Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A law was passed on April 30, 1921 establishing the new Croix de guerre for "Théâtres d'opérations extérieurs" (TOE). It was intended to commemorate the individual citations awarded during operations carried out since November 11, 1918 or that would occur in the future, for war service directly related to an expeditionary force used outside of the borders of France, otherwise, the statute ...
Leo III was born in Germanikeia, Commagene, which is in modern Kahramanmaraş in Turkey.His original name was Konon (Greek: Κόνων). [3] Leo III was fluent in Arabic, [4] possibly as a native language, [5] and was described by Theophanes the Confessor as "the Saracen-minded," although there is very little evidence that he was directly influenced by Islam.
A French bayonet charge in 1913. Attaque à outrance (French for "attack to excess") was the expression of a military philosophy common to many armies in the period before and during the earlier parts of World War I.
16.3 Leçon 48: Geography and Tourism III. 16.4 Leçon 49: Geography and Tourism IV. 16.5 Leçon 50: Geography and Tourism V. 17 Getting Away. Toggle Getting Away ...
Funeral of John III, Duke of Brittany, depicted in the Chronicles of Jean Froissart. The War of the Breton Succession (French: guerre de Succession de Bretagne, Breton: Brezel hêrezh dugelezh Breizh) was a conflict between the Counts of Blois and the Montforts of Brittany for control of the Duchy of Brittany, then a fief of the Kingdom of France.
In May 1945, at the German Instrument of Surrender, she was near Tübingen. [3] The paramedics were demobilized in November 1945. In 1946, Jauzelon returned to Réunion and resumed her work as a teacher.
Gen. Antoni Chruściel ([anˈtɔɲi ˈxruɕt͡ɕel] ⓘ nom de guerre Monter; 16 July 1895 – 30 November 1960) was a Polish military officer and a general of the Polish Army. He is best known as the de facto commander of all the armed forces of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, as well as Home Army's chief of staff.
Flight to Arras (French: Pilote de guerre) is a memoir by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Written in 1942, it recounts his role in the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) as pilot of a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940. The book condenses months of flights into a single, terrifying mission over the town of Arras.