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WHEN A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP DISMANTLED A POWERFUL CRIME SYNDICATE: Mussolini vs. La Cosa Nostra

During the years of the Second World War, Fascist Italy, led by its supreme dictator “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini waged his own war against...

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THE UNDEFEATED GENERAL

YUE FEI 岳飛: ONE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY COMMANDERS IN WORLD HISTORY, (1103 –1142 AD) Setting background : The Song Dynasty(ies) was a ...

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WHEN THE PORTUGUESE DEFIED THE MING DYNASTY (BATTLE OF TUNMEN, 1521)

By the late 15th and early 16th century, Europeans, namely the Portuguese, were beginning to make their way through well-known sea ...

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GUNS? GERMS? STEEL? SPAIN'S SECRET WEAPON: Indigenous Fighters

Introduction This entry discusses the methods the Spaniards employed to succeed in conquering the entire empire of the Incas...

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THE BATTLE OF LEGNICA (LIEGNITZ) APRIL 1241: The Gateway to the Conquest of Europe

WRATH OF THE ARMY FROM THE STEPPE Stop Killing Mongol Envoys! ================================================== After the death of...

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THE GUNPOWDER REVOLUTIONS OF MEDIEVAL CHINA AND EUROPE: The Great Divergence of Military Technology

Introduction This entry discusses one of the most significant revolutions in world history. Beginning in the Tang and utilized militarily...

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Why I'm a Student of History

Is HISTORY really just a boring collection of dates and names and deeds? Is it really just a pile of tasteless photos of ancient ruins...