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Martens, Georg Friedrich von

(Encyclopedia) Martens, Georg Friedrich vonMartens, Georg Friedrich vongāôrkhˈ frēˈdrĭkh fôn märˈtəns [key], 1756–1821, German writer on international law, b. Hamburg. He was professor of…

League of Nations

(Encyclopedia) League of Nations, former international organization, established by the peace treaties that ended World War I. Like its successor, the United Nations, its purpose was the promotion of…

Treaty of Alliance

The American Colonies and France signed this military treaty on February 6, 1778. Believing that they would benefit militarily by allying themselves with a powerful nation, the revolutionary…

war, laws of

(Encyclopedia) war, laws of, in international law, rules and principles regulating an armed conflict between nations. These laws are designed to minimize the destruction of life and property, to…

Treaty of Tripoli

Treaty of TripoliTreaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of BarbaryAbstractAuthored by American diplomat Joel Barlow in 1796, the…

Vietnam War Timeline

U.S., South Vietnam, and Allies versus North Vietnam and National Liberation Front (Viet Cong).1950President Truman sends 35-man military advisory group to aid French fighting to maintain…

Casualties in World War I

This page provides information about the number of troops in World War I, including how many were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. The data is divided by each nation that participated in the war…

Little Entente

(Encyclopedia) Little EntenteLittle Ententeäntäntˈ [key], loose alliance formed in 1920–21 by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Its specific purposes were the containment of Hungarian…