Jòrgi Reboul, un parcours singulier vers l’occitanisme à travers l’histoire du XXe siècle by François Courtray

“…He became involved in politics with the Parti Prouvençau for the elections of 1936, promoted teaching Provencal at school, founded and ran a youth hostel, assisted both in strengthening ties with the Catalans and in supporting them during the Spanish war. After World War II, he broke with the Félibrige to rally the Occitan wave and the IEO whilst continuing his actions in favour of teaching the Oc language, Catalans and the great fights of the 1960s- 1970. …”
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Soğuk Savaş Döneminde Türk Dış Politikasının Kimliği: İdeolojinin Sonu mu? by Fulya ÖZKAN

“…The article will make an evaluation of this difference and suggest that Cold War politics played a role because especially following the Second World War, different political ideologies started following a similar trend in their foreign policy visions. …”
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Physicists in Cracow – on the 70th anniversary of the First International Cosmic Rays Conference by Maria Pawłowska

“… The article discusses an extraordinary event, i.e. the First International Cosmic Rays Conference, which took place in Cracow in 1947, shortly after the end of the Second World War. The conference was organized by a group of theoretical physicists from the Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Mining under the leadership of Professor Jan Weyssenhoff. …”
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La prensa diaria de la II República en Canarias como fuente documental y recurso para la renovación historiográfica: sus singularidades dentro del sistema informativo español by Julio Antonio Yanes Mesa

“…It was, therefore, an unrepeatable communicative situation reminiscent of the "golden age" experienced by the press of the most developed Western countries before the outbreak of World War I.…”
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The “Immigrant Medical Services” Organization from the End of the British Mandate Through the First Years of Israel (1944–1953) by Dorit Weiss

“…The aftermath of the Second World War and the Holocaust triggered mass migration of Jewish refugees to British Mandatory Palestine and, after 1948, the nascent State of Israel. …”
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Sickness, Hygienic Education and Village Practice: Tuberculosis in the Life of a Cobbler by Tuija Saarinen

“…Tuberculosis, for example, was formerly a common disease in Finland. Before the Second World War there did not exist medicines that cured people of tuberculosis. …”
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Komunistyczna rewolucja w Niemczech w ujęciu teorii rewolucji permanentnej Lwa Trockiego by Jakub Skrzyniarz

“…Between 1918 and 1923, the German Communist Party made several attempts to seize power. The defeat in World War I caused the collapse of the German Empire and establishment of the Weimar Republic, which from the very beginning faced significant sociopolitical challenges. …”
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The life and activity of Vaclovas Biržiška in 1940 - 1945 by Silvija Stakulienė

“…The plan and teaching program were prepared, but World War II interrupted all his projects. After the Germans occupied Lithuania, V. …”
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US AND IRAQI KURDS’ RELATIONS BETWEEN 1945 AND 2011: AN INTEREST-BASED POLICY - 1945 VE 2011 YILLARI ARASINDA ABD VE IRAKLI KÜRTLERIN ILIŞKILERI: ÇIKAR EKSENLI BIR POLITIKA by Sefa Mertek

“…Relations between the US and Iraqi Kurds were examined within three time periods, characterized by touchstone events in history, namely the Second World War, the Gulf War and the Iraq War. The relations between the US and Iraqi Kurds contribute considerably to our understanding of the balance of politics at the micro level in Iraq and the macro level in the region. …”
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Feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945 – 1952 by Mire Koikari

“…On August 15, 1945, World War II came to an end with Japan's unconditional surrender. …”
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Caught between dialogue and diktat – The International Midwives Union 1933–1945 by Anja Katharina Peters

“…However, during the Second World War Mosse was unable to influence the IMU significantly. …”
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Innenentwicklung in ländlichen Räumen zwischen Planungsideal und Akteurinteressen: Der Einfluss von sozialen Aspekten by Jennifer Gerend, Marina Beck

“…The results of a survey were assigned to four spatially coded settlement types: historic town centres, post-World-War II settlement types, settlements from the 1980s and 1990s, and new developments after 2000. …”
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The Formation of Ethnically Distinct Villages in Jember during the Colonial Period (1870-1942) by Ratna Endang Widuatie, Retno Winarni

“…These migrants eventually settled in Jember and became pioneers for subsequent waves of migration until the Second World War. The entry of Javanese and Madurese people into Jember shaped the physical characteristics of settlements that have survived to this day. …”
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Anarchy Is What Explains the History of International Relations by William C. Wohlforth

“…The breakdown of the Concert of Europe and the outbreak of the devastating global conflagration of World War I are the events that sparked the modern study of international relations. …”
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Beyond nationalism? The inter-war period and some features of the complex transformation of southeastern Europe by Basciani Alberto

“…In Southeastern Europe, the end of the First World War marked a profound geopolitical transformation and the start of an important and conflicting process of modernisation of the economic, social and political structures of the countries in the region. …”
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The General Condition of Agriculture in Kalmykia at the beginning of collectivization by Namsyr A. Shikhanov

“…The article analyzes the state of agriculture in the Kalmyk Autonomous Region by the end of the 1920s in comparison with statistical data from various historical periods: on the eve of the First World War, during the Civil War and the NEP. The analysis showed that the agriculture of the Kalmyk Autonomous Region, which suffered significant damage during the Civil War and famine of 1921–1922, managed to recover in almost all directions during the years of the NEP, although it did not reach pre-revolutionary indicators. …”
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Reappraisal and neotypification of Phyllachora feijoae by L.C. Costa, D.M. Macedo, R.W. Barreto

“…The type specimen was most probably deposited in the Botanisches Garten und Museum Berlin-Dahlem (B) and lost or destroyed during World War II, and could not be located. The recent recollection of abundant material of this fungus in the vicinity of Pelotas (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) allowed its re-examination and neotypification. …”
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THE BATTLE OF KURSK: HOW THE WESTERN HISTORIANS APPRECIATE IT by A. A. Paderin

“…In the article the author analyses how the largest battle of the Great Patriotic War and the second World War, the Battle of Kursk, is shown in the west historiography: the intentions of the opposite sides, the degree of preparation to the coming battle, the correlation between number of people and military machines, the realization of decreed tasks, the peculiarities of strategy and moving fighting forces for the battle, the mistakes of German side which were the result of defeat. …”
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House Vision by Cathelijne Nuijsink

“…The design of the detached house has been at the core of architectural developments in post-Second World War Japan and the subject of a lively discussion among architects about what makes a good home at a particular moment. …”
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‘The South! something exclaims within me’: Real and Imagined Spaces in Italy and the South in Vernon Lee’s Travel Writing by Leonie Wanitzek

“…Lee’s essays – published between 1897 and 1925 but all written before World War I – construct two distinct but related tropes of ‘Italy’ and ‘the South’. …”
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