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Peloponnesian War
In the Pelopponnesian War was between the Spartans and the Persians the war lasted for a long period of time. In the wake of the Persian retreat, however, Athens grew more powerful and tensions rose, escalating into nearly three decades of war. Sparta emerged victorious, while the constant fighting left Athens bankrupt, exhausted and demoralized. Neither city-state regained the military strength they once had.' http://www.history.com/topics/peloponnesian-war -
Oct 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
Almost 6,000 Frenchmen lost their lives during the Battle of Agincourt, while English deaths to just over 400. "In 1414, King Henry V of England began discussions with his nobles regarding renewing the war with France to assert his claim on the French throne. He held this claim through his grandfather, Edward III who begun the Hundred Years' War in 1337." http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars14011600/p/battle-of-agincourt.htm -
Unification of Italy
The Unification of Italy was a long process to become unified they came to an agreement and finally came together as one country. "If Mazzini was the soul of the unification process, then Garibaldi was the hero. In early 1860, he started to gather volunteers in Genoa for an expedition to Sicily. As Cavour neither opposed nor helped, thousands of soldiers from Romagna, Lombardy, and Venetia set sail for Sicily in May 1860."
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Crimean War
The emperor at the time when the Crimean War began was Nepolion lll and comanded the war against Russia. "British and French forces advanced south towards the port of Sevastopol. The Crimean war was fought on the Crimean peninsula. Conflict over the holy land between orthodox and Catholic." http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/crimean-war-begins -
Civil War
The Civil War was one of the biggest wars in America, it was about slavery and the war was to stop slavery that president Lincon ordered. "Early as 1858, the ongoing conflict between North and South over the issue of slavery had led Southern leadership to discuss a unified separation from the United States." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-civil-war-begins -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish American War was to prevent Spain and others from invading other countries over seas. "On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. As a result Spain lost its control over the remains of its overseas empire -- Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, and other islands." http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html -
World War ll
World War ll started officially started on September 3 1939, because of the bombing that japan did in Pearl Harbor and also attacking American soil. "On September 1, 1939, just before Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II. It was held in Germany, Holland, Poland, British Empire, France, and Japan." http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/start-world-war-2.htm -
Afghanistan War
The United States sent troops to Afghanistan to attack the
Al Qaeda because of what happen in 2001 of a terrorist attack. "The attack was military retaliation for the September 11, 2001 attacks by Al Qaeda on American targets. It was called Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan. The attack followed several weeks of diplomatic effort to have al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, handed over by the Taliban government." http://terrorism.about.com/od/warinafghanistan/ss/AfghanistanWar_2.htm
