Wednesday, 18th–The weather is very pleasant. We are still on duty guarding the main road to Beaufort. The trains have all gone in for supplies. All is quiet in front. This low country, before the war, was planted to cotton, the planters living in town while their plantations were mana...
Regardless of ideological drive, the American Civil War saw the greatest clash of arms in the Western Hemisphere. The tragic heavy losses witnessed in battles such as Cold Harbor and Antietam stem from outdated military formations and tactics used with modern weapons of unprecedented killing capacity...
At the top of a hill on the Thai side of the border, the army is watching everything closely. There's a nervousness and tension that hasn't been there since the coup in 2021. Read more: Myanmar junta 'deliberately bombing medical facilities' Myanmar's civil war has taken dr...
The Spanish Civil War[nb 2] was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists prevailed, and Fra
The men kill each other, leaving the bereaved women—Leonardo’s wife, the bridegroom’s mother, and the bride—to bewail their losses.This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.Spanish Civil War Table of Contents Introduction & Top Questions References & Edit History...
11 southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war, Southern troops won numerous victories but saw their fortunes turn after losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863. From then on, Northern forces worked to conqueror the South, forcin...
In spring 1918 the Whites held over 80,000 people in prison—nearly 3% of the Finnish population—and between 12,000 and 14,000 Reds died in prison camps after the war. Those losses in the camps were compounded by malnutrition and diseases such as influenza, especially in the summer of ...
methods of regime change and the redistribution of spheres of influence. At the same time, by their destructive consequences – depending on the length and bitterness of the confrontation – civil wars are comparable to a defeat in a conventional war with large losses in human lives and the ...
If civil war is a contest for popular support, why would a government ever embark on a policy of disproportionate force and mass killing? The logic of civilian defection expects such an approach to easily backfire, as civilians respond to massive losses by opposing the side that inflicted them...
The beaten Union forces included the Newport Home Guards, which had been “badly cut up” during the battle.[4]This unit had suffered losses reported as two men killed, six wounded, and two missing.[5] William was one of those casualties, suffering an undocumented wound which was not immed...