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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 (1,383 words) - 18:20, 21 May 2024
- - 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
- American sociologist. His writings addressed the responsibilities of intellectuals ... Even though he recognized that there is an inter-relationship between ...13 KB (1,826 words) - 21:17, 24 November 2023
- Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- A Militia is an organization of citizens prepared to provide defense ... Militias, being composed of civilians rather than professional soldiers ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- 10, 1878 - June 14, 1946) was President of Guatemala from February 14 ... his post when he was forced to resign, but the regime replacing him was short ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 06:28, 6 May 2024
- [[Image:Old Bailey Microcosm edited.jpg|250px|thumb|A trial at the ... its laws. In common law and civil law states, courts are the central means ...21 KB (3,221 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- most famous for his successful development of the gyrocompass. He also developed ... His mother died in childbirth, and in the absence of his father, Sperry ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 17:16, 13 February 2024
- Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was ... Bradley was the first official Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the U. S. Military ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- Cinco de Mayo in Latin America, Spanish for "Fifth of May" ... In the United States in particular, as well as other countries worldwide ...18 KB (2,441 words) - 22:02, 10 December 2023
- The Doctors' Trial is the unofficial name for the particular ... The Doctor's Trial was one of a series of trials held in Nuremberg ...23 KB (3,287 words) - 16:13, 11 November 2021
- Omaña (April 2, 1792 - May 6, 1840) was one of the military and political ... as President from 1833 until 1837, then in the Senate until his death. Considered ...17 KB (2,641 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- :For the province, see Sulu {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = Sulu ... The Sultanate of Sulu was a Muslim state that ruled over many of the ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- with North Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States. The Cold War ... In the midst of that awful tension, shrugging off a humiliating experience ...21 KB (3,033 words) - 10:44, 10 November 2023
- 21, 1919) was an American pioneer in the areas of feminism, abolitionism ... One of the first women in the country to be awarded a medical degree ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 16:01, 7 November 2022
- Patriots' Day (so punctuated in several U.S. states, but Patriot ... The day is observed by re-enactments of the battles and the famous ...16 KB (2,205 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- The Monroe Doctrine is a United States doctrine which, on December ... The three main concepts of the doctrine—separate spheres of influence ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 21:11, 9 November 2022
- October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Native American tribe ... During the War of 1812 he fought on the side of the British. Later ...18 KB (2,766 words) - 19:44, 14 August 2021
- Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, "the kinsman is ... A great literary revival followed. One of the most important works ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 17:00, 21 January 2024
- (c. 544 – 496 B.C.E.) was a Chinese author of The Art of War (Chinese: 兵 ... The Art of War is a systematic guide to strategy and tactics for rulers ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was a career ... ==Early life and military career== Bragg was born in Warrenton, North ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 13:25, 11 February 2022
- The Atlantique Incident represented an event in which the Indian Air ... The Atlantique Incident, taking place one month after the end of the ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- Minister, and politician. Having risen to the rank of brigadier-general ... Zahedi cannot wholly be blamed for allowing the British and Americans ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 01:52, 26 March 2024
- a British army officer. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny ... The reality of colonialism was exploitative and—until the conquered ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) ... At the time, the Navy was not as well developed as the United States ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- Category:Military Category:Public Psychological warfare is a tactic involving the use of propaganda ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- from 1884 to 1911. After a distinguished military career, Díaz parted company ... tackle racial divides, but it was a period of relative political stability ...17 KB (2,659 words) - 05:38, 30 November 2022
- Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change ... Silver iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) are the most commonly ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty that officially ... Negotiations between the allied powers started on May 7, the anniversary ...20 KB (3,094 words) - 16:26, 2 May 2023
- The American Colonization Society was founded in Liberia 1816 by Robert ... The society held close control over the development of Liberia until ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 03:32, 24 July 2023
