Poland also experienced a large amount of civil unrest and strikes by industrial workers. In 1989, the trade union Solidarity was granted permission to contest government elections and in 1991, under the first free elections in Poland, Lech Walesa became the country's first president. ...
SPANISH TERCIOS– After sending the Moors packing back to Morocco, the Spanish burst out of their back-water end of Europe to become the biggest badasses since the Roman legions. Their “conquistadors” kicked ass all over the world and created an empire that was global in scale. Nobody wa...