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- The Truman Doctrine was a proclamation by United States President ... Aid was agreed by the United States government to be given to both ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 18:28, 2 May 2023
- The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American military ... Cass was in full favor of United States expansion and supported President ...9 KB (1,272 words) - 22:19, 25 October 2022
- A Congressional Gold Medal is an award bestowed by the United States ... The Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are generally ...10 KB (1,549 words) - 19:21, 15 May 2020
- The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration which may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- [[Image:Eisenhower in the Oval Office.jpg|thumb|300px|President Dwight ... The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- was a Prussian army officer who emigrated to the United States, became a geographer ... In May 1861 Adolph raised a volunteer regiment in New York City, the ...9 KB (1,379 words) - 06:10, 15 June 2023
- The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris after the ... In its original form, the Pact of Paris was a renunciation of war ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 17:20, 5 October 2022
- The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award in ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom ranks second only to the Medal of ...9 KB (1,283 words) - 22:24, 30 November 2022
- 16, 1978) was an American general and military governor best known for ... The Allies policy on restructuring the German economy kept changing ...11 KB (1,629 words) - 02:26, 5 November 2022
- Category:Military A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- | order=19th President of Liberia | term_start=January 3, 1944 ... 29, 1895 – July 23, 1971) was President of Liberia for more than 26 years ...9 KB (1,372 words) - 20:43, 13 May 2023
- 1, 1745 - December 15, 1796), was a United States Army general and statesman ... father's tannery. In 1775, he served in the provincial assembly. The following ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 05:54, 31 July 2023
- | founder = 17 members of the Religious Society of Friends ... The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- 20, 1893), was a Louisiana-born general for the Confederate Army during the ... Beauregard was the first prominent Confederate general. He commanded ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 06:06, 18 November 2022
- Maury County, Tennessee, and a third cousin of President James K. Polk. He ... His father was a well known figure during the American Revolution, who enjoyed ...10 KB (1,572 words) - 08:03, 6 March 2023
- Federalist No. 4, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... Federalist No. 4 addresses the possibility of European nations engaging ...15 KB (2,183 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- Military intelligence (abbreviated “MI” or “int.” in Commonwealth ... Most militaries maintain a military intelligence corps with specialized ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor ... General, he is remembered for promulgating the Permanent Settlement and for ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- 1987) was an American soldier and diplomat of the mid-twentieth century. ... in Kansas City as a youth and graduated from the United States Military Academy ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 01:07, 9 November 2022
- April 2, 1865), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He gained ... in Culpepper, Virginia, and graduated from the United States Military Academy ...11 KB (1,694 words) - 06:51, 13 June 2023
- Espionage is the practice of obtaining confidential information through ... ==Types of Espionage== ===Industrial Espionage=== Industrial espionage ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- from Boston, who, at 24 years old, became the chief artillery officer of ... who died in 1759. Henry left school at the age of 12, and became a clerk ...13 KB (1,896 words) - 15:24, 25 January 2023
- turning Lieutenant William Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift ... Mutiny is the act of conspiring to disobey an order that a group of ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- Federalist No. 5, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning ... Federalist No. 5 addresses the idea of states forming regional confederacies ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 01:54, 26 March 2024
- The Burning of Washington is the name given to the burning of Washington ... The White House was burned. Only the exterior walls remained, and ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and ... When Harrison took office in 1841 at the age of 68, he was the oldest ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- politician. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first official Secretary-General ... organize multinational troops to respond to the invasion of Korea in 1950 ...8 KB (1,239 words) - 18:30, 2 May 2023
- Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was a United States ... A national hero after the Mexican-American War, he served as military ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 15 May 2023
- The Allied Powers were a group of countries (also known as the Allies ... The Second World War's opposing alliances pitted strong democracies ...16 KB (2,240 words) - 18:30, 21 July 2023
- The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty ... Only two ABM systems have previously been operational against ICBMs: ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- The bugle is one of the simplest brass instruments; it is essentially ... Historically the bugle was signaling instrument, as well as an official ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- The Purple Heart is an American military decoration that was the first ... Designed by Washington in the form of a purple heart, it was intended ...23 KB (3,569 words) - 00:25, 3 December 2022
