What marked the beginning of feudal Japan? What is the Treaty of Nanjing? What groups invaded the Chinese Empire? How did the Mukden Incident advance Japanese imperialism? How did Japanese nationalism lead to Manchuria? What happened when the Mongols attacked Japan?
On this day, the Nazi army launched Operation Barbarossa and marched across the Soviet border. The Soviet Union fought hard to defend its territory largely until 1943. After the Battle of Stalingrad, which ended in February 1943, the Red Army began to transition from fighting a defensive...
What event resulted in the peace at the end of World War I? World War I: World War I, also known as the Great War in the UK and its former territories, lasted from 1914 to 1918. It was a global war that played out largely across battle grounds in Europe on the Eastern and ...
The history of Scuderia Ferrari in F1 and F2 has always been marked by being a team that rarely gives its “official” equipment to third parties. Ferrari single-seaters have always been known to race only under the aegis of Scuderia Ferrari itself. Even in more turbulent times, such as i...
What impact did the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have on World War II? Who won World War II? What major event occurred on June 6, 1944? What event marked the turning point of the European Theatre in 1941? What was the outcome of the attack on Pearl Harbor? Was World War II ...
American, British and Canadian troops launched the greatest battle for freedom ever fought. They called it Operation Overlord, and it marked the beginning of the most important western battle of the Second World War. The success or failure of Overlord would determine the course of the war in ...
Approximately 80% of these records were ones I had either never heard before, or never sat through all the way. Some of what I discovered: A love for Classic Country (1945-1975), particularly the Bakersfield variety A reconciliation with vinyl, my first love A marked distaste for any kind...
We have a fantastic local library and I’ve marked a bunch of books on the app to grab next time I am over that way. I also have a backlog of around 15-20 books between physical and Kindle as well (roughly half the size of the gaming backlog lol) so always something to read....
Human/computer error shows up even with paper ballots, i.e., marking the wrong box (old paper ballots with this error were turned in and then marked spoiled by the poll workers in front of the voter); the “Hanging Chad” debacle in 2000, or being handed the wrong ballot by a poll ...
The Soviet Union hosted it's classic military parade on the 8th of May, 1993, marking the date of the final victory in WW2, and generally serving as send off to the mayday festivities that accompanied every labour day on May 1st. That year's festivities were the most lux...