Not a single ship larger than a fifth-rate frigate graced the American list. ... obvious, custom-built privateers began sliding down the ways in American shipyards.
Meeting little to no resistance, British troops set fire to much of the city, ... a number called for the movement of the federal government to Philadelphia or another ... Then, head across the Rotunda and down the stairs to the east vestibule on the ...
They had placed trade restrictions on the United States, not wanting them to trade ... of Washington and burnt down many buildings including the Capitol and the ...
With only 16 warships, the United States could not directly challenge the Royal ... This agreement provided for returning to the status quo ante bellum, which ...
The 1812 Fire of Moscow broke out on 14 September 1812, when Russian troops and most of ... But this was not the foremost cause of the fire that destroyed the city. ... According to Germaine de Staël, who left the city a few weeks before ... Street and Taganka (Katayev) and did not slow down the French invasion of the city.
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The two sections were not unlike North and South in the United States prior to the Civil War; their ... The domino fell but did not take down any of those around it.
Facts, information and articles about Secession, one of the causes of the civil war ... (The Northwest Ordinance, not the Constitution, prohibited slavery in the ... 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion.
When Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender, Admiral Matome Ugaki decided to lead one final mission. ... the unendurable” and lay down their arms to avert not just the “ultimate collapse ... Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, fashion designer.
Futch made no attempt to hide his desolation from the comrades who wrote down his words. “Since the Death of Charley I am so lonesome I do not know what to ...
No less an authority than Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander at the fight, wrote ... As it had limited use, the road would not have been worn down as many ...
Explore articles from the History Net archives about Battle of The Bulge ... Whether or not he practiced the German mode of war, Patton, who wrote martial ... After that, weather and weariness had bogged the Third Army down, while even ... “each officer and soldier,” incongruously in the circumstances, “a Merry Christmas.
... wounded in the Civil War is not known precisely, most sources agree that the total number killed was between 640,000 and 700,000, broken down with over ...
But the Allied high command had not anticipated the rapid German retreat. ... The first Red Ball convoys, however, quickly bogged down in the congestion of ...
Aviation History's Top 10 Best Aviation Movies include Those Magnificent Men ... Not letting a saccharine story line get you down, even if June Allyson cries more ... Wings was awarded the first-ever Best Picture Oscar in 1929, a salute to its ...
I had no business getting involved with the actions of only one company. I might get pinned down and become simply another rifleman. My duty was to lead ...
Never taking his eyes off his target, McCudden positioned his S.E.5a fighter ... I then got off another drum and still got no reply from the enemy gunner, but the ...
When Japan's supership finally took aim at its intended enemy during ... October 25, 1944, found the battleship Yamato steaming down the east coast of the ... Japanese believed that as long as the supership could fight, Japan could not fall.
The Avro Lancaster rained terror on Germany but never attained the B-17's fame, ... The special Lancasters that carried them not only had bellied-out bomb-bay doors ... Lancaster, in order to cast off any suggestion of its unfortunate parentage.
In contrast, the Soviets have only 1.25 million men (many with little or no combat ... which did indeed bog down the German offensive for two crucial weeks; the ...
Death by P-38: When America Killed Japan's Top Admiral ... Imamura had narrowly escaped being shot down over Bougainville two months earlier, ... announced his plans, Yamamoto said, “Even if it were dangerous, I could not turn back now.
In the decades following the conflict, those who did not wish to upset adherents of ... On April 15, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to put down the Southern ...
Second, if the enemy MiGs did not try to intercept the main strike force, the two escort aircraft were ... Pardo immediately backed his fighter off and tried a different approach. ... Houghton yelled back, Right, and our engines are now flamed out!
McFarland & Company, www.mcfarlandpub.com, Jefferson, N.C. ... The saga of a Southern community driven from boom to bust by the war is not ... the bill, then the family dog recognized what the humans could not, setting off a tearful reunion ...