- elected positions as a representative in the Louisiana House of Representatives ... Benjamin was born a British subject in Christiansted, Saint Croix ...16 KB (2,409 words) - 06:37, 28 February 2023
- referred to as Joe Brown, was a Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, ... business dealings; acquiring great wealth at the misery of others, mainly convict ...6 KB (819 words) - 21:23, 6 May 2024
- pioneer, soldier, and statesman. He was the seventh governor of Kentucky ... Born in South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 04:05, 3 August 2022
- diplomat and conservative politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- Category:Military [[Image:ROTCFTX1.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Army ROTC ... The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is a college-based ...25 KB (3,768 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- as Belle Boyd, was a Confederate spy in the American Civil War. She operated ... Belle was born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), the eldest ...7 KB (1,038 words) - 20:18, 20 January 2022
- economist. He began his career as a member of the Austrian School of economics ... His mother was an illegitimate daughter of German emperor, Frederick III ...9 KB (1,193 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- The Triple Entente ("entente"—French for "agreement ... Fear and suspicion drove the three nations to seek a viable partnership ...9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2020
- 1955) was an American newspaper baron, owner of the Chicago Tribune, and popularly ... A leading opponent of United States entry into World War II and of ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
- Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United States. Taylor had ...16 KB (2,480 words) - 10:32, 7 June 2023
- – February 1, 1922) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and ... Sent to Europe in 1869 by the government to research European military ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- Thomas Heyward, Jr. (July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809), was a signer ... He served in the last four Royal Assemblies in the colony and in its ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 21:17, 30 April 2023
- 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who long ... Geronimo embodied the very essence of the Apache values—aggressiveness ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
- - February 23, 1915) was a mulatto slave in the United States who freed himself ... His actions as a Navy ship captain helped to bolster support for the ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:16, 16 December 2022
- 1900) in Haicheng County, Fengtian province of China – October 14, 2001 ... In the X’ian Incident of December 1936, Zhang kidnapped Chiang Kai ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians ... Margaret Chase was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897 ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 08:31, 10 March 2023
- The Warsaw Pact, or Warsaw Treaty Organization, officially named the ... ), was an organization of Central and Eastern European communist states ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 22:57, 3 May 2023
- U.S. Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He fired ... In San Francisco, California, following the civil war, he obtained ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 04:50, 14 June 2023
- 1821) was a Chilean general, considered one of the founders of independent ... After the Spanish Reconquista ("Reconquest"), he continued ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- The Fourteen Points were listed in a speech delivered by President ... The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with ...13 KB (1,920 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- A suicide attack is an attack on a military or civilian target, in ... with Samson's suicidal destruction of a Philistine temple (as recounted ...11 KB (1,667 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- The Nuremberg Code is a landmark document that delineates a set of ... Arising from the horrifying experiments conducted on people by Nazi ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 15:28, 10 October 2021
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 was a measure adopted ... The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and ... In 1860, Katsu commanded the Kanrin-maru, a tiny triple-masted schooner ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 17:15, 5 October 2022
- |observedby=United States |date=Last Monday in May | |observances=visiting ... |longtype=Federal (and most U.S. states) |type=national ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally ... Marching bands are generally categorized by function and by the style ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the American Continental ... The weather began to ease in February and Washington appointed General ...10 KB (1,539 words) - 14:15, 3 May 2023
- lawyer who played a role in dismantling the Jim Crow laws and outlawing ... in Washington, D.C., just blocks away from the Supreme Court building. His ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 19:09, 4 December 2023
- composer, conductor, band leader, and author of the late nineteenth and early ... Sousa composed at least 136 marches, many of which included innovative ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 03:59, 2 May 2024
- The Andersonville prison, located at Camp Sumter, was the largest ... Early in the American Civil War, prisoners were commonly paroled and ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- 1813 – July 13, 1890), was an American military officer and explorer. Fremont ... Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- A bomb is any of a range of devices that can be exploded to produce ... The term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices ...13 KB (2,042 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with ... and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:35, 3 May 2023
