The Battle of Gettysburg The United States has not always been united. In fact, our country survived intact the greatest civil war in World History between 1861-1863, and almost a million US soldiers from both the Union Army led by Ulysses S. Grant, and the Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee, perished in Read more…
The Battles of Saratoga In late 1777, the Revolutionary War was almost getting into its third year (the first battles of the war, Lexington and Concord, occurred in April, 1775) and the British wanted to crush the rebels once and for all. They were worried that foreign powers, specifically the French, would join the war. Read more…
Napoleon’s greatest work: Battle of Austerlitz The muskets were firing and the soldiers were yelling. The boom of cannons and screams of pain from troops from both sides sounded across the battlefield. But the violence kept going, and suddenly, the bugle sang the song of war and the sound of hooves thudding against the dirt could Read more…
Fording the River to Grab Independence As the soldiers grabbed their oars preparing for the cold journey ahead, they knew that this could be the crucial moment that changed everything. They plowed ahead of the ice and strained against the current to cross the icy Delaware. Determination kept them warm as they crossed the dangerous Read more…
The Battle Of Britain: the battle that stopped Hitler In 1940, Hitler said, “I will succeed where Napoleon failed. I shall land on the beaches of England.” His invasion heavily relied on his Luftwaffe, which was under the command of General Field Marshal Hermann Goering. The only resistance the British had against Goering’s massive army Read more…
