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5 days ago · In June 1426, Hussite forces led by Prokop and Sigismund Korybut defeated the invaders in the Battle of Aussig. Despite this result, the death of Jan Žižka caused Martin V to believe that the Hussites were much weakened.
5 days ago · The Battle of Thermopylae ( / θərˈmɒpɪliː / thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the s...
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1 day ago · Through a close reading of two Bedouin poems about the World War I era, this article examines how Bedouin in northern Sinai and Palestine’s southern coastal plain perceived the moment at which the ...
4 days ago · How the Turtle Went to War (also Turtle Goes to War) is a Native American legend commonly associated with the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Sioux nations, but the narrative also appears in the stories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and others. It is among the most popular Native American tales and is often ...
1 day ago · The Battle of Shiloh, fought on April 6-7, 1862, was a pivotal engagement in the American Civil War that marked a turning point in the conflict. The battle, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was fought in southwestern Tennessee between the Union Army of the Tennessee, led by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, and the Confederate Army of Mississippi, under the command of Generals ...
4 days ago · When the Russian and Japanese armies faced off at Mukden, Manchuria, in February 1905, both nations understood what was at stake. The Russians faced revolution at home, while the Japanese were reaching the end of their tether.
4 days ago · The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare.