- The United States expedition to Korea in 1871, which came to be known ... For several centuries leading up to the nineteenth, Korea had maintained ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a war leader of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). ... One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States ...13 KB (2,097 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- The division of Korea into North Korea and South Korea stems from ... The Korean War (1950-1953) and its Armistice Agreement left the two ...20 KB (2,911 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... Her experiences in the United States made her an able spokeswoman ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- in large part for his major victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn against ... Sitting Bull was born around 1831 near the Grand River in present ...14 KB (2,110 words) - 22:40, 29 January 2023
- | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... | date of birth=October 4, 1822 | place of birth=Delaware, Ohio ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- American politician, Union general in the American Civil War, and diplomat ... He received the Medal of Honor, although very late in his career. ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 18:15, 24 January 2024
- The Cuban Revolution overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista by ... In the context of the Cold War between the Western world, led by the ...14 KB (2,102 words) - 19:27, 5 June 2020
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site ... Cannons were first mounted on Brimstone Hill in 1690, when the British ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- – June 9, 1874) was a chief (a nantan) of the Chokonen ("central ... Cochise was also famous for his truthfulness and honor and was the ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 22:17, 7 January 2024
- 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
- The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential order in 1863 that ... It was a declaration by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 17:52, 13 February 2024
- *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...14 KB (1,976 words) - 01:05, 9 February 2023
- The Copperheads were a faction of Democrats in the North (see also ... Debate continues about whether the Civil War and all its bloodshed ...19 KB (2,857 words) - 02:59, 8 January 2024
- Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before dying in the ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- Ganghwa Island (江華島), known as the first line of defense for ... Ganghwa Island, the fifth largest island in South Korea, sits in the ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- The Oyo Empire was a large West African empire founded in approximately ... Beginning as simply the city of Oyo, it rose to prominence through ...14 KB (2,197 words) - 16:50, 11 September 2023
- Just War refers to the concept of warfare as being justified, typically ... The Just War tradition is, first of all, a set of criteria that act ...18 KB (2,937 words) - 06:46, 28 February 2023
- remains are buried, usually with some form of marker to establish their identity ... A cemetery is generally a place of respect for the dead where the ...16 KB (2,305 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973) was the first ... changed. His compassion and respect for the rights of the Arab residents ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 22:27, 25 January 2024
- The Battle of Buena Vista (February 23, 1847), also known as the Battle ... After the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846, most of Major General ...9 KB (1,403 words) - 03:51, 2 January 2022
- politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives ... Butler was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, the son of Captain John ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 09:28, 28 September 2023
- for slavery, most famous for serving as the only president of the Confederate ... Before the Civil War, Davis served in the Mississippi legislature ...22 KB (3,305 words) - 04:35, 31 July 2022
- North Korea claims to possess nuclear weapons, and the CIA asserts ... The world community left the MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) world ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- Civil engineering is a broad field of engineering covering many specialties ... Most civil engineering projects today deal with the planning, construction ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... society that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- leader, nurse, and fundraiser, all as part of her efforts to end slavery ... her a mission. She transcended barriers of both race and gender at a time ...11 KB (1,943 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- The Three Gojoseon kingdoms first appear in Joseon Sangosa and has ... Some leading Korea scholars omit mention of the Three Gojoseon kingdoms ...10 KB (1,333 words) - 21:05, 31 October 2022
- soldier from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American ... Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance ...16 KB (2,425 words) - 04:28, 31 July 2022
- Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term meaning the ... The term "ammunition" is also frequently used for whatever ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- Arlington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located ... Arlington remains an active military cemetery, averaging 5,400 funerals ...24 KB (3,687 words) - 03:05, 15 August 2023
- Category:Military A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
