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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Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Hastings… In 1066, England was in a state of turmoil. King Edward the Confessor had died, leaving behind no heirs and no clear line of succession. It is said that he had promised the English throne to his distant cousin, William, the Duke of Normandy, but after
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Discover the remarkable history of the Gallipoli Campaign… The Gallipoli Campaign is known as one of the worst blunders committed by the Allied forces during the First World War. Despite being first thought up long before the beginning of the war, it was ultimately a hastily arranged campaign that the British hoped would knock the
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Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of Jutland… The Battle of Jutland, fought near Denmark’s Jutland peninsula in 1916, was unique in the First World War as the only major battle to be fought at sea. The British Royal Navy was then known as the master of the seas and had been for decades
Discover the remarkable history of the Russo-Japanese War… Barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns are all elements of modern warfare that are mainly associated with the bloody carnage of World War One, yet they were all first used in combination ten years earlier in a largely forgotten war that was fought in Manchuria and Korea:
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