Tag: France
Reframing Africa
Like much of the study of history, a study of colonialism in Africa in the postwar period is incredibly complicated. Over the years, we have been given many different, and yet predominantly monolithic, lenses with which to view this phenomenon. … Continue reading →
Cleaning up the Colonies
During WWII, Japan took over vital European colonies in Asia such as Dutch Indonesia, French Indochina, British Malaya, and Burma so that they could have resources if they were cut off by other majors powers at the time. When the allies won the war and Japan surrendered, its newly claimed territories could not be won back […]
France Loses all of its Land
Ideological change was a major component of the change of the world after World War Two as nations became states and empires fell, rotting out from within. This was a change that could have taken place after World War One, Continue reading France Loses all of its Land→
The Rise and Fall of the Hypothetical Empire
In 27 B.C., Augustus Caesar created the greatest empire of all time: the Roman Empire. At its most expanded form, the Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Euphrates River. The Romans owe their successful expansion efforts to their military techniques. Once the Romans conquered a town or city, they absorbed not only their […]
