General James Wolfe
James Wolfe was born on 2nd January 1727 to Lieutenant-General Edward Wolfe and Henrietta Thomson. He attended school at Westerham, ...
Tag: Wars
Napoleon in Russia
Napoleon's Russian campaign was the first step towards his eventual fall. French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, had begun his campaign to ...
The First Tanks
Tanks were used for the first time in the First World War at the Battle of the Somme. They were ...
Germany Annexed the Sudetenland
At the end of World War One the treaties of Versailles, St Germain and Trianon broke the Austro-Hungarian Empire and ...
Saladin Took Jerusalem
During the summer of 1187 Saladin had taken control of most of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Many refugees fleeing the ...
The German Democratic Republic
At the end of World War Two the allied divided Germany into four sectors that were controlled by Britain, France, ...
The Beginning of the Second World War
From the beginning of his political career Adolf Hitler had promised the German people that if he was elected leader ...
The Mary Rose
When Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509 he inherited a fleet of ships that comprised the English navy. ...
Nurse Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was born on 4th December 1865 in Norwich, England. Her father was a local vicar and she was ...
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
On 14th October 1962 a US spy plane flying over Cuba reported the installation of Russian nuclear missile bases. The ...