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: , ,

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: , , , , , , ,

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: ,

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: , ,

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