4 days ago · It is the largest land offensive in human history, with over 10 million combatants taking part. [27] The operation, code-named after Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard"), a 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and German king, put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union to repopulate it with Germans.
- Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also...
- Siege of Leningrad
The siege of Leningrad (Russian: Блокада Ленинграда,...
- Hermann Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] (); 12...
- Eastern Front
Eastern Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II:...
- Battle of Moscow
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted...
- Walther Von Brauchitsch
Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October...
- Hunger Plan
The Hunger Plan (German: der Hungerplan; der Backe-Plan) was...
- Ilyushin Il-2
The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a...
- Georgy Zhukov
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Георгий...
- Generalplan Ost
Development and reconstruction of the plan. The body...
- Frederick Barbarossa
4 days ago · Puebla was relieved by Lane on October 12, following his defeat of Santa Anna at the Battle of Huamantla on October 9. The battle was Santa Anna's last. The battle was Santa Anna's last. Following the defeat, the new Mexican government led by Manuel de la Peña y Peña asked Santa Anna to turn over command of the army to General José Joaquín de Herrera .
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848, (1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
- U.S. victory, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican recognition of U.S. sovereignty over Texas (among other territories), End of the conflict between Mexico and Texas
- Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central, and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City
- Mexican Cession
4 days ago · The numbers correspond to recorded deaths during the Battle of Okinawa from the time of the American landings in the Kerama Islands on 26 March 1945, to the signing of the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945, in addition to all Okinawan casualties in the Pacific War in the 15 years from the Manchurian Incident, along with those who died in Okinawa from war-related events in the year before the battle and the year after the surrender.
- 1 April – 22 June 1945, (2 months and 3 weeks)
- Allied victory
- Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Empire of Japan.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}26°30′N 128°00′E / 26.5°N 128°E
4 days ago · The following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding similar combat-related or civilian deaths) and civilian casualties during the battles. Large battle casualty counts are usually impossible to calculate precisely, but few in this list may include somewhat precise numbers.
2 days ago · The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] [10] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
- December 7, 1941
- Japanese victory, Precipitated the entrance of the United States into World War II on the side of the Allies, See other consequences
- Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, US
2 days ago · The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent . It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu , Somalia , between forces of the United States —supported by UNOSOM II —against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed citizens of south Mogadishu.
4 days ago · When the French Army invaded Mexico, Francisco Leyva raised an army in Morelos to fight in the Battle of Puebla of May 5, 1862. Despite the heroic efforts on that day, the French eventually managed to gain control of the country and install Maximilian of Habsburg as emperor in 1864.