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A few Liberals, including Álvaro de Figueroa, leader of the opposition in the Cortes, were also pro-Allied, [4] along with Miguel de Unamuno and other select members of the Spanish intelligentsia. [5] [6] The Italian government's initial neutrality was a key factor in the Spanish government also being able to declare itself neutral. [7]
Historians have debated the role of the German naval buildup as the principal cause of deteriorating Anglo-German relations. In any case, Germany never came close to catching up with Britain. Supported by Wilhelm II 's enthusiasm for an expanded German navy , Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz championed four Fleet Acts from 1898 to 1912.
Partition of the Ottoman Empire, dissolution of Austria-Hungary, transfer of German colonies and territories to other countries; Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East, such as Poland, Yugoslavia, Weimar Germany, Soviet Russia and Soviet Union, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Hejaz, and Yemen
The interpretation was popular among left-wing Progressives (led by Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin) and among the "agrarian" wing of the Democratic party—including the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee of the House. He strenuously opposed war, and when it came he rewrote the tax laws to make sure the rich paid the ...
German spring offensive, Ludendorff's 1918 offensive of World War I; Spring offensive of the White Army, a 1919 offensive during the Russian Civil War; Italian spring offensive, part of the Greco-Italian War in 1941
In a cabinet shakeup in May 1918, de Broqueville was excluded altogether. The government was based in the French city of Le Havre, but communications with the people behind German lines were difficult and roundabout. The government in exile did not govern Belgium, and so its politicians instead squabbled endlessly, and plotted unrealistic ...
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War I: Clockwise from top left: Men of the Royal Irish Rifles, concentrated in the trench, right before going over the top on the First day on the Somme; British soldier carries a wounded comrade from the battlefield on the first day of the Somme; A young German soldier during the Battle of Ginchy; American infantry storming a German bunker ...
The First Carlist War was a civil war in Spain from 1833 to 1840, the first of three Carlist Wars.It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Spanish monarchy: the conservative and devolutionist supporters of the late king's brother, Carlos de Borbón (or Carlos V), became known as Carlists (carlistas), while the progressive and centralist ...