Discover the remarkable history of the Culper Spy Ring… Messages written in secret codes or invisible ink, agents operating behind enemy lines and known only by code names, the provision of vital secret intelligence used to direct military operations—these are staple elements of modern spy fiction. Still, all were used more than two hundred years […]
Discover the remarkable history of the First Battle of Bull Run… When Union and Confederate forces met at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, each side was confident of victory. The Northern and Southern Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis each hoped for a triumph that would bring a swift and
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Discover the remarkable life of Bernard Montgomery… Bernard Montgomery, “the Spartan General,” was one of the giants of World War II. He was a field marshal, as well as an entirely powerful personality, who shaped much of how that aforementioned cataclysmic conflict turned out. If it weren’t for Montgomery’s steady hand in North Africa, for
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Discover the remarkable history of the Finnish Civil War… The history of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war has been well documented in a number of books and documentaries. What has received far less coverage is an almost uncannily similar situation in Finland during the same time period. Starting in 1917, Finland was
Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Shiloh… On a battlefield so littered with dead bodies that General Ulysses S. Grant said it would have been possible to walk across it in any direction without a foot touching the ground, the Union Army notched a brutal but significant victory against the Confederate Army. The
Discover the remarkable history of the Chinese Civil War… “Chinese Civil War: A History from Beginning to End” offers a detailed historical timeline and an in-depth discussion of the Chinese Civil War in its entirety. The book covers the first stages of the war, from 1927-1937, the interlude from 1938-1945 during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Discover the remarkable history of the Russian Civil War… The October Revolution of 1917, which saw the fall of the Tsar and the installation of a provisional government in Russia, was a momentous event in modern history. The establishment of a Bolshevik regime under charismatic leader Vladimir Lenin shook a world already destabilized by years
Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of New Orleans… The deciding battle of the War of 1812, the Battle of New Orleans, was won by the Americans on January 8, 1815, a few scant weeks after the British and American negotiators signed the Treaty of Ghent that ended the war, at least on paper.
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Discover the remarkable history of the Thirty Years’ War… If you had to name the most destructive conflicts in human history, you likely wouldn’t put the Thirty Years’ War near the top of that list, but in fact, this conflict resulted in more than eight million fatalities throughout Europe. The war, which began as a
Discover the remarkable history of the Seven Years’ War… The Seven Years’ War, also known as the French and Indian War in North America, was fought between 1756 and 1763, and it involved all of Europe’s great powers and many of the so-called middle powers. The war spanned five continents and divided Europe into two
