WAR IN AFRICA
War in Africa
THE BATTLE OF MARNE AND THE AISNE
Battle of Marne – SAT 29 AUG 1914 –THU 15 OCT 1914 Pushing back the German Offensive By the end of August, Joffre had decided his force should go onto the defensive, and formed a new Army (the Sixth, under…
World War 1 MOBILIZATION
World War 1 MOBILIZATION –SAT 25 JUL 1914 –TUE 28 JUL 1914 The outbreak of war General staffs in Europe had been putting out complex mobilization plans for years before to 1914. In the eighteenth century, the majority of governments…
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest: Rome’s Greatest Defeat
In the year 9 AD, Roman expansion into Germania met its bloody end in the dark Teutoburg Forest. After eight years of relative peace following the subjugation of Germanic tribes west of the Rhine river, Rome looked to push its…
Suleiman the Magnificent and the Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Conquest of Hungary
The pivotal Battle of Mohács in 1526 marked the downfall of the medieval Hungarian Empire and rise of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. This decisive Ottoman victory essentially ended the independence of Hungary and allowed the sultan’s…
The Invasion of North Africa
The Turning Tide in North Africa World War II was one of the most consequential events in modern history that reshaped geopolitics across the globe. Within this massive conflict, the campaign in North Africa proved to be an important theater…