, Japan, who was motivated by the opportunity to capture German possessions in China, joined the Allied countries. By ...