Applied in China from 1958 to 1960, the Great Leap Forward was an economic, social and political program designed by Mao Zedong in an attempt to move away from the Soviet model. Inaugurated at the 8th Congress of the Communist Party held from May 5 to 23, 1958, this friendly plan for social and econ
Summary:It is referred to as the Cold War the period of strong tensions between 1947 and 1991 between the United States (and its Western allies) and the Eastern bloc headed by the USSR. A legacy of the Second World War, this confrontation will only be tempered by the threat of nuclear weapons. Very
TheNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a political and military collective defense alliance founded on April 4, 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty. It was born in the climate of the Cold War, and is intended to discourage any aggression by the USSR by assuring the countries of Western Europe
Created on May 14, 1955 in the midst of the Cold War, theWarsaw Pact is a military alliance that brings together the USSR, Poland, Albania, the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. A counterpart of NATO, this pact is a response to the Paris Agreements (1954), which allow the rearmamen
The Watergate Scandal is an American political espionage case that took place in the Watergate building in Washington, used by the Democratic Party for the 1972 presidential election. The building was robbed on June 17, 1972 by five men who tried to install microphones there for the benefit of the R
Che Guevara is a revolutionary and guerrilla of Argentine origin, known for having participated in the Cuban Revolution alongside Fidel Castro. Having become the object of a real cult, the incarnation of a Marxist and idealist revolutionary who fought until his last breath, a condottiere of the 20th
Drafted by US Secretary of State George Marshall in 1947, the Marshall Plan was an economic and financial aid program aimed at contributing to the reconstruction of Europe, devastated by the Second World War. It is as much the fear of seeing a Europe ruined by the war stop supplying itself with Amer
True national myth in the United States, the conquest of the West American begins at the beginning of the 19th century. After gaining their independence, the American colonists attempt to reach the Pacific Ocean, considering it to be their Manifest Destiny. The immense territories located beyond the
At the end of the 19th century, the American West was the scene of many fortuitous discoveries of large deposits of fossils of dinosaurs! The public is passionate, the Museums compete to obtain always more specimens and in this unique context two men, two paleontologists, two old friends, will engag
Scottish physician and missionary to South Africa, David Livingstone undertakes, from 1849, various expeditions in central and southern Africa, during which he recognizes the course of the Zambezi and its tributary, discovers several lakes and contributes to solving the enigma of the source of the C
Victory over Napoleon at Waterloo , June 18, 1815, opens the way to the world supremacy of the British Empire . Indeed, it is not to Europe that Britain will now turn its efforts, but to the rest of the world. It is the construction of the Empire, certainly already begun the previous century, but wh
July 8, 1853, an American fleet commanded by Admiral Matthew Perry enters Edo Bay (now Tokyo) and officially requests the opening of Japan to international trade. Japan, an archipelago hitherto isolated from East Asia, is about to experience one of the turning points in its long history. Four Americ
The Congress of Vienna was an international conference held from September 1, 1814 to June 9, 1815 to set the framework for the new European order after the Napoleonic wars. This diplomatic meeting, in which Metternich and Talleyrand notably participated, was a major event in the history of internat
Mythical figure of Latin America , Simon Bolivar is the liberator of a large part of the South American continent from the Spanish yoke, which earned him the nickname El Libertador. Subsequently, he was notably president of Gran Colombia (Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador today) and gave his name to a
The Salvation Army is one of the oldest humanitarian organizations. Of English and Protestant origin, she combines spiritual mission and social mission. Its originality lies in its mode of organization, which is inspired by the military model. She intervenes wherever the need requires it and where h
In France , the abolition of slavery was voted for the first time in 1794 during the Revolution, and became effective by the decree of April 27, 1848 initiated by Victor Schoelcher . The abolitionist movement began in the 18th century, and it quickly became international, even if it first affected
First scout in the United States Army, bison and Indian hunter, William Cody aka Buffalo Bill, becomes famous thanks to his adventures told in the newspapers. Understanding that he could benefit from it, he became a friend of the Redskins while accepting that a collection of booklets be published,
Rackham the Red , known to Tintin fans as the hero of The Secret of the Unicorn, is not a totally fictional character! This pirate who was called Jack Rackham scoured the seas of Jamaica aboard the Revenge in the company of the two most sulphurous pirates in the history of filibuster:Anne Bonny and
John Law de Lauriston was a visionary in the 18th century, by creating banknotes, to replace coins that were too cumbersome and impractical in commercial exchanges, by establishing credits, current accounts, by pushing people to buy shares. The whole world of finance is based on the system of Law ,
The May Day 1707 the Act of Union signed by the Parliaments of England and Scotland takes effect. It gives birth to the Kingdom of Great Britain and puts a definitive end to the age-old rivalry between London and Edinburgh. This treaty is the result of the process of rapprochement between the two ki
Terrorism are violent acts committed by persons or groups in order to cause fear and material harm to a State or a population. The term emerged during the French Revolution, in order to designate the most radical factions of the revolutionary process, between 1793-1794. This definition would retur
Alexander Vasilievich Suvorov is a special case in military history. Although he was Russian, he had Swedish and Armenian blood in his veins. Although noble, he began his career in the army as a common soldier to reach with his merit, a rare thing at that time, the highest military positions in Russ
Although the participation of women in the Second World War was more active than it may seem a priori , her role was fundamentally in the rear, working in the war industry or holding auxiliary positions in logistics, for example. Of course, there was no shortage of cases of partisans and guerrilla
The exploitation of pau-brasil was the first commercial practice in Brazil, and it played a major role in the 16th century. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe vegetable known as brazilwood It has also been called pau-de-Pernambuco, however, its scientific name is Caesalpinia echinata. It was often found