7 résultats pour "insurgents"

• Comment les insurgents triomphent-ils ?

• Mexico City - geography.

  The park houses some of Mexico's most important public buildings, including Chapultepec Castle. Construction of the castle began in 1783. Positioned on the park’shighest elevation, the castle functioned as a fortress during colonial times. It once served as the presidential residence and now houses the National Museum of History,which includes murals by 20th-century Mexican painter Juan O'Gorman. Los Pinos, the official residence and working offices of the president, is also on the grounds, buti...

• Indo-Pakistani Wars - History.

  wrest Jammu and Kashmīr from India through the use of force. This effort failed as India held its ground, and the war ended in a stalemate after almost two months ofarmed conflict. Although the second war over the territory was shorter than the first, the increased firepower of the two nations resulted in a more deadly war, with atotal of about 6,800 battle casualties. A Events Before the War A number of factors precipitated the second conflict over Jammu and Kashm īr. In the wake of a border w...

• Spanish-American War.

  A Blockade of Cuba The Navy’s basic job was to blockade the island of Cuba. If the Spanish army could be cut off from seaborne supplies from Spain, it could not maintain itself for longagainst the Cuban insurgents, let alone prepare to fight the U.S. forces. To maintain a successful blockade, the U.S. Navy would have to control the sea approaches toCuba. To accomplish this, the United States determined that the Spanish navy had to be destroyed wherever it was found. Thus the U.S. war objectives...

• Indépendance américaine (guerre de l').

  Canada et l'Inde. Les Français s'enthousiasmèrent à la lecture de la Déclaration d'indépendance qui proclamait la souveraineté de la nation ; des officiers, tels que le marquis de La Fayette, le duc de Lauzun, le vicomte de Noailles, le comte de Ségur, allèrent s'enrôler dans l'armée des insurgents, à qui Vergennes faisait parvenir du matériel, des vivres, en particulier par l'intermédiaire de Beaumarchais. La capitulation en rase campagne à Saratoga d'une armée anglaise (octobre 1777) détermi...

• Chad - country.

  B Industries The processing of cotton and cottonseed oil and the manufacturing of peanut oil are major industries in Chad. Modern meatpacking plants have been established inN’Djamena and Sarh. The fishing industry furnishes fresh, dried, and smoked fish for domestic use and export. Petroleum mining and processing are increasinglyimportant industries in Chad. Gold and natron, a mineral used to make soap, glass, paper, and medicines, are also mined. Forestry is important in the south. The outputo...

• Guerras de Cuba - historia.

  El fin de la primera guerra independentista cubana se produjo después de que a principios de 1875 tuviera lugar el regreso de la Casa de Borbón al trono español en lapersona de Alfonso XII. En 1876, tras liquidar los últimos brotes de resistencia carlista en el norte de España, el general Arsenio Martínez Campos fue nombrado general enjefe de las fuerzas españolas en Cuba. Al frente de un ejército de 20.000 hombres, Martínez Campos venció a los insurrectos en Oriente y Las Villas y negoció con l...