The American Standard Oil was in 1941 the largest oil company in the world. Its president was William Farris and its managing director was Walter Teagle. From the mid-1920s Tiggle had acquired contacts in Germany, and especially with Hermann Schmitz, an executive of the chemical industry IG Farben.
Florian Peixoto was the second president Brazilian and governed the country from 1891 to 1894. He assumed the presidency as part of an agreement by the São Paulo oligarchy that secured him in office as a way of consolidating the republic in Brazil. He has gone down in history as the “Marshal from ir
The decolonization of Africa occurred during the 20th century when the populations of the occupied African territories managed to expel the European invader and thus gain independence. The first African country to be independent was Liberia, in 1847; and the last, Eritrea, in 1993. Historical Conte
Its hard to believe, but there are only a few days left until Christmas and time tends to run twice as fast in this last part of the year. There is also a lot to do for us at Battle-Merchant during this time. On the one hand, of course, we send packages up to the last moment so that the gift arrives