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12 matches to Resistance
Alliance for Progress. 1961. Coordination of Latin American economies, resistance to communism.
Anarchism. 19C Philosophy: “Every man should be his own government, his own law, his own church”-Owen. Thoreau’s return to nature, passive resistance, and no taxes influenced Ghandi. Proudhon. Tolstoy. Godwin.
Catacombs. (Paris) 1785. Former quarry turned into ossuary. Headquarters of WWII French Resistance.
Christian X. Danish king 1912-47. Symbol of Danish Resistance. Imprisoned by Nazis 1943-5. Women’s vote 1915. Independent Iceland 1918.
Fallen Timbers, Battle. 1794. US defeat NW Confederation Indians, ending resistance.
Leclerc, Jacques-Philippe. 1902-47. French WWII resistance leader. Led 1500 mile march to liberate Paris, 1944.
Maquis. French guerillas vs German occupation, WWII. Resistance.
Moulin, Jean. 1899-1943. French patriot, founder of National Council of Resistance 1943. Tortured to death by Gestapo.
Partisans. Armed resistance in occupied territory. Yugoslav resistance under Tito, 1941-5.
Resistance. WWII underground paramilitary groups in German-occupied countries, notably France. Partisans. Maquis.
Wheatstone, Charles. 1802-75. English physicist: microphone. Telegraph 1836. Resistance bridge 1843. Concertina 1829. Stereoscope.
Zulu War. 1879. Resistance to Rhodes(British) expansion in South Africa quelled.