From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 27 2010 6:56 AM

- On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first satellite called "Sputnik".
- One month later, they launched "Sputnik 2".
- The Soviets began launching these satellites with the intention of eventually landing on the moon.
- Then, on February 1, 1958, the United States...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 27 2010 6:55 AM

A rising member of the German army, Adolf Hitler was asked to spy on the German Workers Party, a nationalist group, in 1919. Soon after, Hitler became an increasingly involved member of the Party. In 1920, he was elected head of propaganda.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 27 2010 6:55 AM

Both warring sides were armed with outdated ammunition and untested troops. Aviation still in its infancy and vulnerable, did not evoke confidence as war machinery. Reconnaissance was therefore entrusted with light cavalry. With the sudden outburst of war, accurate reconnaissance became...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 27 2010 6:55 AM

-Spain has faced a long and bitter separatist campaign. For centuries the people of the Basque region have sought a state of their own.
-In 1959 a group called ETA, a paramilitary nationalist organization, began terrorizing Spain.
-ETA formed during the dictatorship of General Franco. It...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 27 2010 6:54 AM

Despite being the majority in terms of population at 60%, the Mayans are under the rule of the minority - of Spanish descent. Spanish rule has been nothing but oppressive towards the Mayans.

The Mayans have progressively voiced their displeasure and have staged opposition over the last ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Feb 23 2010 2:58 PM

Admiral James Stockdale used inner strength in order to withstand the torture while in prison in Vietnam. Stockdale created a sense of order while in the prison. Stockdale stayed in touch with his men using a bottle in the toilet as a mail box.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Feb 23 2010 2:57 PM

* Located in Yonkers, NY, directly north of New York City - and the fourth largest city in New York.

* They work to protect Yonkers but more importantly supplement the New York Police Department should New York City ever be under the threat of terror.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Feb 23 2010 2:56 PM

• The Battle of Chancellorsville took place from April 30th to May 6th, 1983. This key battle pitted “Fighting” Joseph Hooker’s Union army against a vastly undermanned Confederate army.

• Having forced the Union army into retreating, the Confederate troops followed gingerly behind the Uni...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Feb 23 2010 2:55 PM

-In November of 1961, special forces were deployed in order to gain the trust of the local villagers in Vietnam.
-The Green Berets also trained local men in tacticts to defend their villages.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sun, Feb 21 2010 4:21 PM

As Kenyans celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, they faced trouble brought on by the Kenyan insurgency group known as the Mau Mau. The Mau Mau were rebels against British rule in Kenya.

Elected in 1964, Jomo Kenyatta denounced the Mau Mau and emphasized that freedom ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sun, Feb 21 2010 4:20 PM

-The Swastika was adopted by the Nazi Party in 1920.
-It was not however, Germany’s invention but had been spreading across Europe for several years.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sun, Feb 21 2010 12:17 PM

- On October 10, 1911, there was an uprising in the Chinese city of Wuchang.
- The uprising turned into a revolt against the ruling Manchu Dynasty, all across China.
- Within months of the revolt, nationalist leader Sun Yat-Sen took office as the elected Provisional President of ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sun, Feb 21 2010 12:11 PM

- General von Gallwitz and General von Mudra commandeer the attack on Côte 304. After much deliberation, Knobelsdorf continues the attack and captures Côte 304 but at a heavy cost. The few survivors of the carnage, brutalized and distraught, are forced to witness the horror.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sun, Feb 21 2010 12:09 PM

? May 5th, 1864 featured one of the bloodier open-field battles of the Civil War.

? Wave upon wave of Federal attacks could do nothing to put a dent in the Confederate line of defense.

? Adding to the misery was the dry grass conditions, which contributed to fires breaking out on...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sun, Feb 21 2010 10:11 AM

During his time serving in the army, Sylvanus Thayer had requested to go to Europe out of fascination for the greatest military mind at the time - Napoleon Bonaparte.

During his time in Europe, in particular France, Thayer extensively studied their methods of teaching, their military edu...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 9:16 AM

During World War I, the troops fought in extreme heat, bitter cold, deserts, and wind swept mountains. Eventually some men lost the will to fight. Russia’s Red Army, renowned for its courage in the most treacherous conditions, was also beginning to break and show signs of weakness as the troops ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 9:16 AM

Established in 1802, the United States Military Academy, or USMA, has sought to produce bright, cultured, and intelligent individuals who are schooled in the military arts.

The Academy was founded by Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, who would go on to be known as the "Father of the Military Acad...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 9:15 AM

- Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and the first head of state of the USSR.
- On January 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin died at the age of 54.
- Lenin studied the issue of revolutionary change in Russia from a Marxist pers...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 9:13 AM

• Having returned to the scene of the crippling defeat to the Union a year earlier, troops from the North were instantly reminded of the horrors that took place at Chancelorville, Virgnia – a place where they had lost 17,000 fellow Union troops.

• When a newspaper correspondent asked Gen...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 9:11 AM

- The spread of Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution had a profound impact on Nationalist consciousness in the 1920s.
- The Nazi party adapted Darwin's theories to promote its own version of race superiority.