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Germany1945Wars
Nuremberg Trials Begin
The Nuremberg trials were international criminal trials held by France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States against leaders of defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of s… - summary
Japan1894Wars
The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 was the collision of two empires on very different trajectories. - summary
Belgium1815Wars
Wellington and Blücher's decisive victory halted Napoleon's dominion and restored the European balance of power for a generation.
Waterloo East railway station, also known as London Waterloo East, is a railway station in central London on the line from Charing Cross through to London Bridge towards Kent, in the south-east of England. - summary
Bosnia and Herzegovina1995Wars
The peace agreement ended the Bosnian War and established international frameworks for post-conflict state-building and ethnic reconciliation.
The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement or the Dayton Accords, and colloquially known as the Dayton, is the peace agreement ending the three-and-a-half-y… - summary
Algeria1962Wars
Algeria's hard-won independence after an eight-year war became a defining moment in decolonization and anti-colonial struggle.
The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution, the Franco-Algerian War, or the Algerian War of Independence, was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) from 1954 to… - summary
North Korea / South Korea1953Wars
Three years of carnage frozen in place, never actually resolved.
The path to July 27, 1953 was paved with three years of catastrophic warfare and negotiations that nearly collapsed more than once. - summary
Japan1945Wars
Japan's formal capitulation aboard the USS Missouri ended World War II, reshaping global power dynamics and ushering in the nuclear age.
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war. - summary
Poland1945Wars
Allied leaders redrew Polish borders, shifting the nation westward and ceding eastern territories to the Soviet Union, reshaping Central European geography.
The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from 17 July to 2 August 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Confe… - summary
Japan1945Wars
The bomb that ended everything, and the surrender that followed.
Soviet Union declaration of war on Japan: August 8, 1945 - key fact
Soviet Union1942Wars
Pivotal Soviet victory halted Nazi German eastward expansion and marked the turning point of World War II in Europe.
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its Axis allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southern Russia. - summary
France1940Wars
Germany's blitzkrieg conquered France in six weeks, ending the Third Republic and reshaping European power dynamics for a generation.
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. - summary
United States1929Awards
Total awards presented: 12 - key fact
Greece1821Wars
The Greek War of Independence ignited a decade-long conflict that challenged Ottoman dominion and inspired European Philhellenic movements throughout the Romantic era.
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence fought by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire from 1821 to 1829. - summary
Germany1648Wars
This treaty ended the Thirty Years' War, established the nation-state system as Europe's governing principle, and secularized international relations.
They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire, closing a calamitous period of European history that killed approximately eight million people. - summary
Israel70Wars
Titus's legions destroyed the Second Temple and Jewish state, scattering the diaspora and reshaping Jewish civilization for nearly two millennia.
Relatively small efforts were made to develop the technology; however, the Romans brought an unrelentingly aggressive style to siege warfare that brought them repeated success. - summary
Italy49 BCEWars
Caesar's military crossing into Italy precipitated civil war and ended the Roman Republic, forcing an election of supreme power via armed conflict.
A member of the First Triumvirate, he led the Roman armies through the Gallic Wars and defeated his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil war. - summary
China1959Disasters
Mao's catastrophic agricultural collectivization policies triggered one of history's deadliest famines, killing tens of millions and exposing the human cost of radical central planning.
The Great Leap Forward was an industrialization campaign within China from 1958 to 1962, led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). - summary
Germany1945Wars
Germany signed away twice. Stalin demanded the encore.
The document was straightforward: Germany accepted unconditional surrender, effective at 11:01 p.m. - summary
