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The Second Boer War
was a costly victory for the British of Boer forces in South Africa. Awareness of the conflict among the people of the United States is evidenced in American popular culture -
Titanic
was a luxury vessel and the largest moveable man-made object of its time. It sank on April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. Over 1,500 of the 2,240 passengers and crew lost their lives in the disaster. It remains a cautionary tale of the arrogance of builders that their creation could ever be flawless or impervious to harm. -
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World War I
marked the first major international conflict of the 20th century. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, and his wife, Archduchess Sophie, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, initiated hostilities, which began in August 1914, and continued on several fronts for the next four years. -
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The Russian Revolution
In 1918, the French reserves of military-age recruits were literally a state secret. But with the Americans, combat possibilities were renewed for the Allies. In September they decisively outmaneuvered the Germans in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. The war officially came to an end on November 11, where all troops observed a minute's silence. -
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the cold war
The Cold War was a political, economic, social, ideological, military and propagandistic confrontation that took place after World War II between two main blocs: Western and Eastern. -
the warsaw pact
The USSR and seven European countries signed the Warsaw Pact on May 14, 1955, in order to have a similar alliance on the opposing side.Through the treaty, they pledged to defend any member that might be attacked by an external force, with a unified command under the leadership of the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact ensured that most European nations aligned themselves on one of two opposing sides and formalized the political division in Europe that prevailed during World War II. -
Hungarian revolution begins
On October 22, 1956, five thousand students gathered in an assembly hall in Budapest and adopted a manifesto that, among other things, demanded the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary, free elections, freedom of association and economic reform. The next day, thousands filled the streets of the capital chanting “Russians, go home!” and ended up in Heroes' Square, where they tore down a giant statue of Stalin. -
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
was motivated by the opening of the border between Austria and Hungary in May 1989, as more and more Germans traveled to Hungary to seek asylum in the various embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany.