Battle of Chancellorsville Summary How would you fight a battle against an army twice your size? Would you say it couldn’t be done? If you were General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army, you wouldn’t give up; you would settle in and plan out your masterpiece. This battle was Robert E. Lee’s crowning achievement …
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World War 1 was a global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.
The Mexican–American War Summary The Mexican–American War Despite the discourse surrounding the wall separating the US from Mexico on the US southern border, people often forget that the two countries have engaged in a war in the past. The war between Mexico and the United States of America is among the list of wars that …
 The Indian War of Independence The Indian War of Independence: On March 29th, 1857 there was a commotion at barrack poor in the Bengal province of British India a young man named Mangal Pandey Intoxicated opened fire and his British superiors of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry got a bit of fighting Mangal Pandey …
 Date: November 27, 1838 – March 9, 1839 (3 months, 1 week, and 3 days) Location: Veracruz, Mexico Result: French victory Mexican government agrees to pay damages of 600,000 pesos. The Pastry War: This is France. What do you think of when you hear France? Baguettes, the Eiffel Tower… definitely not an angry French …
Date: 12 January 1918[4] — 20 May 1925 (7 years, 4 months, 1 week, and 1 day) Location: Former Russian Empire Result: Bolshevik victory: (Allied withdrawal, Defeat and collapse of the Russian White Movement).  Russian Civil War and Communism (1918–21) In 1918, America invaded Russia. 5,000 American troops landed at Arkhangelsk, in northern Russia, …
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Anglo-Zanzibar War: British-Zanzibar history [1896] Date: 09:00–09:37 EAT (06:00–06:37UTC), 27 August 1896 (38 minutes) Location: Zanzibar Town, Zanzibar Sultanate Result: British victory Anglo-Zanzibar War: This is, perhaps, a stereotypical scene of a pre-modern era war. Cannons firing, men charging into battle, horses wildly flailing their legs… all of these are what you probably think of …
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World War 2 Causes World War 2 Causes: World War II, also called Second World War, World War 2 was the most devastating, and in many cases the cruelest, conflict in human history. If we look at it from our current perspective, it seems unthinkable that anyone would intentionally launch such a devastating war. It may surprise …
D-Day Normandy Landing D-Day the Wehrmacht high command had long expected the Allied invasion of Western Europe. Nonetheless, the landing in Normandy managed to surprise the German commanders and proved to be a turning point in World War II. References to D-Day focus on that particular day. However, it was a part of a larger …
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Battle of Ain Jalut (1258) Battle of Ain Jalut: Baghdad had been destroyed and it was for the first time in history that no Muslim caliphate existed. Since Baghdad was in the Ashes, the Abbasi caliphate which led Muslims to 500 had also ended. In such a situation, all the cities of the Muslims were …
