the junction of the french and german armies
11World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
12Spring Offensive — This article is about the World War I German offensive of 1918. For the 1972 Spring Offensive during the Vietnam War, see Easter Offensive. German Spring Offensive, 1918 Part of the Western Front of World War I …
13Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
14France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
15Operation Michael — Part of the Western Front of World War I …
16United States campaigns in World War I — Two United States soldiers storm a bunker past the bodies of two German soldiers during World War I. Digitally restored. The American Expeditionary Force was engaged in 13 campaigns in World War I, during the period 1917–1918, for which campaign… …
17Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
18Monument aux Morts (Eastern Somme) — For an introduction, see Monument aux morts of the Western Somme. This article covers some of the monuments aux morts in the eastern side of the Somme region. Contents 1 Allonville 2 Athanase Fossé 3 Villers Bretonneux 4 …
19Ferdinand Foch — Generalissimo Ferdinand Foch Born 2 October 1851 Tarbes, France Died …
20SaarLorLux — or Saar Lor Lux, (French also SarLorLux ), a portmanteau of Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, Rhineland Palatinate, Wallonia, is a Euroregion of five different municipalities located in four different European states. The term has also been applied …
