In the spring of 2009, Egyptian archaeologists announced that they might be on the verge of solving millenniums-old mysteries about one of history's …
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Lots of things contributed to Napoleon's loss at Waterloo — including bad weather, superior British defense tactics and perhaps a bad case of hemorrhoids.
Bacon's Rebellion was a conflict that started like a lot of disagreements — with a drunken argument. But this short-lived uprising in 17th century …
At some point in your life, you've probably heard the expression "He met his Waterloo," meaning that the person in question had met a crushing defeat …
Several aspects of the American Revolution could qualify it as revolutionary. First, guerilla warfare played a major role in the war for …
After Adolf Hilter and the Nazis invaded Poland in August 1939, World War II was all but certain. Hitler and Josef Stalin had signed the …
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