War & Conflict

Battles, wars, and the conflicts that redrew borders and remade societies.

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In 1983, one Soviet officer's hunch may have stopped a nuclear war

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Breaking the Enigma code may have shortened WWII by years

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The shortest war in history lasted under 40 minutes

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Enemy soldiers stopped fighting to share Christmas in 1914

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D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history

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The Hundred Years' War actually lasted 116 years

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World War II is the deadliest conflict in human history

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6 Aug 1945

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The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

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7 Dec 1941

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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, pulling the U.S. into World War II

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27 Jan 1945

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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp

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15 Feb 1898

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USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor

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17 Feb 1864

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A submarine sinks a warship for the first time

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19 Feb 1945

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Battle of Iwo Jima begins

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9 Mar 1862

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The first battle between ironclad warships was fought

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11 Mar 1845

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The Flagstaff War began in New Zealand

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19 Apr 1775

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The American Revolutionary War began at Lexington and Concord

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