On this day in 1914, the funeral of the famous Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination in Sarajevo triggered World War I, took place. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was h...
The first fighting in Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, commenced on this day in 1943. Hitler’s German troops tried to encircle and destroy the Soviet...
The anniversary of that battle is celebrated every year in the Foreign Legion, in its headquarters in the town of Aubagne in southern France. On this day a battle that b...
They raised a flag with a swastika at the Acropolis of Athens. Soon, the whole of Greece fell under the rule of the Axis powers. The German troops triumphantly ent...
Despite the vast wealth and war efforts of the Athenians, Sparta won the war. The Peloponnesian War ended on this day in 404 BC. Sparta finally defeated Athens after over...
This day in 1945, near the end of World War II, marked the first time the troops of the Western Allies and the Soviets came into direct contact in Germany. It was a turni...
The Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in northern France took place during the last year of World War I. This day in 1918 marks the anniversary of the first tank battle in wor...
On this day in 1260 the Mongols killed a group of 49 Dominican monks in the Polish city of Sandomierz. This took place during the second Mongol invasion of Poland, which...