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Quinn, F. (1973). "An African Reaction to World War I: The Beti of Cameroon". Cahiers d'études africaines. XIII (52). Paris: Éditions EHESS (France). ISSN 1777-5353. Yearwood, Peter J. (January 1998). "The expatriate firms and the Colonial economy of Nigeria in the First World War". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 26 (1): 49 ...
The Battle of Ardennes, fought between 21 and 23 August 1914, was another of the early frontier battles, conducted during the first month of the war. The battle was sparked by the mutual collision of French and German invasion forces in the lower Ardennes Forest.
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [ 5 ]
"The idea is that Black History Month sets the tone for the entire year and that Black History must be reflected in the American curriculum across the country beyond the month of February and ...
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Her play Watch on the Rhine opened on Broadway on April 1, 1941, and ran for 378 performances. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. She wrote the play in 1940, when its call for a united international alliance against Hitler directly contradicted the Communist position at the time, following the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of ...
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."