- for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology ... The Yerkes National Primate Research Center, which he established ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 02:18, 16 December 2022
- 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American military leader, general of the army, secretary of state, and the third secretary of ...21 KB (3,077 words) - 07:05, 18 April 2024
- , a euphemism for the up to 200,000 women who were forced to serve ... Asians to serve as Comfort women in military Comfort Stations throughout ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- South American independence leader, was one of the commanders--together with ... Influenced by the ideals of the United States Declaration of Independence ...15 KB (2,196 words) - 17:13, 29 September 2023
- The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... In 1839, the First Opium War broke out, and China was defeated by ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American ... Hood was born in Owingsville, in Bath County, Kentucky, and was the ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 05:57, 3 August 2022
- The Battle of Vicksburg, or Siege of Vicksburg, was the final significant ... Grant had captured Jackson, the Mississippi state capital, in mid ...17 KB (2,734 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
- In common terminology, twilight is the time interval shortly before ... Recognizing the romantic quality of the ambient light at this time ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 20:41, 17 January 2024
- The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American ... because of his risky but successful division of his army in the presence ...21 KB (3,314 words) - 11:37, 20 September 2023
- Sinmun of Silla (r. 681 – 692) was the thirty-first king of Silla ... early kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of Silla's unifier ...11 KB (1,743 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- - 1898), also known as John Manjiro, was one of the first Japanese people to ... from Tosa Province, Japan, and rescued by the American whaler USS John ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation during the Cold War between ... The crisis started on October 16, 1962, when U.S. reconnaissance was ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:42, 11 January 2024
- referred to as simply Alcatraz or locally as The Rock, is a small island located ... Due to its isolation by the cold, strong, hazardous currents of San ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- The Volunteer Army (Добровольческая армия in Russian ... Part of the wide White Russian resistance movement, the Volunteer ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- The National Park Service is the United States federal agency that ... It is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior, which ...24 KB (3,262 words) - 14:57, 11 November 2022
- The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Spain ... Following four centuries of colonization of the Western Hemisphere ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in the county of ... This conflict began when King James declared war on England, to honor ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 17:39, 28 March 2024
- objector sentenced to 15 years hard labor in the [[United States Disciplinary ... incompatible with being a combatant in military service, or they may refuse ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing ... The term "Contra" comes from the Spanish la contra, short ...20 KB (2,936 words) - 02:50, 8 January 2024
- 16, 2016) was an Egyptian diplomat who was the sixth secretary-general of ... for not responding quickly enough in the face of tragedies like the ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 19:59, 20 November 2023
- The First Battle of Bull Run (named after the closest creek), also ... The Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Battle of Second Manassas, was ...22 KB (3,387 words) - 02:45, 26 September 2023
- a student leader. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature ... its final achievement. He is recognized as the leading architect of Burmese ...17 KB (2,666 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (February 4, 1917 – August 10, 1980) was ... to maintain national unity or to resolve the ongoing dispute with India ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 10:02, 22 May 2023
- Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria (January 30, 1894 – August 28, 1943 ... Boris died in 1943 during World War II and the Communists were able ...15 KB (2,233 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials most notable for the ... There was a second set of trials of lesser war criminals that was ...26 KB (4,019 words) - 01:19, 17 November 2022
- The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, "period of enlightened ... After World War II, Japan was occupied by a foreign power for the ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- (March 10, 1957 - May 2, 2011) was a founder of the militant Islamist al-Qaeda ... quot; or "Usama bin Ladin," both of which are abbreviated to UBL. ...20 KB (3,020 words) - 04:35, 18 November 2022
- The Djiboutian Civil War (also known as the Afar Insurgency) was a ... However, the war and the flow of Somalian refugees from the Somali ...10 KB (1,580 words) - 16:29, 29 January 2024
