The battle of the Marne was a major turning point of World War I. By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front had been forced into a general retreat back towards Paris. Meanwhile the two main German armies continued through France.
The American army was a rag-tag group of militias combined together but the British were trained soldiers with uniforms and better conditions.
The Shogunate began with the Yoritomo Minamoto. During his time, the samurai manage to thwart
the Mongol invasion. Still the next
shogunates were not strong and the Emperor still exerted influence. Power began to shift from daimyos to the three
unifiers Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Tokugawa.
From these Japan was now starting to unite and the Shogun became the
military ruler of Japan.
