Korea: The Mobile War On 25 June 1950, the North Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. It was the beginning of the Korean War, a conflict that radically altered the balance of power in East Asia and took the Cold War into its most dangerous phase.
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- The Battle of Tours: Facts & Suppositions On 10 October 732, the battle that dictated the fate of Europe for the next 1,000 years took place. An army of Franks under Charles Martel faced a Muslim one under Arab general Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi. In the West, the engagement became known as the Battle of Tours; in the Islamic World, it is called the Battle of the Highway of the Martyrs.
- The Battle of Las Guasimas: 24 June 1898, The Battle of Las Guasimas de Sevilla, Cuba, was fought on 24 June 1898, during the Spanish American War. Considered that conflict’s first land engagement, it saw Spanish forces fight a delaying action against an American column moving through the jungle toward Santiago. Studying the weapons and tactics of both sides goes far to explain the outcome of the larger campaign on Cuba.
- The 1945 Soviet Vienna Offensive The Soviet Vienna offensive began in March 1945, when their Second and Third Ukrainian Fronts penetrated the defenses of Army Group South between Esztergom and Lake Balaton in Hungary. The offensive continued until mid-April, only stopping after the Soviets captured Vienna. Here is our analysis.