- was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early ... much criticism by some historians after the American Civil War claiming ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners, ... regulations have resulted in movement of the industry to developing regions. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- Federalist No. 78 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-eighth ... Titled "The Judiciary Department", Federalist No. 78 was ...16 KB (2,527 words) - 18:47, 4 October 2023
- the type of school providing secondary education|gymnasium (school) ... Gym, a shortened form of gymnasium, refers to facilities intended ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July or July 4th) is ... other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions ...20 KB (2,843 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red ... When her father, a military veteran and devout Universalist, was dying ...14 KB (2,285 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known ... The Suez Canal had been important in Iran and the colonial penetration ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- The Laotian Civil War (1962-1975) was an internal fight between the ... The fighting in Laos included significant participation by North Vietnamese ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- chemist and industrialist who emmigrated to the United States in 1799 and ... has had a major impact on American affairs. The DuPont Company was a major ...10 KB (1,478 words) - 21:44, 29 December 2021
- The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed ... The results for Eastern Europe were disastrous as they were held hostage ...13 KB (2,093 words) - 10:05, 22 May 2023
- Clare Boothe Luce (April 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was a United ... The tragic death of her only daughter marked a turning point that ...15 KB (2,324 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... |significance = Commemorates war dead Honors military veterans (U.S.) ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Historic Site in Kiowa County, Colorado near the towns of Eads and Chivington ... The Sand Creek Massacre was one of the most horrific atrocities committed ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- Operation Gibraltar, the name given to Pakistan's failed plan ... The operation proved significant as it sparked a large scale military ...17 KB (2,428 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- a turbulent 40-year career. He was President of Mexico eleven non-consecutive ... replaced by rule by an wealthy elite while the majority of Mexicans, and ...22 KB (3,432 words) - 05:42, 11 August 2023
- Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- April 19, 1974) was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the President ... Ayub Khan was born in the village of Rehana in Haripur District to ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 14:50, 7 February 2023
- , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the most prominent women in ... In September, 1949, when the Communists founded the People’s Republic ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742 - January 1, 1787) was one of the ... The son of Henry Middleton, one of South Carolina's representatives ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- The U–2 Affair of 1960 occurred when an American U–2 spy plane ... On May 1, 1960, fifteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 01:20, 3 May 2023
- The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as The ... In the United States, the war was a partisan issue, supported by most ...28 KB (4,268 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- The Battle of Inchon (also Romanized as "Incheon;" ... was a decisive invasion and battle during the Korean War, conceived and ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- Major general and Lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces ... Although convinced that the airborne attack he led against Japan in ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- There were two Battles of the Marne fought during World War I. The ... By the end of August 1914, the whole Allied army on the Western Front ...14 KB (2,224 words) - 22:10, 16 January 2022
- The Jeju Uprising or Jeju Massacre (old spelling, "Cheju" ... The detested Japanese occupation of Korea, which began in 1910, finally ...12 KB (1,861 words) - 04:44, 31 July 2022
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- Bolshevik and Soviet statesman during the Stalin and Khrushchev years ... Anastas Mikoyan joined the Bolshevik Party and fought in Baku during ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- leader in colonial Virginia's House of Burgesses, delegate to the ... Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine, he was one of the most radical advocates ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 16:44, 21 November 2022
- The Légion d'honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur ... This world-renowned Order is the highest decoration in France and ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- 23, 1800), South Carolina statesman, was one of four signers of the Declaration ... A delegate at both the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA ... holdings to make them easily accessible to the public. Since 2006, NARA collaborated ...18 KB (2,561 words) - 01:36, 11 November 2022
- ) (July 1, 1780 – November 16, 1831) was a Prussian soldier, military ... As the way in which war is prosecuted, and the nature of war itself ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 15:21, 27 November 2023
