Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; / ˈ aɪ z ən h aʊ. ər /; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star …

Burgundy (/ ˈ b ɜːr ɡ ən d i /; French: Bourgogne ()) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France. The province was once home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. The capital of Dijon was one of the great European centres of art and science, a place of tremendous wealth and power, and …

The administrative divisions of France are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of French territory. These territories are located in many parts of the world. There are many administrative divisions, which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives.

South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England.Services divide between those provided by its own Council headquartered in Totnes, and those provided by Devon County Council headquartered in the city of Exeter.. Beside Totnes are its towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Salcombe, and Ivybridge — the most populous with 11,851 residents, …

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Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays …

The region of Brittany was created in 1941 from four of the five departments constituting the territory of traditional Brittany.The other is Loire-Atlantique, which is included in the region of Pays de la Loire, whose capital, Nantes, was a historical capital of the Duchy of Brittany.. Part of the reason Brittany was split between two present-day regions was to avoid the rivalry between …

George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the Third United States Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the …

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of 312,696 km 2 (120,733 sq mi). Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis.

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.. William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon king Edward the …

Paris started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but the war seemed far away until May 10, 1940, when the Germans attacked France and quickly defeated the French army.The French government departed Paris on June 10, and the Germans occupied the city on June 14. During the Occupation, the French …

Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County.The county had a population of 1,496,770 as of the 2019 U.S. Census, making it the third-most populous county in the state of Florida and the 25th-most populous county in the United States. The largest city and county seat is West Palm Beach.

Le duché de Normandie aujourd’hui. S'il a été supprimé dans son caractère féodal en tant que tel en 1469, le duché de Normandie a, pendant près de six siècles, été divisé en deux parties inégales : la partie continentale ou française ; la partie insulaire, appartenant à la couronne britannique, et qui n'a jamais pu être conquise durablement par la France.

Greater St. Louis is a bi-state metropolitan area that completely surrounds and includes the independent city of St. Louis, the principal city.It includes parts of both Missouri and Illinois.The city core is on the Mississippi Riverfront on the border with Illinois in the geographic center of the metro area. The Mississippi River bisects the metro area geographically between Illinois and ...