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Weygand, Maxime
(Encyclopedia)Weygand, Maxime mäksm´ vgäN´ [key], 1867–1965, French general, b. Belgium. A career army officer, he was (1914–23) chief of staff to Marshal Foch, and in 1920 he directed the defense of Wa...Gamelin, Maurice Gustave
(Encyclopedia)Gamelin, Maurice Gustave môrs´ güstäv´ gämlN´ [key], 1872–1958, French army officer. During World War I he served on General Joffre's staff and as a division commander. He was made chie...Nurse, Sir Paul Maxime
(Encyclopedia)Nurse, Sir Paul Maxime, 1949–, British biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of East Anglia, 1973. Nurse was associated with the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now Cancer Research UK London Research Institute) fo...Warsaw
(Encyclopedia)Warsaw wôr´sô [key], Pol. Warszawa, city (1993 est. pop. 1,655,700), capital of Poland and of Mazowieckie prov., central Poland, on both banks of the Vistula River. It is a political, cultural, and...Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
(Encyclopedia)Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de äNr´ d lä toor dvr´ny vkôNt´ d trn´ [key], 1611–75, marshal of France, one of the greatest of French commanders. The son o...Vanuatu
(Encyclopedia)Vanuatu vänwätoo´ [key], officially Republic of Vanuatu, independent republic (2015 est. pop. 265,000), c.5,700 sq mi (14,760 sq km), South Pacific, E of Australia. Vanuatu is a 450-mi (724-km)...World War II
(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. Causes and Outbreak This second global conflict res...photography, still
(Encyclopedia)photography, still, science and art of making permanent images on light-sensitive materials. See also photographic processing; motion picture photography; motion pictures. Early Developments The camer...Browse by Subject
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