Archives by Tag 'Wars'
Venezuela War and Conflict Page Online
A new page listing the wars, conflicts, and many coups in Venezuelan history is now online at http://www.historyguy.com/wars_of_venezuela.htm, including information about the ongoing conflict between Venezuela and Colombia.
Aghanistan and the War Against Bureaucracy
For anyone interested in the complexities and frustrations American fighting forces are experiencing in Afghanistan, The History Guy highly recommends reading an op-ed piece in the New York Times written by Afghanistan veteran Jonathan Vaccaro. His article shows the inane bureaucracy imposed on the front-line commanders and soldiers who are doing their best to protect [...]
New Biography Page on General McChrystal, Afghanistan Commander
George Stanley McChrystal (b. August, 14, 1954)
General Stanley A. McChrystal is an American army general who was named the commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, and assumed command of those forces in May of 2009.
General McChrystal is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. McChyrstal is a Green Beret and an Army [...]
World War Two: British Declare War on Sept. 3, 1939
On Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand all declared war on Nazi Germany. Germany began its invasion of Poland two days earlier, on September 1. Also on September 3, only hours after the British declaration of war on Germany, a German U-boat (submarine) torpedoed and sank the British ocean liner SS [...]
September 1 is 70th Anniversary of German Invasion of Poland
September 1, 2009, will mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi German invasion of Poland, which sparked World War Two in Europe. Within days of the invasion, Britain, France, and others declared war on Germany in response. On September 17, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the East, sealing the eastern European nation’s fate. Poland was [...]
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (also known as the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty)
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (also known as the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Treaty)
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a Non-Aggression treaty on August 23, 1939. This treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union set the stage for the German invasion of Poland a week later, which was the opening round of World War Two in Europe. [...]
Wars of Poland
New page now online which looks at the wars of Poland from about 1600 to the Present.
At: http://www.historyguy.com/wars_of_poland.htm
Gulf War MIA Recovered
The one MIA in the Gulf War/1st War
with Iraq, (compared to 1,740 MIA in the Vietnam War), was Navy
pilot, Captain Michael “Scott” Speicher was shot down and was neither
rescured, nor was a body found until, on August 2, 2009, the Pentagon
announced that U.S. Marines stationed in Iraq had found Speicher’s
remains.
See also: http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html#gulfwarcasualties
and
U.S.
identifies remains of pilot [...]
Wars of 1939: Start of World War Two
Uploaded a new page called The Wars and Conflicts of1939: The Eve of World War Two.
at: http://www.historyguy.com/worldwartwo/wars_of_1939.htm
key words for this page include: war, wars, 1939, world war one, spanish civil war, spain, france, britain, germany, italy, albania, ethiopia, poland, sino-japanese war, arab revolt, palestine revolt, german occupation, occupation of czechoslovakia, occupation of memel, occupation of [...]
History Guy Website Update
New and updated pages on the History Guy Website at http://www.historyguy.com include information on several wars and conflicts, including:
–The Habsburg-Valois wars of the 1400s and 1500s, which were waged largely in Italy between France and the Holy Roman Empire (which was dominated by Austria). See: http://www.historyguy.com/french_wars_in_italy_habsburg_valois_wars.htm
–The wars of The Habsburg Empire,(better known as Austria-Hungary), between [...]