As early as 1915, it was clear that the main battlefield of the First World War - the Western Front - had a stalemate. As in previous conflicts, especially the wars of inheritance in the 18th century, there may have been hopes that diplomats would eventually solve the problems. Unfortunately, all these hopes soon came to fruition.
After its defeat in World War I, Germany ceased to be a monarchy. The so-called Weimar Republic was created. It was in the early 1920s, in the throes of a huge crisis.
As always, extreme forces took advantage of the bleak economic situation. The extreme left, represented by the Communists, grew enormously in importance. Against them, fiercely nationalist forces were forming. Fighting between the Communists and the so-called Freikorps was a daily occurrence on the streets of Germany.
The life and work of a former commander in chief of Allied troops in World War II and a prominent post-war American president.
The article deals with a brief evaluation of the four most important strategic concepts of the Western Powers (mass retaliation, flexible response, MAD and SDI).
The article is devoted to the description of the final battles of Stalingrad, as reported by the Nazi press of the time - specifically the daily Elbetalzeitung.
The two allies from the beginning of the Cold War gradually got into bigger and bigger disputes, which eventually escalated into armed struggles at common borders.
As Rommel began his retreat to the west, the Allies conducted their first joint amphibious operation. On November 8, 1942, Anglo-American troops landed under General Eisenhower in Northwest Africa.
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