Battles

Battle of Samugarh Facts

Battle of Samugarh, (1658–1659) | Mughal Princes, Throne Rivalry, and Decisive Clash

Summary The Battle of Samugarh was fought on May 29, 1658, between the Mughal princes to claim the throne of the Mughal Empire. On one side was Dara Shikoh, the most cherished and beloved son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, and on the other side, the other two sons of Shah Jahan were Prince Aurangzeb […]

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Facts About Battle of Chancellorsville

Battle of Chancellorsville | Summary, Civil War, & Facts

Battle of Chancellorsville Summary How would you fight a battle against an army twice your size? Would you say it couldn’t be done? If you were General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army, you wouldn’t give up; you would settle in and plan out your masterpiece. This battle was Robert E. Lee’s crowning achievement

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The Indian War of Independence

Indian Rebellion of 1857 | War of Independence

  The Indian War of Independence The Indian War of Independence: On March 29th, 1857 there was a commotion at barrack poor in the Bengal province of British India a young man named Mangal Pandey Intoxicated opened fire and his British superiors of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry got a bit of fighting Mangal Pandey was arrested the shots He fired

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Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War | Casualties, Causes, Combatants, & Outcome

Date: 12 January 1918[4] — 20 May 1925 (7 years, 4 months, 1 week, and 1 day) Location: Former Russian Empire Result: Bolshevik victory: (Allied withdrawal, Defeat and collapse of the Russian White Movement).   Russian Civil War and Communism (1918–21) In 1918, America invaded Russia. 5,000 American troops landed at Arkhangelsk, in northern Russia,

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Anglo-Zanzibar War

Anglo-Zanzibar War: The Shortest War in History

Anglo-Zanzibar War: British-Zanzibar history [1896] Date: 09:00–09:37 EAT (06:00–06:37UTC), 27 August 1896 (38 minutes) Location: Zanzibar Town, Zanzibar Sultanate Result: British victory Anglo-Zanzibar War: This is, perhaps, a stereotypical scene of a pre-modern era war. Cannons firing, men charging into battle, horses wildly flailing their legs… all of these are what you probably think of

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D-Day

D-Day – Normandy Invasion, Facts, and Significance

D-Day Normandy Landing D-Day the Wehrmacht high command had long expected the Allied invasion of Western Europe. Nonetheless, the landing in Normandy managed to surprise the German commanders and proved to be a turning point in World War II. References to D-Day focus on that particular day. However, it was a part of a larger campaign known as Operation Overlord. Battle of Dunkirk

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