The heart of the Second World War was in the East, where Hitler, with the financial backing of major Western capitalists, vowed to destroy what fourteen capitalist states had failed to eradicate in the wake of 1917: actually existing socialism. Once it became clear to Himmler that this war h...
The Japanese official who signed the declaration of war against the US, Nobusuke Kishi, who was known as the “Devil of Shōwa” for his brutal rule of a Japanese colony in Northeast China, was also rehabilitated by the infamous Agency, which financed his rise to become the Prime Minister o...
It took 249 years, but archaeologists appear to have unearthed the musket ball that led to the start of the American Revolutionary War.
Civil War Weapons Technology The American Civil War, lasting from 1861 to 1865, was one of the bloodiest wars that the world has ever seen. The number of casualties resulting from the Civil War was a staggering six-hundred and twenty-thousand American soldiers. Although there are many explanati...
February 6, 1778, France, by Treaty of Alliance, recognized the United States. One month later, Britain declared war on France. This was a redundant act that reflected a pre-existing state of war that would continue into the 19th century long after the closure of the American war. ...
From this point on, New Jersey would play a major role in the Revolutionary War, and Washington would spend more time in this state than any other. Important events in New Jersey over the next six years include encampments in Morristown and Middlebrook; the Battles of Monmouth, ...
south and one of the bloodiest battles of the war;Battle of Eutaw Springs,September 8, 1781. He would; however, take up the sword again, leading the Georgia State Militia as General in defeating the Creeks at Jack’s Creek, in present day Walton County, Georgia, on September 21, 1787....
By June 1776 the Americans were in full control of every state, but then the British Royal Navy captured New York City and made it their main base. The war became a standoff. The Royal Navy could occupy other coastal cities for brief periods, but the rebels controlled the countryside...
Casualties and Pursuit For the total number of participants who actually fought, accounting for those who turned and fled prior to or at the start of the action, this battle had among the highest percentage of casualties throughout the war, estimated at 60% among the patriots. There...
After the war, patriot militia General William Moultre noted that the lopsided number of casualties between British and Americans was not unusual for similar battles in which one cavalry gained a decided advantage early in a battle. Historian Jim Piecuch argues that the battle was no more a mas...