The resources of the Poznań branch of the Reichsbank were packed in crates and loaded onto trucks. They waited only for the signal to leave. How did Polish activists prevent this? When Józef Piłsudski took power in Warsaw, the status of many Polish lands remained uncertain. Which does not mean t
Philanthropist or remorseful millionaire? Who was Andrew Carnegie and how did he become one of Americas richest people in 19th century? Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in the Scottish town of Dunfermline, where his father had a weaving workshop with three manual workshops. When steam mills became
June 14, 1658 at the Battle of the Dunes took place the conclusion of a war which had lasted twenty-five years and opposed France to Spain. The French, commanded by Turenne and allies once is not custom to the English, confront the Spaniards there, one of whose commanders is none other than the Gran
When the envoy of King Charles II of England saw Polish hussars for the first time, he was amazed. He wrote in the diary:This army is the finest thing that has been seen. And it was not an isolated opinion. Does this mean that there was no way to deal with the hussars? As it turns out, a few would b