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World War 2 was a battle between two groups of countries – the “Allies” and the “Axis“. The major Allied Powers were Britain, France, Russia, China and the United States. The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan.
- The Life of Anne Frank
Anne Frank’s first, red chequered diary. Photo Collection...
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Japan’s government and economy. Japan is the only country in...
- The Life of Anne Frank
On December 3, 1854, it was the site of a conflict between gold miners, or diggers, and the government in Ballarat, Victoria. The conflict, also known as the Eureka Rebellion, is the most celebrated uprising in Australian history.
A revolution is a sudden change of government. It happens when a large number of people decide to take power from a government that treats its people unfairly. Who fought in the American Revolution? People who lived in 13 British colonies in North America fought against British troops. What caused the revolution?
Definition. Epic battles are grand, often climactic conflicts depicted in literature, typically characterized by their large scale, high stakes, and the involvement of heroic figures.
Most epics are legendary tales about the glorious deeds of a nation’s past heroes. The term originally referred to long narrative poems of heroic deeds among ancient peoples. Today the word epic is often more loosely applied to a book or motion picture that deals in a grand way with significant historical events.
Napoleon’s army fought an army led by the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. They had a battle on June 18, 1815. The most decisive battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Waterloo ended a war that had been going on for 23 years and destroyed Napoleon’s power.
The Trojan War. The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works of Ancient Greek literature, including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The...
