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Europe 1848
Year of Revolution Begins
By 1848, Europe was already experiencing considerable social tension, in good part due to the rise of industrialization but also ...
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Europe 1848
German Question
The call for German unification had led to nationalists congregating in Frankfurt to establish a national assembly and work on ...
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Europe 1848
Vienna Uprising
Having imposed peace on the Sardinians, Austria now turned to crush the revolution in Hungary - even though that country was ...
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Europe 1849
Battle of Novara
Revolutionary feeling was still strong in the Italian states, prompting the Pope to flee Rome in November and leading to ...
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Europe 1849
Alliance of the Three Kings
Prussia responded swiftly to the uprisings in Germany, crushing rebellions in Saxony and the Prussian Rhineland. With its supporters cowed ...
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Europe 1860
Annexation of the Two Sicilies
Having won over the island of Sicily, Garibaldi embarked for the mainland. Facing little resistance he entered the capital of ...
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Europe 1943
Kursk and Sicily
By mid-1943, the Axis situation was rapidly deteriorating with Germany losing its foothold in North Africa and being forced to ...
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Russia 1944
Lower Dnieper Offensive
After its victories at Stalingrad and Kursk, the Soviet Red Army had the Germans on the run. In an attempt ...
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Southern Asia 1944
Battle of Imphal-Kohima
By the close of 1943 the British were ready for a new offensive against the Japanese in Burma, mounting a ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa 1944
From Africa to Paris
In July 1943 the Allies invaded Sicily from Tunisia, leading to the capitulation of Italy two months later. The following ...