Casus belli
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A casus belli is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A casus belli involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a casus foederis i
Cartoon of belligerent Uncle Sam placing Spain on notice, c. 1898
Alfred Naujocks, who organized and led the Gleiwitz incident on the orders of Reinhard Heydrich
February 5, 2003 – U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell holding a model vial of anthrax while giving the presentation to the UN Security Council
Auguste Chapdelaine
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Auguste Chapdelaine, Chinese name Mǎ Lài was a French Christian missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. France used his death – Chapdelaine was executed by Chinese officials – as a casus bel
Casus belli
…in modern times. Europeans had access to Chinese ports as outlined in the Treaty of Nanking from the First Opium War. France used the execution of Auguste Chapdelaine as a casus belli for the Second Opium War. On February 29, 1856, Chapdelaine, a French missionary, was killed in the province of Guangxi, which was not…
Auguste Chapdelaine
Martyrdom of Auguste Chapdelaine.