On July 10, 1942, Philippe Pétain obtained full powers and became the French head of state. For Pétain, the defeat of France is above all moral and political. He launched his National Revolution, authoritarian and conservative, under the slogan Work, Family, Fatherland. Developing a policy of collab
Copán , old ruin Maya Far West City Honduras near the Guatemalan border. It is located on the west bank of the Copán River, about 56 km west of the modern city Santa Rosa de Copán . The page has been added to World Heritage List 1980. Copán began as a small agricultural se
By Demercino Junior The Crusades were expeditions organized by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages, with the aim of retaking Jerusalem and spreading Christianity. One passage that world historiography has not covered very closely was the Childrens Crusade. Perhaps for lack of sources or for n
Sven Somme was a Norwegian civil servant, in 1940. But in April 1940, the Germans invaded his country and occupied it. Somme was unable to fight, due to age, but, together with his brother Jacob, joined the resistance. Jakob was captured by the Germans, brutally tortured and executed in 1943. Bu