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France’s Quickest Colonial Collapse: The Haitian Revolution
In just over a decade, enslaved Haitians turned the richest colony in the French empire into the first Black republic through ...
WarsofTheWorld on MSN2d
When France Fell to Nazi Germany
November 1918 and the war to end all wars comes to its conclusion as the guns on the western front fall silent. For four years prior, the army of German Kaiser Wilhelm II had shot and shelled its way ...
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Divorce Papers and Sauce-Stained Sleeves Reveal the Personal Side of Napoleon’s Rise and Fall
More than 100 objects connected to the French emperor just sold at auction. The collection sheds light on the man and the ...