On this day a little-known but very interesting event from the American War of Independence took place. Namely, the German mercenaries seized Fort Washington, which was l...
On this day the famous American Air Force General Curtis LeMay was born. He was known for his belligerence, which is why he got the nickname “Bombs Away LeMay”. As a U.S....
On this day the Ottoman Empire declared a holy war (Jihad) against the Entente: France, Great Britain, Russia, Serbia, and Montenegro. This also marked Turkey’s entry int...
On this day in 1941 the German army was advancing through the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa. On their way they came upon the city Slonim in present-day Belarus...
The English city of Coventry is known as the site of the fiercest German bombing during World War II. The worst day for Coventry was precisely this day in 1940, during th...
On this day in 1954 German Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist died in captivity in the Soviet Union. He was the highest-ranking military commander of Nazi Germany...
One of the most extraordinary events in American history of warfare took place on this day. Specifically, the U.S. military conquered the Canadian city of Montreal. It is...
The most popular automatic rifle in history was first put into use on this day in 1947 (hence the marking 47). The rifle was designed by Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov...