Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis was an officer in the British Army, leading many generals in the American Revolutionary War. In 1781, he unofficiall...
We are at our best when life is at its most difficult. War is a good example. Depending on your perspective, war can demonstrate the best and worst in humans. W...
During WWI, England had an estimated 250,000 underage soldiers fighting for the allies. They corrected the issue in time, but at one point they sent one in five...
At one point during WWII, the only thing standing between the Nazi’s and nuclear weaponry was heavy water, an element they needed to facilitate a nuclear explos...
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Last time, on Battles That Made History, we talked about the famous Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was the most important battle of t...
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In case anyone needed more proof that history isn't just a boring list of dates and names, one story has us in stitches: Mexican general ...
Let’s get this out right away. This is not history for the faint of heart. If you are sensitive to stories, which include harm to animals, you should read this ...
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In December of 1914, bitter battles were fought in the trenches along the western front of World War I. The trenches were a horrific pl...
It was a cold day in Long Island that January 1939 when William “Willy” Patrick Hitler immigrated with his Irish mother to the United States. William Randolph H...
On January 16th, 2014, as Hiroo Onoda exhaled his last breath, his battle with pneumonia ended with a heart attack. After 91 years he’d fought many battles. Wha...
