Three weeks into the war, invading Prussian armies crushed the Austrians at Sadowa (Königgrätz). Austria was forced to divert troops from the south to defend Vienna, allowing the Italians to make a second attempt on their front.
When World War I broke out in Europe, the German East Asia Squadron attempted to reach the Atlantic via the ...
The signing of the Belavezha Accords and secession of Russia ended all hopes of preserving Soviet power. On 25 December ...
Following three years of deteriorating relations, France invaded Algiers in mid-1830. Although their swift victory would initiate over a century ...
Despite its small size, the Netherlands emerged from the 19th century in charge of the rich and populous Dutch East ...
In 1894, peasants and followers of the Donghak religious movement revolted against corrupt government officials in Korea. Alarmed, the Korean ...
The 1969 Sino-Soviet conflict encouraged the United States to improve relations with the People's Republic of China, leading to ...
US President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries avoids targeting both countries where Trump Organization ...
Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States, bringing its U-boat campaign to the ...
When Israel declared independence in 1948, the surrounding Arab states immediately declared war and invaded it. Although outnumbered, the Israelis ...
On the night of 15 July 2016, elements of the Turkish Army made a bid to seize control in cities ...