On this day two Japanese kamikazes attacked the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill. It was an Essex-class aircraft carrier, about 266 meters long, with a 150,000-horse...
The location where the Battle of Fontenoy was fought is located in what is now Belgium. The Battle of Fontenoy was one of the most important battles of the War of the Aus...
On this day in 1888, Admiral Willis A. Lee was born as a cousin of the famous American General Robert E. Lee – the leading Confederate commander from the time of the Civi...
On this day in 1801, the Berbers from the area of present-day Libya declared war on the United States. At the time, the country was relatively young (about twenty years e...
Rudolf Hess was Hitler’s closest associate. He even shared a prison cell with him after being convicted for the failed “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich. While in prison, Hit...
The British military invasion of Iceland began on this day in 1940. The United Kingdom attacked a neutral and peaceful country. At the time, Island was an independent and...
On this day the powerful Napoleon’s Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout was born. He got the nickname “The Iron Marshal” because of his strictness towards subordinates. In term...
On this day in 1945, Keitel confirmed the German surrender in World War II. This was done primarily at the request of the Soviets, who were dissatisfied with the German s...