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  Franco-Prussian War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The war began over the possible ascension of a candidate from the Catholic branch of the Hohenzollern royal family to the vacant Spanish throne as Isabella II had abdicated in 1868.
Napoleon III was captured with his whole army at the Battle of Sedan, yet this did not end the war, as a republic was declared in Paris on September 4, 1870, marking the creation of the Third Republic of France under the Government of National Defense and later the "Versaillais government" of Adolphe Thiers.
Germans generally agreed that the outcome of the war was certain and that France could not reverse the military situation in her favor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Franco-Prussian_War   (8404 words)

  
 Small Wars Journal
With telling illustrations, Jefferson’s War traces the events surrounding his resolute belief that peace with the Barbary States, and the attainment of Europe’s respect, could be gained only through the 'medium of war.' Jefferson ordered the new U.S. Navy to Tripoli in 1801, starting the Barbary War that ended in 1805.
Western correspondents saw in the Liberian war a primeval, savage Africa-a 'heart of darkness.' They focused on sensational 'primitive' aspects of the conflict, such as the prevalence of traditional healers and soothsayers, and shocked the international community with tales of cannibalism, especially the eating of the body parts of defeated opponents, which was widespread.
Wounded in World War I and thereafter serving in a Gurkha regiment, Slim inherited the principal command in Burma in the wake of British defeats at Hongkong, Singapore, and Rangoon; and American ones at Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and in the Philippines.
www.smallwarsjournal.com /reading_list.htm   (14052 words)

  
 The Learning Place - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
If you know of a Women’s History link you feel should be included in our list, please email the information and URL to us at nwhp@aol.com.
Meet the women who test-piloted aircraft during World War II - with a timeline of women in military history and in flight, access to a teacher’s guide.
List of significant repositories for American Jewish women’s history, with information on published guides, examples of collections of oral histories and private papers, location of records of national offices of Jewish women’s organizations; historical scholarship from 1970 to the present from journals, anthologies, and monographs.
www.nwhp.org /tlp/links/links.html   (3636 words)

  
 Americans.net - Immigration Information
Hispanic America U.S.A. According to their mandate, the purpose of the Hispanic America organization is to publicize the contributions of Hispanics to the United States of America.
Also listed are ten other topics/guides with pages of links and services including inter-disciplinary subject-based resources, international services, virtual libraries, conference announcements, business and personal pages, and WWW/internet tools.
Among the topics it highlights are the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War.
www.americans.net /Immigration.htm   (4704 words)

  
 OgreCave.com
Pinnacle has announced their Weird Wars D20 RPG will be out this July, much faster than I expected.
In our world, a beta version of Frag cost us $12, and we don't have to sign a damn thing to tell you what we think.
This means that, though none of the award-winning Delta Green world or other supplementary material will be in the core book, great writers like John Tynes will be writing the basic text that re-introduces horror role-playing to the masses.
www.ogrecave.com /archives/2001_04_01_archive.shtml   (5320 words)

  
 Landmarks for Schools: Other Media   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Civilisations is an entirely new way to explore human history - a multi-dimensional picture of the world, where you're in charge of the timeline.
Just a few excerpts from the Vienna Phonogrammarchiv, the first sound archive in the world, founded in 1899 by members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and representing over 7000 hours of recorded audio history and culture.
These audio files can be used to introduce a unit on culture in different parts of the world to help students understand the dramatic differences between what constitutes culture from divergent societies.
landmark-project.com /page.php?stamp=&pn=6&psn=&cat=28   (5061 words)

  
 access library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Searchable articles, speeches, discussions, exhibits, TV listings, more
A thorough resource for American war and veteran information
Promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world
www.accessplace.com /library.htm   (1830 words)

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