War and Military History
War and Military History encompasses the causes and effects, the courses and actions, the good and the bad, of warlike activities - from the earliest of times to present actions.
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Ah, those magnificent men in their flying machines! In the First World War, being a pilot was a little like flying and fighting...
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It was the forced signing of a Constitution that actually effected who could vote. (That's what changed from 1846 to the 1887...
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We honor our veterans many ways some of them are veterans day and others are much more simple. I myself go up to them and...
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According to CBS News of November 26, 2010:Since 2002, 153 members of the Canadian Forces have been killed serving in the...
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AnswerThe Secession of South Carolina began this event on 24 December 1860.beause they felt that the didnt get a voice in the...
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yes! if you believe that numerical superiority give's you moral superiority ie:more people thinking the same way
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England's Protestant King William of Orange defeated the forces of Ireland's Catholic King James (the forces consisted of mostly...
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Below are the Warriors cats! Note: The cats featured in a prophecy are marked with a *. Medicine cats are marked with a...
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India stands 4th place in world level ranking. it still improves itself and defenitely becoming super power with in 2018.
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Trafalgar (Nelson) & Waterloo (Wellington) of the more recent. Drake and the Spanish Armada in Elizabethan times, Agincourt...
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Both wars started in Europe and escalated to incuding many nations around the globe.Both wars used modern mechinized weapons and...
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Adolf Hitler along with some support from Germany's allies sent actual armies into Spain in all cases volunteer brigades and gave...
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"Houston, we have a problem."
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There are no actual records of this, but from the stories I've heard and some research the children would either live with...
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No. It was not a real invasion of Ireland, but in 1601 King Phillip III of Spain sent an expedition under the command of Juan...
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Click on the link to your right for more info.
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AnswerN Answer George W. Bush declared an informal "war on terror" in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Then others...
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In the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) Italy and Germany sent troops and military aircraft to support the Fascist rebel forces, led...
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The invasion of the Bay Of Pigs was not an official U. S. government action, although there were elements of the government who...
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Napalm is a powdered aluminum soap or similar compound used to gelatin oil or gasoline for use in napalm bombs or flame throwers,...
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AnswerThe ground and terrain in Vietnam consisted a large part of foresty and jungle. The native Viet Cong were experienced in...
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North Africa if I remember right. During WWII. Does that help? Yes: Morocco & Algeria.
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The unification of Italy The Franco-Prussian War
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Ulysses S Grant was 5 ft 7¾ in or lets say 5ft 8in if you want to round it up.
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Mexico recognizes Israel as a free state, making specific and noteworthy trade agreements and military treaties with the country....
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war of 1812 War of 1812 Cold war, in Dr. Strangelove. the black comedy satirizes the fear of nuclear war, the stereotype with...
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The 11th Airborne Division was activated and formed at Camp Mackall, Norh Carolina on 25 February 1943 and by May they were...
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He is a private consultant and may still be active on the lecture circuit. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Saffron...
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He was an interesting German personality. Educated in Switzerland, he worked in London, Canada and New York prior to WW1 when he...
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AnswerIn Communications Officers' course, one of the key items to remember is that we often work with foreign nationals in joint...
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A commonly held misconception is: If the horse has three legs on the ground, the rider was wounded in battle, if the hourse has...
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Yes, he is the Commander in Chief of all armed forces.
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The Panzerkampfwagen 1V ausf H of WWII mounted a 75mm gun.
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His father was Alan Arango
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It was an eighteen-minute battle that won Texas' independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836.
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AnswerTotal troop strength of 12.3 million troops both active and reserve ranks Iran as the World's largest Army. There are 550...
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That name was his when he lived among the Cherokee Indians.
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There was a military draft in all major US wars of the 20th century. This discounts all US military operations (campaigns) after...
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2,000 in brittish 3,000 in french
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1) South Africa ( South Africa has the most powerful army in Africa; it has more harmful weapons than any other country in...
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It depends which civil war you are referring to.The cambodia civil war
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The Korean War: Started June 25, 1950 and ended in Panmunjom on July 27 1953 Answer Although the war ended there was no...
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An amphibious military vehicle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW
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It got bigger.More people for more jobs.
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The US Navy was the primary force. US Marines stationed on the ships participated in a number of shore engagements against the...
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AnswerThe American civil war was an intresting war tactics wise. With the recent invention of the reapeating rifle, new strategy...
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Neither side could make charges of thousands of troops anymore in the face of massed machine guns. The British Army lost 60,000...
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Peasant armies or Greens as they became known fought both sides in the Civil War. The White and Red armies required a large...
