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1 day ago · Éamon de Valera [a] [b] ( / ˈeɪmən ˌdɛvəˈlɛərə, - ˈlɪər -/, Irish: [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ dʲɛ ˈwalʲəɾʲə]; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; [2] 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of government and ...
2 days ago · The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing ...
5 days ago · The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II . The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I, then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...
6 days ago · A treaty of peace between the United States and Spain by United States Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust Message from the President of the United States transmitting a treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at the city of Paris on December 10, 1898 ...
1 day ago · The Greek Civil War ( Greek: Eμφύλιος Πόλεμος, romanized : Emfýlios Pólemos) took place from 1946 to 1949. The conflict, which erupted shortly after the end of World War II, consisted of a communist -dominated uprising against the established government of the Kingdom of Greece.
1 day ago · Map of military operations since 1950. 1950–1953: Korean War: The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. U.S. forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953).
I think of the ending of movie 'The Caine Mutiny' where the lawyer says the following: "You know something? When I was studying law, and Mr. Keefer here was writing his stories, and you, Willie, were tearing up the playing fields of dear old Princeton, who was standing guard over this fat, dumb, happy country of ours, eh?
