Category: war
Theaters of conflict around the world
Modern Afghanistan dates from 1747, when Ahmad Shah Durrani freed the country from Persian domination. Afghanistan gained independence from Britain in 1919 […]
02/05/2010. Category: war. Tags: afghanistan, conflicts, iraq
Major land disputes around the world
LIBYA | NIGER | ALGERIA | TUNISIA LIBYA claims about 19,400 sq km in northern NIGER and part of south-eastern ALGERIA, and […]
02/05/2010. Category: war. Tags: cyprus, disputes, gaza, golan, kosovo, Northern Ireland, ogaden, paracel
People who are called flaks
Allied bomber pilots in World War I had little to fear from German rifle fire but that changed with the development of […]
01/10/2010. Category: war. Tags: flak, wwii
The shortest war… and nuclear weapons
The shortest war on record took place in 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after only 38 minutes. The longest was the […]
02/16/2009. Category: war. Tags: bombs, nuclear, submarine