Discover the remarkable history of the Suez Crisis… In 1956, Britain, France, and Israel launched an invasion of Egypt. For Britain and France, the main objective was to secure control over the vital Suez Canal and to re-emphasize their place as significant world powers. For Israel, the issue was defeating a hostile and powerful Arab […]
Discover the tragic history of the Bosnian War… In the annals of modern history, few episodes cast a darker shadow than the Bosnian War. It was during this war that the world became acquainted with the chilling term “ethnic cleansing,” a phrase that encapsulates the unspeakable acts of mass deportation, imprisonment, rape, and murder perpetrated
Discover the remarkable history of Yugoslavia… What would become the nation of Yugoslavia was created in the turbulent period following the end of World War I in 1918 and ended 74 years later in the chaos of another war. In its relatively brief history, Yugoslavia endured invasion during World War II and a range of
Discover the remarkable history of the Fall of Constantinople… The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 marked a number of significant historical turning points. It saw the end of the last vestige of the Roman Empire, which had been founded more than 1,400 years before, and marked the beginning of a period of dominance for the
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Discover the remarkable history of the Norman Conquest… Few military conquests lead to truly lasting cultural, political, religious, or societal change. Countries are often occupied by stronger nations, but as those inevitably decline, independence is reasserted and the country usually resumes its previous form. One exception to that is the Norman Conquest of England which
Discover the remarkable history of the Punic Wars… The Punic Wars, a series of three wars involving the Roman Republic and Carthage between 264 and 146 BCE, did much to shape the subsequent history of the world. These wars were among the most important of any fought in the ancient world and led directly to
Discover the sinister life of Heinrich Himmler… A main architect of the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler was perhaps one of the most ruthless men that ever lived. For most, this would be hyperbole, but for Himmler, such words would seem like a rather apt description. Heinrich Himmler seemed to have very little concern for any pain
Discover the remarkable history of the Soviet-Afghan War… In 1979, alarmed Soviet leaders watched the growing civil war in Afghanistan with trepidation. Russia’s neighbor had been a close ally for many years, acting as a buffer between Russia and British India and proving vital in the “Great Game” between the two empires. Various coups had,
Discover the remarkable history of the First Indochina War… In the nineteenth century, France forcibly took Vietnam as a colony and proceeded to strip it of its natural resources. Over the decades that followed, the Vietnamese mounted various attempts to rid themselves of the French, but each attempt proved fruitless until the Second World War
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Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Chickamauga… The American Civil War was a long and bloody conflict whose effects are still felt today in the United States. The descendants of the men who fought in the war continue to pay the fallen their respects and remember the events of the war, the various
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