Trojan War 6:02 PM Trojan War, in Greek legend, famous war waged by the Greeks against the city of Troy. The tradition is believed to reflect a real war b...Read More
Tet Offensive 6:01 PM Tet Offensive, military campaign of the Vietnam War (1959-1975), in which almost every major city and province in South Vietnam was att...Read More
Spanish-American War 6:00 PM Spanish-American War, brief war that the United States waged against Spain in 1898. Actual hostilities in the war lasted less than four...Read More
Persian Gulf War 5:56 PM Persian Gulf War, conflict beginning in August 1990, when Iraqi forces invaded and occupied Kuwait. The conflict culminated in fighting...Read More
Mexican War 5:54 PM Mexican War, conflict between the United States and Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1848. The war resulted in a decisive U.S. victory and ...Read More
Korean War 5:52 PM Korean War, civil and military struggle that was fought on the Korea Peninsula and that reached its height between 1950 and 1953. The...Read More
Iran-Iraq War 5:50 PM Iran-Iraq War, armed conflict that began when Iraq invaded Iran in September 1980 and ended in August 1988 after both sides accepted a ...Read More
Hundred Years’ War 5:49 PM Hundred Years’ War, armed conflict between France and England during the years from 1337 to 1453. The Hundred Years’ War was a series o...Read More
French Revolution 5:47 PM French Revolution, major transformation of the society and political system of France, lasting from 1789 to 1799. During the course of ...Read More
French and Indian War 5:42 PM French and Indian War (1754-1763), the last of four North American wars waged from 1689 to 1763 between the British and the French. In ...Read More
D-Day Invasion 5:26 PM D-Day Invasion or Invasion of Normandy, the 1944 Allied assault on Nazi-occupied northern Europe that assembled the largest force in th...Read More
Cold War 5:24 PM Cold War, term used to describe the post-World War II struggle between the United States and its allies and the Union of Soviet Sociali...Read More
Battle of Waterloo 5:22 PM Battle of Waterloo, final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars, that effectively ended French domination of the European continen...Read More
Battle of Stalingrad 5:19 PM Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), World War II battle that halted the German advance into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR...Read More
Battle of Gettysburg 5:18 PM Battle of Gettysburg, battle fought July 1 through July 3, 1863, considered by most military historians the turning point in the Americ...Read More
Battle of Bunker Hill 5:16 PM Battle of Bunker Hill, first large-scale engagement of the American Revolution, fought on June 17, 1775, in Charlestown (now part of Bo...Read More
Although armies and navies have been fighting for thousands of years, air forces are fairly recent. 6:05 AMAir Force Although armies and navies have been fighting for thousands of years, air forces are fairly recent. An air force needs airplanes,...Read More
A navy is part of a country’s military force 6:04 AM Navy Have you ever wanted to look out over the ocean from the deck of an enormous ship? Or maybe you’ve dreamed of traveling in a submarin...Read More
An army is the portion of a country’s armed forces that fights on land. 6:04 AM Army What do knights wearing shining armor, archers carrying longbows, men marching in orderly lines, cannons, guns, and bombs have in co...Read More
Police enforce laws and maintain order 6:03 AM Police They enforce laws and maintain order. They investigate crimes and patrol neighborhoods to keep them safe. When there is an acciden...Read More
Pirates have been a threat since ancient times 6:02 AM Pirates Suddenly, across the green-foam waves a ship’s sail is sighted across the rolling waves. No country’s flag flaps atop the ship’s ...Read More