American History
American History
The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The History and Legacy of World War II's Largest Naval Battle
The waters of the Pacific Ocean - stretching deep blue under the tropical sun, or scourged by typhoons - provided World War II's most far-flung battlefield. Two of the world's premier mid-20th century maritime powers, the United States of America...
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The Battle of Los Angeles: The History of the Notorious False Alarm that Caused an Artillery Barrage over California during World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Probably much of the confusion came from the fact that anti-aircraft shell bursts, caught by the searchlights, were themselves mistaken for...
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The Battle of Manzikert: The History and Legacy of the Seljuk Turks' Decisive Victory over the Byzantine Empire
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The Byzantine Empire existed for over a thousand years, with a history spanning from the division of the Roman Empire in 395 until the Ottomsn conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It was...
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The Battle of Monte Cassino: The History of the Battle for Rome during World War II
Germany's North African defeat opened up the possibility of taking the war in the west to the European continent for the first time since France's lightning conquest by the Wehrmacht in 1940. The British and Americans debated the merits of...
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The Battle of New Orleans: The History and Legacy of the Last Major Battle of the War of 1812
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants on both sides *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents There are countless examples of battles that take place in wars after a peace treaty is...
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The Battle of Nicopolis: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Siege that Ended One of the Last Medieval Crusades against the Ottomans
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back...
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The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The History of the Last Battle of the Civil War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting from soldiers on both sides *Covers the events of April 1865, Jefferson Davis' capture, and the aftermath of the battle *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of...
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The Battle of Red Cliffs: The History and Legacy of the Decisive Battle Fought Near the Start of Ancient China's Three Kingdoms Period
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts from ancient accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading Even before the first Chinese dynasty, complex societies inhabiting the area now known as China organized into settlements, and the most important settlements were protected by rammed...
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The Battle of Sekigahara: The History and Legacy of the Battle that Unified Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingOn October 21, 1600, two massive Japanese armies, totaling an estimated 200,000 soldiers armed to the teeth with swords, yari (spears), arrows, muskets and cannons, faced off on a battlefield near the town of...
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The Battle of Seven Pines: The History of the First Major Battle of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign
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The Battle of Seven Pines: The History of the First Major Battle of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battle by generals on both sides *Includes a table of contents As Union commander George McClellan moved the Army of the Potomac up the Peninsula in early 1862, the Union army still had a...
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The Battle of Shanghai: The History and Legacy of the Battle that Started the Second Sino-Japanese War
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsOn October 29, 1937, a large crowd of people gathered on the bank of the Wusong River in Shanghai to watch a spectacle, a life and death struggle unfolding directly...
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The Battle of Shiroyama: The History and Legacy of the Samurai's Last Stand in Japan
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingOn September 25, 1877, on a rain-soaked, muddy field in Kagoshima, Japan, a small group of proud samurai warrior rebels prepared for one last stand. It was early morning, 6:00...
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The Battle of South Mountain: The History of the Civil War Battle that Led the Union and Confederate Armies to Antietam
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers and generals on both sides*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe bloodiest day in American history took place on the 75th anniversary of the signing...
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The Battle of the Coral Sea: The History and Legacy of World War II's First Major Battle Between Aircraft Carriers
ncludes pictures *Includes accounts of the battle written by participants *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The growing buzz of aircraft engines disturbed the Japanese military construction personnel hauling equipment ashore on...
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The Battle of the Granicus River: The History of Alexander the Great's First Major Battle against the Achaemenid Persian Empire
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of ancient accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAt one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world had ever seen, but aside from its role in the Greco-Persian...
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The Battle of the Ironclads: The Monitor & The Merrimac
*Includes Lieutenant S. Dana Greene's account of the battle from Battles & Leaders of the Civil War *Includes pictures of the ironclads and important people, as well as depictions of the battle. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a...
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn: The History and Controversy of Custer's Last Stand
Since the Battle of the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer has possessed one of the most unique places in American history. Although he was a capable cavalry officer who served honorably during the Civil War, he remains one of the...
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The Battle of the Nile: The History of the Decisive Royal Navy Victory that Trapped Napoleon in Egypt
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Before Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Nelson had already earned enduring fame for the British victory at the Battle of the...
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The Battle of the Somme: The History and Legacy of World War I's Biggest Battle
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of soldiers' accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ghastly word." - Friedrich Steinbrecher, a German officer.World War I, also known in its time as...
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The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: The History and Legacy of the Roman Empire's Greatest Military Defeat
Every great nation or empire has had at least one horrific military loss or disaster in their history, and the Roman Empire, perhaps the greatest empire that ever existed in the Western world, was no exception to this rule. While...
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The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Battle of New Orleans: The History of the Battles that Led William Henry Harrison and Andrew Jackson to the Presidency
The Battle of Tippecanoe, fought on November 7, 1811 near present-day Lafayette, Indiana, involved forces of fewer than 2,000 Native American warriors and white soldiers, and only about 300 men were killed or wounded on both sides. Given those numbers,...
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The Battle of Tippecanoe: The History and Legacy of the American Victory That Ended Tecumseh's War
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The Battle of Tippecanoe: The History and Legacy of the American Victory That Ended Tecumseh's War
*Includes pictures *Explains the roles played by Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison before, during, and after the battle *Includes various accounts of what happened at the battle according to both sides *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table...
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The Battle of Vienna (1683): The History and Legacy of the Decisive Conflict between the Ottoman Turkish Empire and Holy Roman Empire
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“Ours are treasures unheard of . . . tents, sheep, cattle and no small number of camels . . . it is victory as nobody ever knew before, the enemy now...
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The Battle of Wake Island: The History of the Japanese Invasion Launched in Conjunction with the Attack on Pearl Harbor
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents All Americans are familiar with the “day that will live in infamy.” At 9:30...
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The Battle of Yellow Tavern: The History of the Civil War Battle that Ended J.E.B. Stuart's Life
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The Battle of Yellow Tavern: The History of the Civil War Battle that Ended J.E.B. Stuart's Life
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting and wounding of Stuart *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "He told me he never expected to live through the war, and that if we...
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The Battle on the Ice: The History and Legacy of the Slavs' Decisive Victory Against the Teutonic Knights
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“He was taller than others and his voice reached the people as a trumpet, and his face was like the face of Joseph, whom the Egyptian Pharaoh placed as next to the king after...
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The Battleship Potemkin: The History and Legacy of the Famous Mutiny aboard the Russian Ship
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the mutiny*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“The hero is the sailors' battleship, the Odessa crowd, but characteristic figures are snatched here and there from the crowd. For a moment, like a conjuring trick,...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: President Kennedy's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Fidel Castro
"Openly and unabashedly they are organizing training camps; openly and unabashedly they are building air bases and air strips. Everyone knows who is building the strips and buying planes, that mercenaries are recruiting troops. They even have the cynicism to...
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The Bear River Massacre: The History and Legacy of the U.S. Army's Most Notorious Attack on the Shoshone in the Pacific Northwest
From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries....
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The Beer Hall Putsch: The History and Legacy of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party's Failed Coup Attempt in 1923
"You can see that what motivates us is neither self-conceit or self-interest, but only a burning desire to join the battle in this grave 11th hour for our German Fatherland... One last thing I can tell you. Either the German...
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