Operation Enduring Freedom was the US and NATO’s nations’ military operation in Afghanistan against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, beginning on October 7, 2001. It was in response to the savage and murderous attack on the World Trade Center Towers in Manhattan, New York, and the Pentagon, Washington, perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalist terrorists on September 11, [...]
Napoleonic Wars
09/01/2011 by
The Napoleonic Wars were a sequence of armed struggles between France, ruled by Napoleon, and coalitions of European nations governed by absolute monarchies whose objectives were the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of the French monarchy under the Bourbons. Being a continuation of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), the Napoleonic Wars began in 1803 [...]
First Coalition War
08/13/2011 by
The First Coalition War was a military conflict pitting Revolutionary France against Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, and Spain, whose monarchies attempted to crush the French Revolution and reestablish the absolute monarchy in France. It took place in Europe between 1792 and 1797, ending up with a French victory and the signature of the Treaty of [...]
Russian Campaign (1812)
08/07/2011 by
The Russian Campaign was the French invasion of Russia in 1812, during the Napoleonic Wars. It took place in Russia from June 24, 1812, to December 14, 1812. At the beginning Napoleon had thought that it would be a fast and relatively easy military campaign; nevertheless, it turned out to be one of the worst [...]
Peninsular War
07/29/2011 by
The Peninsular War was a six-year-long armed struggle which took place in the Iberian Peninsula from 1808 to 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars. It pitted Spain, England, and Portugal against the French Army. The Peninsular War broke out on May 2, 1808, when the people of Madrid rose up against the French troops, under the [...]
War of Austrian Succession
06/29/2011 by
The War of Austrian Succession was a global armed struggle which took place in Europe, North America, and India, from December 1740 to October 1748. Austria, Great Britain, Holland and Russia fought against Prussia, France, Spain, Bavaria, and Sweden over the succession to the Austrian throne, the region of Silesia, and the territories in Northern [...]
