Military

In 1874 Sir Henry Bartle Frere was appointed High Commissioner of South Africa and sent

The protracted conflict known to US history as the Indian wars was due to the

The young nation that was the United States of America grew vigorously in the decades

In one of warfare’s great ironies the Crimean War of 1854-1856 is remembered chiefly for

In the long and troubled history of the United States’ relations with its indigenous population,

Just over 300 years ago the Turkish Ottoman Empire was within striking distance of assimilating

While the Thirty Years War was raging in Europe, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden realized

King Philip II of Spain regarded himself as the principal defender of the Catholic faith

In the 16th century the expansionist ambition of the Turkish Ottoman Empire was a major

When the ancient Persian Empire was at its height the Athenians were constantly fomenting trouble