During this period, more than two-thirds of all US imports came from southern and eastern Europe. The countries sending the most arrivals included Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Russian Empire
After the end of the First World War and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia was created as a federal state, despite the reaction of Croats, Bosniaks and Slovenes, who wanted their independence. In Croatia the pro-independence movement quickly took on an extremist form, led by the notorio
If Hitler had been losing confidence in his generals Throughout the war, the failure of the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 ended the little credit they still had with their Führer, who decided that that body of professionals, treacherous and lacking in faith, should be cornered in favor of a
ABOUT 2.5 MILLION YEARS AGO Appearance of homo habilis: A new species of hominid develops in Africa, it is the homo habilis (the clever man ). He is so called because he is able to make and use tools. The first Homo habilis skeletons were discovered in 1959 in Olduvai Gorge. It measures between
During the First World War and for the first time in history, 49 tanks or “tanks were engaged in the Battle of the Somme , thee September 15, 1916. These “armored tracked vehicles” were soon to become tanks capable of crossing waterways and forest massifs. If the concept of thetank goes far back in