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William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, teacher, and writer. He served as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War, where his skills as an officer and strategist were recognized. But he is also widely criticized for his harsh scor
The Second World War allowed the Soviet Army to take most of Central and Eastern Europe and gradually, all the states liberated by the Red Army fell into a regime of peoples democracy (Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the GDR). Until 1989, people tried in vain to emancipate themse