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The American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence lasted from 1775 to 1783. It was originally a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its former British colonies in North America however, it soon became a global war between many European great powers. The war was incited by the political ideology [...]
March 4th, 2010 | Posted in Wars | No Comments
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium. The forces of the French Empire led by Emperor Napoleon I and Michel Ney were vanquished by the Seventh Coalition including an Anglo-Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian led by Gebhard von Blücher. It is considered [...]
March 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Wars | No Comments
The American Civil War was also known as the War Between the States. During this brutal war eleven Southern slave stated had declared their secession from the United States to form what they called the Confederate States of America. This Confederacy was headed by Jefferson Davis who fought against the Union (the U.S. federal government). [...]
November 26th, 2008 | Posted in Wars | No Comments