This day in 1565 marked the end of the famous Siege of Malta, which resulted in a Christian victory. It was one of the largest siege battles during the wars in the Medite...
This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two million people died. When the last road to the city was severed (two...
During the reign of Roman Emperor Vespasian, his son and future successor Titus Flavius became the commander of the Roman army in Judea. His goal was to quell the Jewish...
The first German bombing of London during World War II started on this day in the late afternoon. East London, the so-called East End (not far from the Olympic Center, wh...
Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke (also known as Moltke the Younger), was the nephew of Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (Moltke the Elder). Graf von Moltke defeated...
The American War of Independence formally ended on this day in 1783. It lasted eight years, four months, two weeks and one day. The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris on...
The famous Battle of Ain Jalut took place in Galilee on this day in 1260, when the Muslims defeated the Mongols. Some consider this battle something akin to a historical...
Japan signed a formal capitulation aboard the USS Missouri. The signatories were Japanese foreign minister Shigemitsu and chief of High Command general Umezu, and America...