This day marked the beginning of the Six-Day War. During six days, Israel managed to quadruple its territory and defeat three Arab states – Egypt, Jordan, and Syria...
The rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu After the death of the powerful daimyo (a position similar to a high-ranking noble in Europe) Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1598, Japan was governed b...
On this day in 1944, in the midst of World War II, American troops entered Rome and in doing so ended the German occupation of the city. To recall, after Italy withdrew f...
On this day in 1855, the American war ship USS Supply sailed on an unusual mission to acquire camels for the military. Namely, the Americans intended to set up a unit th...
On this day in 1941, Colonel General Kurt Student ordered the destruction of the village Kandanos in Crete, in retaliation for the resistance of the local population to t...
On this day, during World War II, German Luftwaffe aircraft shot down a Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner over the Bay of Biscay, killing all 17 people on board. The passen...
Napoleon’s Marshal Jean Lannes died on this day in 1809. He was one of only three Napoleon’s marshals who were killed during battles or shortly after them (th...
On this day in 1967, the Republic of Biafra proclaimed its independence from Nigeria. The international recognition of Biafra wasn’t achieved, and Nigerian forces...
