Prussia’s defeat of Austria in the Seven Weeks’ War in 1866 had confirmed Prussian leadership of the German states and threatened France’s position as the dominant power in Europe. The immediate cause of the Franco-German War, however, was the candidacy of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (who was related to the Prussian royal house) for the Spanish throne, which had been left vacant when Queen Isabella II had been deposed in 1868. The Prussian chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, and Spain’s de facto leader, Juan Prim, persuaded the reluctant Leopold to accept the Spanish throne in June 1870.
Anne Frank was a perfect and regular girl. She went to school and everything. Suddenly, the Germans began World War 2, and things flipped around for her and the whole Europe. She was a young girl, and she had a sister.
The US war on drugs and its legacy in Latin America ... The legacy of the US-funded war on drugs in Latin America is profound even as its impact has been ... to dictate the implementation of policy as it did in the 70s and 80s.