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- the past – it referred to all inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary irrespective ... Magyars were the main inhabitants of the Kingdom of Hungary that existed ...20 KB (3,024 words) - 05:22, 5 November 2022
- The siege of Sparta took place in 272 B.C.E. and was a battle fought ... 297–272 B.C.E.) and an alliance consisting of Sparta, under the ...24 KB (3,591 words) - 22:02, 26 February 2024
- The Battle of Gallipoli took place at Gallipoli from April 1915 to ... Çanakkale Savaşları, after the province of Çanakkale. In the United Kingdom ...37 KB (5,841 words) - 21:41, 25 June 2022
- eastern Europe in 1912–1913, in the course of which the Balkan League (Kingdom ... independence in 1878, and the re-emergence of a Croatian state in 1868 awoke ...22 KB (3,406 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- Gediminas (c. 1275 – 1341) was the monarch of medieval Grand Duchy ... in Lida, stand in remembrance and honor of the past ruler and his many ...17 KB (2,688 words) - 06:32, 18 April 2024
- reformer. He is best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper ... racism and the degrading conditions of blacks undermined the recognition ...24 KB (3,479 words) - 18:24, 17 April 2023
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... "marching swastika" in the center of the cross and reinstituted ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- 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
- hostile nations not involved in an open war de-escalate tensions through ... The two sides in the Cold War, the NATO powers and the Warsaw Pact ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated from ...14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume and the second ... Located at the southern end of the Western Rift Valley, the lake is ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 23:20, 21 October 2022
- - January 7, 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional ... In 1937, Japan engaged in war with China for a second time, and in ...23 KB (3,453 words) - 18:28, 13 February 2024
- modern China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a ... and towards communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话 ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- 27, 1676 - April 8, 1735) was the leader of the Hungarian uprising against ... He was also Prince of Transylvania, an Imperial Prince, and a member ...24 KB (3,987 words) - 06:28, 24 May 2021
- or Helsinki Declaration, was the Final Act of the Conference on Security ... human rights and to non-violent resolution of disputes. Analysts identify ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 17:19, 6 February 2022
- Rolls on March 15, 1906, and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904 ... Royce, the company's co-founder, did not have the advantage of ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 02:47, 16 December 2022
- 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 Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... Hotel on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing Empire of China ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- the Swedish Parliament in 1634) was founder of the Swedish Empire (or Stormaktstiden ... own time, widely regarded as the archetype of what a king should be and one ...20 KB (3,242 words) - 02:41, 27 July 2023
- in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917. It was originally patterned ... Assembly in a more timely fashion is one of the reasons for the failure ...40 KB (5,691 words) - 16:00, 22 July 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
- in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1923. Part of the wide White Russian resistance movement, the Volunteer ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- A prisoner of war (POW) is a combatant who is imprisoned by an enemy ... In the history of war (which covers basically all of human history ...27 KB (4,158 words) - 00:40, 12 April 2023
- Britannica (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993, ISBN 978-0852295717 ... imprisonment due largely to the intervention of the Bishop of Chichester, George ...17 KB (2,576 words) - 23:11, 15 May 2023
- The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) was a series of ... The kings and queens of this era ruled England from 1485 - 1603. During ...11 KB (1,689 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- The War of the Pacific, also called the Saltpeter War in reference ... The War of the Pacific grew out of a dispute between Chile and Bolivia ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- also with arms in hand, for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie ... The Comintern was founded after the dissolution of the Second International ...35 KB (4,964 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- and journalist. He led France during World War I and was one of the ... Clemenceau, however, secured France's trusteeship of Syria and ...28 KB (4,425 words) - 22:45, 28 November 2022
- Carol I of Romania, original name Prince Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus ... During the Independence War of 1877-1878, Prince Charles personally ...26 KB (4,057 words) - 00:37, 29 November 2023
- Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of ... Operation Downfall consisted of two parts--Operation Olympic and Operation ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- Gdańsk is situated in northern Poland on the southern edge of Gdańsk ... center. Historically it was a member of the Hanseatic League, and remains ...22 KB (3,336 words) - 06:28, 18 April 2024
- The Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano was a treaty between Russia ... The fact that Russia was aware that the terms of the Treaty would ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 14:57, 2 May 2023
