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15 hours ago · The war was originally fought between the Croatian Defence Council and Croatian volunteer troops on one side and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) on the other, but by 1994, the Croatian Army had an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 troops involved in the fighting. [239]
15 hours ago · Cold War; Part of the post-World War II era: Clockwise from top right: Checkpoint Charlie, 1970; A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune flying over a Soviet freighter, 1962; George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign agreements to end chemical weapon production 1990; Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989; Prague Spring and subsequent Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968; the Berlin Wall at the ...
15 hours ago · The civil rights movement (1865–1896) aimed to eliminate racial discrimination against African Americans, improve their educational and employment opportunities, and establish their electoral power, just after the abolition of slavery in the United States. The period from 1865 to 1895 saw a tremendous change in the fortunes of the Black ...
15 hours ago · The siege of Sarajevo ( Bosnian: Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the Bosnian War. After it was initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, the city was then besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska. Lasting from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days ...
- 2 April 1992 – 29 February 1996, (3 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
- Sarajevo, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 hours ago · The Republic of China ( ROC ), or simply China, was a sovereign state based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949 prior to the government's relocation to Taiwan, where it continues to be based today. [f] The ROC was established on 1 January 1912 during the Xinhai Revolution against the Qing dynasty, ending the imperial history of China.
- Chinese
- Standard Chinese
15 hours ago · The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. [e]
15 hours ago · v. t. e. The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Although the uprising was part of a larger one, the Mexican Federalist War, that included other provinces ...
