(Encyclopedia) War of 1812, armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain, 1812–15. It followed a period of great stress between the two nations as a result of the treatment of neutral…
(Encyclopedia) Thirty Years War, 1618–48, general European war fought mainly in Germany.
The general results of the war may be said to have been a tremendous decrease in German population;…
(Encyclopedia) Peninsular War, 1808–14, fought by France against Great Britain, Portugal, Spanish regulars, and Spanish guerrillas in the Iberian Peninsula.
The Peninsular War immeasurably…
Here's a look at the weapons and technology used during the First World War. World War I Mark V-star tank Related Links World War I Battles with the Most Casualties…
2002 Cause: Afghanistan’s Taliban government harbored Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda terrorist group, who were responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on…
HOW DID THE WAR BEGIN? WHY WAS THIS A WORLD WAR? WAR IN THE PACIFIC WHEN DID THE TIDE TURN? BLITZKRIEGHOLOCAUSTATOM BOMBFIND OUT MOREIn 1939, Nazi Germany invaded its neighboring countries,…
(Encyclopedia) Aroostook War, Feb.–May, 1839, border conflict between the United States and Canada. In 1838, Maine and New Brunswick both claimed territory left undetermined on the U.S.-Canadian…
(Encyclopedia) Utah War, in U.S. history, conflict between Mormons and the U.S. government. In the spring of 1857, President James Buchanan appointed a non-Mormon, Alfred Cumming, as governor of the…
