Why would the Empress Dowager Cixi install a toddler on the throne?

What led to the environmental damage that caused the dust bowl? 1. desert winds emerging from the southwest 2. rotating crops every year and having fallow land 3.overplanting throughout the great plains 4.a year-long drought

Even though both ww1 and ww2 were in many ways the same conflict with basically the same countries facing off against each other, the way each war started was significantly different. the question is how what were the differences on how they started

What was the main aim of operation torch which was launched by the allies