- to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ... Although the term is generally reserved for professional space travelers ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, largely a continuation ... Roughly two million people died as a result of war, famine, and disease ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- The Kamchatka Peninsula is a long body of land jutting dramatically ... About the size of New Zealand, it is one of the largest peninsulas ...9 KB (1,374 words) - 02:34, 5 October 2022
- training. His techniques used in treatment of phobias and anxiety provided ... whose approach was dominant at the time, as treating only the ...10 KB (1,476 words) - 02:11, 11 August 2022
- style has kept him popular when many of his contemporaries have been ... ==Early life and military career== [[Image:Ambrose Bierce.jpg|thumb ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 02:48, 24 July 2023
- The Somali Revolution started in 1986, when President Siad Barre began ... The United Nations was involved on the ground in Somalia from 1992 ...21 KB (3,059 words) - 01:10, 4 February 2023
- The Eritrean War of Independence (September 1, 1961 – May 29, 1991 ... between or within nations. However, if the two nations had spent the ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 19:31, 13 February 2024
- Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated ... Colloquially, the day is also now widely known as Presidents' ...19 KB (2,531 words) - 23:00, 3 May 2023
- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... policy in a vastly improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...43 KB (6,372 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- `Aflāq) (1910 – June 23, 1989) was the ideological founder of Ba’athism ... The Ba'th Party (also spelled Baath or Ba'ath; Arabic: حزب ...9 KB (1,421 words) - 17:09, 9 November 2022
- The year 1992 marked the centennial of the beginning of the Donghak ... Japan also sent troops, unrequested, leading to the outbreak of the ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- patriot who died a hero's death in the American Revolutionary War ... teacher and then a doctor. An active member of the Sons of Liberty, he began ...7 KB (1,126 words) - 05:02, 7 May 2024
- with pipes, riot in a clash with police in the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike ... Riots occur when crowds or even small groups of people gather to commit ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- ), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of ... It should be noted that the term Mao Zedong Thought has always been ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- was an Egyptian statesman who served as the third president of Egypt from ... Sadat was a soldier who became a man of peace. Egypt and Israel had ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- :This article is about the publisher and soldier. For the United States ... 30, 1917) was an American newspaper mogul, the owner and editor-in-chief ...10 KB (1,489 words) - 20:43, 29 January 2022
- statesman and a former four-star general in the United States Army. He was ... Powell, who, despite his mistake in telling the world that the invasion of ...38 KB (5,777 words) - 22:30, 7 January 2024
- The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, popularly known ... The bureau was put into effect to protect the best interests of former ...13 KB (1,911 words) - 10:37, 11 April 2024
- American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress ... He unsuccessfully sought the presidency five times. In 1980, McCarthy ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 04:13, 23 March 2024
- and author. He served as a general in the United States Army during ... Sherman's attack on civilian infrastructure and displacement ...29 KB (4,410 words) - 20:33, 13 May 2023
- :This article is about the legal term alien referring to citizens ... country or is not a native or citizen of the land in which they live ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 00:39, 9 January 2023
- or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against ... The first hovercraft was invented and patented by the English inventor ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ... The Trotskyists faced a crisis during WWII, as many of them supported ...19 KB (2,598 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of ... For over 100 years this site served as a memorial to the U.S. soldiers ...20 KB (3,068 words) - 00:37, 3 November 2022
- The Taif Agreement was negotiated in Taif, Saudi Arabia by the surviving ... The background to the Taif Agreement consists of both the Lebanese ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 02:56, 27 February 2023
- The World Factbook (ISSN 1553-8133 ; also known as the CIA World Factbook)Central Intelligence Agency ...33 KB (4,760 words) - 17:51, 30 April 2023
- American aviatrix, considered to be one of the most gifted race pilots ... awards due to her contributions, among them the Distinguished Flying Cross ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- Gwanghaegun or Prince Gwanghae (1574 – 1641) was the fifteenth king ... Gwanghaegun endeared himself to generations of Koreas for guiding ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 08:20, 27 July 2023
- 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) stands as the dominant figure in the Republic ... Asian nation builder, rapidly modernizing the South through export-led growth ...19 KB (2,859 words) - 08:52, 18 November 2022
- Darfur is a region of Sudan which borders the Central African Republic ... The region was devastated by drought in the 1980s, bringing to head ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 22:17, 25 January 2024
