Germany was on a constant mission to fulfil its policy of Lebensraum. As a result, it invaded several territories and eventually gained control over western Europe.

Germany was on a constant mission to fulfil its policy of Lebensraum. As a result, it invaded several territories and eventually gained control over western Europe. The German invasion of in 1939 was an example of a military strategy of swift and sudden war known as .

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the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

explanation:

the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.