The thirty-two competing teams in the 2014 World Cup have been divided into eight different groups. Group A Brazil Croatia Mexico Cameroon Group B Spain Netherlands Chile Australia Group C…
(Encyclopedia) World War II, 1939–45, worldwide conflict involving every major power in the world. The two sides were generally known as the Allies and the Axis.
Although hostilities came to…
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