- Mitsubishi Gurūpu), Mitsubishi Group of Companies, or Mitsubishi Companies ... Mitsubishi was the second largest of the family-owned industrial-financial ...21 KB (2,798 words) - 19:21, 9 November 2022
- January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defense Forces ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Order of the Garter (KG), Order of the Bath ... invade and liberate Malaya when the Emperor of Japan surrendered. Noted for ...24 KB (3,728 words) - 18:26, 17 April 2023
- [[File:KarlHaushofer.jpg|thumb|300px|Portrait of Karl Haushofer, circa ... who developed the German concept of Geopolitik. An army officer ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- |Place of Birth: |Thessaloníki (Selânik) |- |Death: |November 10, 1938 ... |Place of Death: |Istanbul |- |Political Party: |As PM: Republican ...25 KB (3,912 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ... territory and its people being invaded. Some of these consequences can be beneficial ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German army opened ... infantry advances. However, a combination of entrenchments, machine gun ...57 KB (8,515 words) - 17:19, 4 May 2023
- treatise Vom Kriege, translated into English as On War. As the way in which war is prosecuted, and the nature of war itself ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 15:21, 27 November 2023
- The Eritrean-Ethiopian War took place from May 1998 to June 2000, ... also engaged in civil wars) is a tragedy of immense proportion. ...22 KB (3,294 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- 14, 1870) was the first senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American ... full generals in the army since the birth of the nation, but Farragut was ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- whose works, drawn from his wide range of experiences in World War I ... Hemingway's clipped prose style and unflinching treatment of ...19 KB (2,931 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- was an Austrian sociologist and philosopher of science and one of the founders ... in kind" (or barter system) before World War I, the Austrian government ...12 KB (1,753 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- The Göktürkler(s) or Köktürkler(s) were a Turkic people of ancient ... ) as the main Turkic power in the region and took hold of the lucrative ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- politician who was for many years the voice of the young nation of Israel ... Born in South Africa, he excelled as a student of foreign languages ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- computing, his role in the development of the atomic bomb and other weapons ... Through his public career, Bush was a proponent of technological innovation ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- The Fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, came about ... In April 1519, Hernán Cortés, previously the Chief Magistrate of ...39 KB (6,310 words) - 01:38, 26 September 2023
- The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the ... The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans who historically ... the plains where they adopted the lifestyle of Plains Indians, hunting bison ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of ... by the Sultan in 1878. However, the process of replacing existing institutions ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- Katyn Forest Massacre, was a mass execution of Polish citizens by the order ... The massacre is of note for a number of reasons, but primarily due ...48 KB (7,094 words) - 22:04, 3 March 2023
- activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977-1979. He was ... India's opposition to the occupation of Afghanistan. He improved relations ...17 KB (2,426 words) - 00:04, 16 December 2022
- chemist, Holocaust survivor and author of memoirs, short stories, poems ... He is also the author of The Periodic Table which contains 21 reflections ...16 KB (2,482 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- ironic novels and essays, including world classics such as Gulliver ... the other great pamphleteer and essayist of his time, Joseph Addison. Moreover ...20 KB (3,110 words) - 19:48, 4 May 2024
- A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society ... While the distinction between a "civil war" and a "revolution ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army ... The Uprising started at a crucial point in the war, as the Soviet ...33 KB (5,102 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- – March 1, 1938, Gardone Riviera, province of Brescia) was an Italian poet ... ego, sensuous pleasure, and glorification of self, exalt a certain type ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- between the Thrace and Anatolian sections of Turkey. The world's narrowest ... and control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978 - February 20, 1054) (East Slavic: Ярослав ... His patronage of learning and his forging international ties helped ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- The Seven Years War (1756-1763) involved all the major European powers ... 1756 to 1763, incorporating the Pomeranian War and the French and Indian ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second ... A combination of deception and brilliant administration—designed ...50 KB (7,770 words) - 11:32, 20 September 2023
- Zinov'ev according to the Library of Congress system. (born Hirsch ... was an Old Bolshevik and a close associate of Vladimir Lenin. During the ...36 KB (4,951 words) - 20:53, 31 January 2023
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September ... After achieving a truce a truce in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he began ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early ... tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by ...28 KB (4,338 words) - 18:25, 17 April 2023
- Harold Harefoot (c. 1015–March 17, 1040) was King of England from ... He was the son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway ...17 KB (2,606 words) - 17:22, 27 October 2020
