BELFORT, TERRITORY OF

department (1990 pop. 134,400), E France, in Alsace, on the Swiss border. The city of Belfort is the capital.

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The Peasants War in Germany, 1525-1526
Book by E. Belfort Bax; S. Sonnenschein, 1899
Subjects: Peasants' War, 1524-1525
...PEASANTS WAR IN GERMANY 1525-1526 BY E. BELFORT BAX AUTHOR OF "THE STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION," "THE RELIGION...simultaneity of the risings over a wide extent of territory makes it impossible to preserve chronological sequence...
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Outlooks from the New Standpoint
Book by E. Belfort Bax; Swan Sonnenschein, 1891
Subjects: Cloots, Anacharsis--1755-1794, Socialism
...once nearly arrested on Prussian territory, while he had to fly from Hungary...protesting against the tyrannous acts of the king and emperor. In Italy...presented, in some respects, the aspect of an invaded territory. The sight of burning, or recently...
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The Religion of Socialism: Being Essays in Modern Socialist Criticism
Book by Ernest Belfort Bax; Swan Sonnenschein, 1891
Subjects: Socialism, Socialism--Great Britain
...a; nationalism exists, each nation by virtue of established possession has the right to undisturbed enjoyment of its own territory as against any other nation. But once place politics on an international footing, and it is evident one nation...
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Regional Identity and Economic Change: The Upper Rhine, 1450-1600
Book by Tom Scott; Oxford University, 1997
Subjects: Alsace (France)--Economic Conditions, Breisgau (Germany)--Economic Conditions, Cities And Towns, Medieval--Rhine River, Guilds--France--Alsace, Guilds--Germany--Breisgau, Rhine River--Economic Conditions
...period formed the secular territory of the bishops of Basel...Ferrette, Montbeliard, and Belfort--the francophone districts...that is, as far as the territory of the duchess Johanna...enclaves of the secular territory of the bishops of Basel...
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One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups
Book by James B. Minahan; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Ethnology--Europe--Dictionaries, Europe--History--Dictionaries
...frontier between France and Germany. The region, forming the Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, and Moselle departments and the Territory of Belfort, is now included in the planning regions of Alsace, Lorraine, and Franche-Comte, but there is little real autonomy...
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Eisenhower as Ground-forces Commander: the British Viewpoint
Journal article by G. E. Patrick Murray; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 97, 2007
...got to fall back and let the other fellow take over." Bradley referred to the zones of occupation that ceded German territory east of the Elbe to the Soviets; Americans would die by the thousands to gain ground that would be handed over to the Russians...
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The Origins of Security Cooperation in the Southern Cone
Journal article by Joao Resende-Santos; Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 44, 2002
Subjects: Argentina, Brazil, Cooperation, International relations, Military technology, National security
...trusted ally and consummate professional soldier, General Fernando Belfort Bethlem. After Frotas dismissal, Bethlem and other military...support for abertura. The newly appointed armed forces chief of staff, General Tacito The6philo Gaspar, openly declared support...
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Internment Camps for German Civilians in Finistere, France (1914-1919)
Journal article by Jean-Noel Grandhomme; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Civilians--Emigration and immigration, Civilians--Social aspects, Concentration camps--Analysis, Germans--Emigration and immigration, Germans--Social aspects
...new German Empire: Alsace (except the district of Belfort) and a part of Lorraine around Metz (the other parts around Nancy...one, they had to leave the annexed new territory and go to France or...
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Eric Ambler's Revisionist Thrillers: Epitaph for a Spy, A Coffin for Dimitrios, and the Intercom Conspiracy
Journal article by Robert Lance Snyder; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 45, 2009
Subjects: A Coffin for Dimitrios (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Ambler, Eric--Criticism and interpretation, Ambler, Eric--Works, Epitaph for a Spy (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Suspense fiction--Criticism and interpretation, The Intercom Conspiracy (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...Orient Express en route eastward toward Belfort near the German-Swiss border. Like the...exposed. The closing six-word paragraph of A Coffin for Dimitrios, however, contains...1951), though set in the imaginary Balkan territory of Ixania featured in The Dark Frontier...
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The Relationship of Religious Practice to Linguistic Culture: Language, Religion, and Education in Alsace and the Roussillon, 1860-1890
Journal article by Joseph F. Byrnes; Church History, Vol. 68, 1999
Subjects: Church History
...Journal de Belfort . 42 For...the knowledge of German "provides...expanse of its territory, speaks the...that the editor of the Journal de Belfort , who served...proper. This territory has comprised the department of Pyrenees-Orientales...
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magazine articles on: Belfort Territory Of  - 2 results

 
 
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French Historians and the Holocaust
Magazine article by Douglas Johnson; History Today, Vol. 46, October 1996
Subjects: Garaudy, Roger--Authorship, Historians--France, Historical revisionism--France, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion, Jews, French--Public opinion, Rassinier, Paul--Attitudes
...quite a prominent member of the Communist Party until he was expelled. Then he became the head of the Socialist Federation in Belfort and its territory, where he was on the left of the party, and in touch with the anarchists. After the defeat of...
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The Schlieffen Plan-Fantasy or Catastrophe? Terence Zuber Argues That the German Army's Rigid Plan for a Quick Victory in France in 1914 Was a Postwar Fabrication
Magazine article by Terence Zuber; History Today, Vol. 52, September 2002
Subjects: Campaign management--Analysis, France--Military aspects, Germany--Military aspects, World War, 1914-1918--Analysis
...not towards deep penetration into enemy territory. Historians have thought Schlieffen...made combat ineffective by the effects of the Russo-Japanese war and the Russian...would remain on the defensive between Belfort and Verdun while attacking in the Ardennes...


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encyclopedia articles on: Belfort Territory Of  - 5 results

 
 
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Belfort, Territory Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BELFORT, TERRITORY OF department (1990 pop. 134,400), E France, in Alsace, on the Swiss border. The city of Belfort is the capital. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Belfort
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1990 pop. 51,913), capital of the Territory of Belfort (a department), E France, in Alsace...108 days. Partly in acknowledgment of this heroism, the Germans left Belfort and the surrounding territory to France when they annexed the rest...
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Versailles, Treaty Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Adolphe Thiers for France. It was ratified (1871) in the Treaty of Frankfurt. France ceded Alsace (except the Territory of Belfort ) and part of Lorraine , including Metz, to Germany and agreed to pay an indemnity of 5 billion francs ($1 billion...
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Alsace
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Rhin, Haut-Rhin, and the Territory of Belfort (a department created after...War , all Alsace (except Belfort) was annexed by Germany. With part of Lorraine, it formed the...Frances recovery (1918) of this territory was confirmed by the Treaty...
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Franco-Prussian War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...indemnity of $1 billion within three years an indemnity fully paid before the term expired. Alsace , except the Territory of Belfort, and a large part of Lorraine were ceded to Germany, which on Jan. 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles...


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