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World War 1

German Spring Offensive

The German spring offensive, or Kaiserschlacht (“Kaiser’s Battle”), also known as the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during

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World War 1

Pope Benedict XV Peace efforts

Benedict XV’s pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed, along with its turbulent aftermath, “the suicide of Europe.”[25] Benedict’s first encyclical extended

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Cold War

Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East

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Vietnam War

North Vietnamese Invasion of Laos

Fighting broke out all along the border with North Vietnam.[1] North Vietnamese Army regular units participated in attacks on July 28–31, 1959.[1] These operations established

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American Revolution

Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. The Congress

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World War 1

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive,[6] the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of

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American Civil War

1860 United States presidential election

The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was the final trigger for secession.[109] Southern leaders feared that Lincoln would stop the expansion of slavery

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Vietnam War

Buddhist Crisis

In South Vietnam, a country where the Buddhist majority was estimated to comprise between 70 and 90 percent of the population in 1963,[2][3][4][5][6] President Ngô