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Positive-they die. Negative-you die. AnswerThere are no winners in war. It appears the human race has learned nothing!...
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In fact, the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was one of the reasons to the American Civil War (1861-1865)
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Japan's invasion of China and the Panay Incident.
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, United States Navy, is generally accepted as the person responsible for the "island hopping" strategy.
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He didn't. He died on 29 June 1852.
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The USS Greer (DD145) tangled with Germany's U-652 off the coast of Iceland on 4 September 1941. It evaded two torpedoes and...
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Henry Knox, a book dealer from Boston, had studied artillery tactics and design extensively in his reading and was the...
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The United States has had it's soil occupied several times. 1) Revolutionary War by: The British Empire 2) War of 1812 by: The...
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Baku is the Capital of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan and Baku, Azerbaijan is my home. Culture, History, and government of Azerbaijan...
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Khe Sahn was miserable. When the road to Dong Ha was closed supply lines were available only by unreliable air lifts. Helicopters...
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World's best Fighter This question is highly debated and in any conversation, or forum, it can boil down into a mindless argument...
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Moshe Dayan lost an eye not an arm while fighting in the British Army in Lebanon. He characteristicly wore an eyepatch.
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AnswerI believe one of the reasons is that the procurement systems in the military uses the Julian date in the computer programs...
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there is direct fire so the fire man can see the target and the observatory controled fire and that range depend on weapon the...
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The first man named General of the Army of the United States was Ulysses S. Grant, on July 25th, 1866, by authority of the...
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Henry Cabot Lodge.
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1.2 MILLION A startling new household survey of Iraqis released last week claims as many as 1.2 million people may have died...
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While there were numerous programs, College Education Assistance and Home ownership loans were heavily used and probably paid...
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There are some general guidelines accepted by most, but there is no limit if the army is willing to be unethical/ unmoral/ evil.
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Many things can cause a war like: race, religion, simple idea rejections, something very lethal invented and someone or a group...
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On May 3rd 2010, I heard a holocaust survivor named Dr. Alexander White at my school. He was saved by the schindler's list. He...
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The US used napalm which was a mixture of petrol and a chemical thickner which produces a though sticky gel that attaches itself...
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Henry VIII was a war leader because he had to fight for his country, and had to act like a king, in order to stay king.
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It is changing in some states. You will need to check your state laws. Today Texas passed a law that allows paternity to be...
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Puerto Rico they are made of concrete
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Check out http://www.war-letters.com/site_map.html for a couple of hundred.
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You could argue that all of Europe is responsible for WWII because they ignored or underestimated the Nazi threat while there...
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One caveman waving at another to signal"over here".
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Land tends to be one of the major factors in war for many reasons. 1. Land is indestructable. You can bomb it and shell it...
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Yes, it's deadly and an extremely nasty poison. (Incidentally, it has nothing to do with mustard of the kind that one adds to...
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It wasn't really. Switzerland just didn't participate in the fighting. Everyone knew that the NAZI's were sending trains of Jews...
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To stop drug dealers that killed many people over there.
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The U.S., in part, entered World War I due to the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-Boat. Some of the Lusitania's passengers...
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AnswerIt established the framework calling for an Unconditional Surrender of Germany, which was intended to announce the full...
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The sale of war bonds, 1/3 of the funds came from taxes, while 2/3 came from the sale of war bonds.
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A civil war is one that is fought between two or more groups **within** a country. Ordinary wars are fought between two or more...
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NapalmNapalm is an explosive material made with Petroleum Jelly. In the Vietnam War it was used in Incendiary Bombs. These are...
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Answervery very briefly- James Stuart, king James 2 of Britain led a catholic army (some french, mostly Irish) into battle...
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An aircraft carrier is basically a large "barge". Or a large flat ship that can hold many different planes, and is long enough...
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Because Japan had not responded to the bombing of Hiroshima with a surrender offer and because it was an available weapon. And...
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seems this is one .. The Battle at Saragarhi is one of eight stories of collective bravery published by UNESCO...
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Who killed Ernst Vom Rath?A 17 year old polish Jew named Herschel Grtnszpan shot and killed Ernst Vom Rath on November 7, 1938....
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This stretcher bearer was John Simpson Kilpatrick, of the Third Ambulane Corps at Gallipoli who with his donkey "Duffy" made...
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Operation Desert Shield was the name of the first phase of the first Gulf War. The second phase, the liberation of Kuwait, was...
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SDI stands for the United States' Strategic Defense Initiative, the program proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 to the...
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