- and leader, a Yoruba Chief, and native of Ikenne in the Ogun State of ... When military rule began, Awolowo said that Nigeria had entered a ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States senator, vice president ... war with Britain in 1812 and a vast program of internal improvements afterwards ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 16:58, 5 April 2024
- Category:Military Total war is a military conflict in which nations mobilize all available ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- Supremely athletic and powerful, the red-haired Budge stood six-foot ... His historic firsts include being the first man to win Wimbledon& ...15 KB (2,399 words) - 17:17, 30 January 2024
- The Joint Security Area (JSA) or Panmunjom, often called the "Truce ... and various military accounts [http://maic.jmu.edu/JOURNAL/5.1/Profiles/NKorea/nkorea ...29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 2024
- who played a significant role during the Modoc War of 1872-1873. Born ... After learning of a Modoc plot to assassinate a group of government ...16 KB (2,613 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2023
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... In 1939 Adolf Hitler added a "marching swastika" in the ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth ... Johnson was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the time of ...20 KB (2,946 words) - 17:51, 27 July 2023
- in today's Turkey c. 306 C.E. Known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as ... Veneration of Saint Barbara was common from the ninth century until ...12 KB (1,877 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- Skydiving is a type of parachuting done for recreational purposes ... jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of gas, which produces a pressure ... explosives—dynamite, TNT, etc.—because of its lower burning speed, which ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- The Caduceus, also known as the wand of Hermes, was a symbol of the ... The caduceus is sometimes used as a symbol for medicine, especially ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- The Art of War ( 孫子兵法 (Sun Tzu's Military Method) is an ancient Chinese military treatise ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- politician, elected three times as president of Argentina. He served from 1946 ... Perón and his wife Eva were immensely popular among a portion of ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- is an Arabic term for "uprising." The word was first widely used ... The Oslo peace process began as the international community responded ...16 KB (2,421 words) - 10:58, 6 March 2024
- a U.S. Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted ... Burnside was not the most apt general to take the field during the ...27 KB (4,163 words) - 02:49, 24 July 2023
- The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence-gathering ... The CIA is restricted from operating inside the United States, although ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- James A. Naismith, (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) Bachelor ... Ontario on November 6, 1861. James was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants ...14 KB (2,207 words) - 08:49, 18 March 2024
- Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries ... ("The National Celebration") and commonly and legally ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 11:09, 20 September 2023
- The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese ... In accordance with the treaty, both Japan and Russia agreed to evacuate ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, prince and landgrave of the House ... His election as king of Finland resulted from the temporary ascendancy ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 07:09, 6 June 2021
- in cognitive psychology. He is best known as the creator of the Stanford-Binet ... County, Indiana, seventeen miles southeast of Indianapolis. He was the twelfth ...14 KB (2,037 words) - 22:21, 25 October 2022
- The Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought from September 12 to September ... Harpers Ferry (originally Harper's Ferry) is a small town at ...18 KB (2,860 words) - 09:46, 22 September 2023
- , and (1871–1872), as President of Mexico.For resisting the French ... and adoption of a federalist constitution. ==Early life== ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 09:15, 27 September 2023
- In the United States, the Presidential library system is a nationwide ... Presidential libraries began with the thirty-second U.S. President ...19 KB (2,492 words) - 22:38, 30 November 2022
- 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He ... Hull was born in a log cabin in Olympus, which is now part of Pickett ...16 KB (2,419 words) - 03:02, 8 January 2024
- taught lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, American ... Indiana. He started working in the county clerks office and studied ...15 KB (2,378 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- Détente is a French term, meaning a relaxing or easing; the term ... The two sides in the Cold War, the NATO powers and the Warsaw Pact ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- San Diego is a large coastal California city located in the southwestern ... It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- for nonviolent social change, and one of the most influential American ... as a "cheery elf," rather than the common image of the austere ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 06:30, 15 January 2023
