Interesting facts about important battles in history, their causes, their effects, the number of casualties, etc.
Tag: Battles & Wars
10 Interesting Facts About The Attack On Pearl Harbor
On the 7th of December 1941, Japan conducted a surprise attack against the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii which damaged all their 8 battleships and killed more than two thousand Americans. The...
Battle of Yorktown | 10 Facts About The Historic Battle
The Battle of Yorktown was one of the most important battles of the American Revolutionary War. It took place in 1781 and ended with American and French forces, led by George Washington and Comte...
Simo Hayha Vs Vasily Zaytsev – Best Sniper in the world
Simo Hayha
Vasily Zaytsev
Background
Simo Hayha was born in the town of Rautajärvi, in present day Finland in December 1905. He was raised as a farmer and hunter. At the age of 20 Simo joined the...
10 Facts About The Bombing of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
The United States used nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th of August, 1945 respectively. It was the first use of nuclear weapons in wartime and till...
Battle of Stalingrad – Strategically Most Decisive Battle
Prelude
Despite failing in his ambition to decisively defeat the Russian Red Army in a single campaign aka Operation Barbarossa the German Army (Wehrmacht) had made considerable gains. They had stabilized their front in a...
