At the Battle of Marathon, Athens’ underdog victory stunned Persia. The surprise defeat of the mighty Persian Empire in 490 B.C. began the Golden Age of Athens and the Greco-Persian wars. A well-armed Greek hoplite (right) slays a Persian soldier in a detail from a 5th-century B.C. ceramic. Who foughtRead More →
King Henry V of England led his troops into battle and participated in hand-to-hand fighting. … The Battle of Agincourt is one of England’s most celebrated victories and was one of the most important English triumphs in the Hundred Years’ War, along with the Battle of Crécy (1346) and BattleRead More →
The victory in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 , which was part of the Ottoman- Venetian War, is of great significance for history, effectively ending Ottoman expansion. The Ottoman navy managed to quickly regain their forces in order to continue their quest, but a treaty on the 7th ofRead More →
In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy (/ˌtaɪtəˈnɒməki/ Greek: Τιτανομαχία Titanomakhia, “Titan battle”) was a ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (an older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians (the younger generations, who would come to … Who defeated theRead More →
This resulted in Jerusalem being conquered by Christian forces, after it had been under Muslim rule for nearly 450 years. It became the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, until it was again conquered by the Ayyubids under Saladin in 1187. Who defeated Saladin? The battle of Montgisard isRead More →
Trenton was held by a brigade of Hessians, who were among the approximately 30,000 German soldiers who fought during the American Revolution on the side of the British. Did Hamilton fight in the Battle of Trenton? Hamilton’s artillery company was specifically selected to cover the hasty retreat from New Brunswick,Read More →
Five million men were mobilised in France at the start of World War Two. The army was reputed to be one of the strongest in the world, certainly every bit a match for the Germans. Along the eastern frontier ran the supposedly impregnable Maginot Line, a series of more thanRead More →
The official story would later be that two hand-picked soldiers, Meliton Kantaria (Georgian) and Mikhail Yegorov (Russian), raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, and the photograph would often be used as depicting the event. Who was Hitler’s last general? Wilhelm Mohnke (15 March 1911 – 6 August 2001) wasRead More →
Arius argued for the supremacy of God the Father, and maintained that the Son of God was simply the oldest and most beloved Creature of God, made from nothing, because of being the direct offspring. Who are the proponents of Arianism? The chief proponent of the doctrine was the AlexandrianRead More →
The First Battle of the Isonzo was fought between the Armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary on the Italian Front in World War I, between 23 June and 7 July 1915. The aim of the Italian Army was to drive the Austrians away from its defensive positions along the Isonzo (Soča)Read More →