World War II

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  Nuremberg Rally

  worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright

  Nuremberg Rally, or the Reich Party Congress, was an annual event held from 1927 to 1938 in Nürnberg, Germany. Organised on a massive scale by the …

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  Interview: French Fashion during the German Occupation (1940-1944)

  worldhistory.org - Babeth Étiève-Cartwright

  In 2024, France is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Liberation (1944), and as part of a series of conferences organised by the Société …

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  League of Nations

  worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright

  The League of Nations was founded in January 1920 to promote world peace and welfare. Created by the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the …

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  Treaty of Versailles

  worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright

  The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919, was an agreement between the victors of the First World War (1914-18) which redivided parts of Europe …

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  Bernard Montgomery

  worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright

  Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery(1887-1976) was one of Britain's top commnaders in the Second World War (1939-45). He famously defeated Erwin Rommel …

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  North Africa Campaign

  worldhistory.org - Mark Cartwright

  From 1940 to 1943, the desert of North Africa became an important theatre of the Second World War (1939-45) since it was the only place the British …