Dubbed theBattle of Tannenbergby the victorious Germans in revenge for the 1410 conflict in which the Poles crushed the Teutonic Knights, this would be the country’s biggest win against Russia along the Eastern Front. The battle begins with Russian armies attacking German troops in German East P...
When it finally did, around the turn of the 20th century, it brought with it immense social and political changes. Between 1890 and 1910, for example, the population of major Russian cities such as St. Petersburg and Moscow nearly doubled, resulting in overcrowding and destitute living ...
ukraine launches major offensive in russia ukrainian forces in early august launched a surprising incursion into russia’s kursk region near the border – reportedly the largest foreign attack on russia since world war ii. ukraine took control of some russian territory amid the offensive, which ...
Last Updated:Dec 30, 2024•Article History Quick Facts Date: 1954 - 1975 Location: Vietnam Participants: United States Viet Cong Context: Indochina wars Major Events: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Tet Offensive My Lai Massacre Battle of Ia Drang ...
The National Defence Council, led by Colonel Casada, triumphed in the struggle for control of the Republic and tried to negotiate peace terms with General Franco. In the meantime Dr. Negrin, accompanied by his Cabinet and Russian advisers, flew out of Madrid to safety. [The Spanish Civil ...
Seven Years’ War (1756–63), the last major conflict before the French Revolution to involve all the great powers of Europe. It can also be considered the European phase of a global nine years’ war fought between France and Great Britain. Learn more ab
This timeline is composed of events that take place in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I (LGV1), Volume II (LGV2), The Black Dossier (BLKD), the three issues of Volume III: Century (CENT), the side-stories "Nemo: Heart Of Ice" and "Nemo: Th
Russian test pilot V. Kokkinaki flying a specially modified TsKB-3 raised the world altitude record to 47,818 feet. [I-15 | AC]22 Nov 1935 Light carrier Hosho was taken out of service to repair typhoon damage and to receive enhancements. [Hosho | CPC] Pan-American Airways commenced th...
August 22–27 (September 4–9 NS):The Kornilov Affair, a coup engineered by General Lavr Kornilov, commander of the Russian Army, fails. October 25 (November 7 NS):The October Revolution begins when the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd (also called the November Revolution if following the Greg...
Here is a timeline of major events and key dates during the war. 1939 September 1 may be the official start of World War II, but it didn't start in a vacuum. Europe and Asia had been tense for years before 1939 because of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich in Germany...