- The union of Austria and Hungary, also known as the Dual (that of ... The newly created Austro-Hungarian Empire was a good example of a ...36 KB (5,334 words) - 18:41, 22 August 2023
- The Battle of Mohács ( mohácsi csata or mohácsi vész/Bane of Mohács; Schlacht bei Mohács ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- also known as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria ... unable to cope with the mounting incursions of Ottoman forces, Hungarian invasions ...28 KB (4,067 words) - 06:32, 11 March 2024
- The 1953 Iranian coup d'état deposed the government of Prime ... Ajax (originally viewed as a triumph of covert action), is now regarded ...27 KB (4,144 words) - 06:28, 13 June 2023
- Pennsylvania State House for then Province of Pennsylvania. In 1775, it became ... The building is now part of the larger Independence National Historical ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 12:50, 4 March 2024
- The Battle of the Bulge, officially called the Battle of the Ardennes ... total radio silence. Even Ultra (the allies reading of secret German ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasties of the Austrian Empire, Habsburg ... In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Peace of Westphalia ...37 KB (5,890 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2020
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population ... arrived in the area. The first establishment of Salzburg was the Benedictine ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- historian, best known as "the father of containment" and was a ... Truman Doctrine and the U.S. foreign policy of "containing" the ...39 KB (5,908 words) - 17:04, 10 April 2023
- an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known ... 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
- and European history. The last capital of Prussia was Berlin. Prussia ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...46 KB (6,764 words) - 08:22, 2 December 2022
- The Ottoman Empire represents one of the largest imperial projects ... history will view the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire in terms ...38 KB (5,718 words) - 05:55, 18 November 2022
- | order=28th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1913 ... | date of birth=December 28, 1856 | place of birth=Staunton, Virginia ...37 KB (5,512 words) - 23:30, 17 May 2023
- existed from 1346 to 1371, and was one of the larger states in Europe ... The Serbian Empire has included areas of Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 05:59, 5 October 2022
- The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the ... Some see the subsequent decline and fall of the Ottomans in terms ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- statesman who is popularly credited as one of the finest military commanders ... During his invasion of Italy he defeated the Romans in a series of ...41 KB (6,779 words) - 19:11, 29 January 2022
- ) were a Tungus people who inhabited the region of Manchuria (Northeast ... The Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) sought allies against the Mongols ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- information on troop movements during World War II (National Archives)]] Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- from c. 1500 B.C.E. At the height of its power, during the fourteenth ... Indic and Middle Eastern worlds, regardless of geographical origin. Trade ...37 KB (5,773 words) - 19:19, 9 November 2022
- 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
- The Onondaga (Onöñda'gega' or the People of the Hills ... Contemporary Onondaga are found in the Six Nations of the Grand River ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 00:41, 18 November 2022
- The Battle for Henderson Field, also known as the Battle of Henderson ... had been captured from the Japanese by the Allies in landings on Guadalcanal ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also known as the Second Battle of the Philippine ... The "Battle" of Leyte Gulf was actually a campaign consisting ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... The Allies were initially made up of Poland, the British Empire, France ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- [[Image:James I of England by Daniel Mytens in 1621.jpg|thumb|250px ... James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (Charles James ...30 KB (4,913 words) - 21:16, 20 March 2024
- leader, and the most prominent member of the Constitutional Democratic ... Pavel was born in Moscow in the upper-class family of Nikolai Pavlovich ...37 KB (5,152 words) - 21:52, 28 November 2022
- politician. He was briefly the nominal head of the Soviet state in 1917 and ... The Bolsheviks were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic ...22 KB (3,260 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- ; ca 1897 – October 23, 2003) was the youngest of the three Soong ... States made her an able spokeswoman. During World War II she traveled widely ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- The Thirty Years' War was fought between 1618 and 1648, principally ... During the war, Germany's population was reduced by 30 percent ...41 KB (6,305 words) - 18:37, 30 April 2023
- high governmental posts including Minister of Trade. He made several key ... denounced Stalin's "cult of personality." He helped ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- At the end of the Second World War, a ravaged Japan was occupied by ... in part to bolster its efforts in the Korean War, as well as out of a larger ...33 KB (4,957 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was a leader ... In his book, Soul on Fire, he renounced many of his former attitudes ...17 KB (2,660 words) - 00:10, 13 February 2024
- Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August ... Wilhelmina won respect and admiration for her role during World War ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
