The Korean War was a military conflict between North Korea and South Korea (Republic of Korea), backed by the US-led United Nations forces, from June 1950 to July 1953, in the Korean peninsula. The war began on June 25, 1950, (Sunday), when the communist forces of North Korea crossed the 38th parallel, initiating the invasion [...]

The invasion of South Korea by North Korea was code-named Operation Pokpoong. With the purpose of unifying the North and South under one Soviet-sponsored communist regime, Kim II-Sung, the president of North Korea, initiated the invasion at 04:00 hours on June 25, 1950. The attack was preceded by heavy artillery fire that pounded the South [...]

The Falklands War was a military conflict fought between Argentina and the United Kingdom, from April 2 to June 14, 1982, on the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic. It broke out when an Argentinian invading force of 600 men captured the islands during the early hours of April 2. The next day, a small Argentine military [...]

Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign was a French military campaign carried out by Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt from 1798 to 1801, during the French Revolutionary Wars. The reason given by Napoleon to initiate the Egyptian campaign was to interfere with the British trade routes to the Far East by invading and taking control of the Middle East [...]

The Second Boer War was a military struggle between British troops and the Boers from the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State, from 1899 and 1902, in South Africa. Having won the First Boer War (1880-1881), the Boers of Transvaal (South Africa Republic) had obtained self-governing status. However, the discovery of gold in the [...]

The First Boer War was a military conflict of the 2nd half of the 19th century, pitting the Boer guerrilla army, under General Petrus Joubert, against the British forces, commanded by Major-Gerneral George P Colley. It took place from December 16, 1880, to March 23, 1881, in South Africa (Transvaal). Under the administration of the [...]