Battles

Pivotal military engagements that have decided the fates of nations.

Model of the atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima in WW2

First successful atomic bomb test

Ethiopian flag patch on a soldier's shoulder

Ethiopia stands alone as Italy invades

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James Earl Ray arrested for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

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Pilot Francis Gary Powers charged with espionage

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Shootout at the OK Corral

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Robert F. Kennedy assassinated

President Ronald Reagan gives a speech from the Oval Office

Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall

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Tiananmen Square Massacre

Painting of Gen. Andrew Jackson on horseback during the Battle of New Orleans

The United States declares war on Great Britain

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The First Battle of Bull Run

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The Declaration of Independence is adopted

The Battle of Gettysburg, the charge of the Confederates on Cemetery Ridge, July 2, 1863, from Leslie's Weekly

The Battle of Gettysburg ends

Emperor Napoleon I and his Staff on Horseback, Horace Vernet, c. 1815-50,

Napoleon enters Moscow

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Jerusalem captured in First Crusade

Korean civilians killed while fleeing from the North Korean forces, on Aug. 25, 1950. Other refugees continue their flight south. Some civilians were mistaken for North Koreans and shot by UN forces.

Korean War Ends

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Six

Epic Warrior Women

Epic Warrior Women

Black Patriots

Black Patriots

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The Weapon Hunter

Sean Bean on Waterloo

Sean Bean on Waterloo

Combat Ships on Sky HISTORY

Combat Ships

102 Minutes that Changed America

102 Minutes that Changed America

Race to Victory

Race to Victory

Pigs on a farm

The pig war and other weirdly named battles in history

Signpost at the USA/Mexico border

Land grab: The history of annexations

Meeting of the Supreme Command, Allied Expeditionary Force, London, 1 February 1944

What does D-Day stand for? And other facts about the Normandy landings

Harold Rex Interfectus Est | Bayeaux Tapestry | Public Domain

How the Battle of Hastings was won

A stock photo of a Viking Hat

Harald Hardrada: The last Viking