Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of France… That France and Germany were enemies in 1940 was not news to anyone. That Germany was bitter at the terms of its surrender at the end of World War I was hardly a surprise. That another war would follow all too soon was apparent to many. […]
Discover the remarkable history of the Great Northern War… The Great Northern War was a war waged by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland-Lithuania against the Swedish Empire from 1700 to 1721. It also engaged several of the other great powers of Europe at the time, engulfing much of the continent and its colonies in more than
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Discover the remarkable history of the Boston Tea Party… On a December night in 1773, in an iconic act of civil disobedience, American colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded a merchant ship laden with tea. They tossed the tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of taxation without representation. Their motivation at the time was
Discover the remarkable history of Battles of Saratoga… The Battles of Saratoga are often regarded as the turning point in the American War of Independence when the North American colonies began their march to triumph against Great Britain. Fought in September and October 1777, these two battles were significant victories for a variety of reasons.
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Discover the remarkable history of Pontiac’s War… Pontiac’s War erupted in the Great Lakes region of North America just as the French and Indian War came to a close in 1763. The French, who had initially established a European presence there, were usurped by the British, whose relations with indigenous peoples were notoriously less diplomatic
Discover the remarkable history of Red Cloud’s War… Red Cloud’s War was one conflict in the long series of Indian Wars fought between the United States and the indigenous nations of North America. As white Americans scrambled for wealth and land further and further west, the people who had inhabited these regions for centuries fought
Discover the remarkable life of Stonewall Jackson… Although he finds himself on the wrong side of history, Stonewall Jackson has become known as one of the American Civil War’s most brilliant military strategists. His ride to acclaim was not easy; Jackson grew up poor, was orphaned by seven, jumped between different relatives’ homes, and had
Discover the remarkable history of the Apache Wars… The region known as Apacheria had been fought over for centuries, firstly with the arrival of the Apache from the north, then later with the arrival of the Spanish and, finally, the United States. Events came to a bloody climax in the 1800s in a series of
Discover the remarkable history of the King Philip’s War… King Philip’s War was a conflict fought between English colonists and indigenous peoples in North America toward the end of the seventeenth century. Primarily, the clash occurred because the European migrants were encroaching on native land. But more than that, it was also a struggle for
Discover the remarkable history of the Malayan Campaign… Prior to December 1941, Great Britain commanded an empire that stretched across the globe. However, after the Malayan Campaign, which began on December 8, 1941 and ended on January 31, 1942, the world order was up for grabs as the Empire of Japan contested British rule and
