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  • 81National Socialism — National Socialist. the principles and practices of the Nazi party in Germany. * * * or Nazism Totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of Germany s Nazi Party (1920–45). Its roots lay in the tradition of Prussian militarism and… …

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  • 82romance — romance1 romancer, n. n., adj. /roh mans , roh mans/; v. /roh mans /, n., v., romanced, romancing, adj. n. 1. a novel or other prose narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or… …

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  • 83Theodoric — /thee od euh rik/, n. A.D. 454? 526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493 526. * * * known as Theodoric the Great born 454 died Aug. 30, 526 King of the Ostrogoths and founder of the… …

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  • 84World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …

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  • 85Ludendorff, Erich — born April 9, 1865, Kruszewnia, near Poznań, Prussian Poland died Dec. 20, 1937, Munich, Ger. German general. In 1908 he joined the German army general staff and worked under Helmuth von Moltke in revising the Schlieffen Plan. In World War I he… …

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  • 86military technology — Introduction       range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… …

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  • 87Warren G. Harding: Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Friday, March 4, 1921       When one surveys the world about him after the great storm, noting the marks of destruction and yet rejoicing in the ruggedness of the things which withstood it, if he is an American he breathes… …

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  • 88Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 89Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 90Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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