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==[[Why did the Battle Congress of the Somme largely Vienna fail to achieve its objectivesstop future European wars?]]==The Battle Congress of the Somme or the Somme Offensive Vienna was a series gathering of battles representatives of European kingdoms that occurred during was presided over by the Summer and Autumn of 1916Austrian Chancellor Klemens Von Metternich. It involved British and French forces launching a massive assault on the German lines The Congress was held in an effort Vienna from 1814 to break the stalemate on the Western Front1815. The Battle was primarily a battle between goals of the Germans Congress were to secure peace and the British. The offensive achieved very little and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The British only advanced a few miles stability in Europe and to ensure that revolutions did not destabilize the German lines held. The stalemate was not broken by Continent, as they had in the offensiveprevious 25 years. {{Read more|Why did the Battle Congress of the Somme largely Vienna fail to achieve its objectivesstop future European wars?}}
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==[[How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?]]==
Even though there was no one "first discover" of oil. Oil was known in antiquity when it was used to heal wounds. But by the middle of the 19th century methods for collecting oil from the ground had not changed for thousands of years. Edwin Drake's oil fundamentally changed this process and dramatically increased oil production around the world. {{Read more|How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?}}
