From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:10 AM

-In 1960 there was a push to send the US Special Forces with counter insurgent intellegence to Vietnam .
-The perception of the war began to change.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:10 AM

* Ulrich Wegener, who witnessed the tragic hostage situation that took place in the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, Germany; was determined to see that such an event would never take place again.

* This vision, along with the backing of the German federal government created a special operat...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:10 AM

* Only 450 miles away from the site of the attack on the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, Kenya - terrorists detonated a bomb stored inside a vehicle parked next to a water tower adjacent to the United States compound.

* The blast killed 11 people and seriously injured 85.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:09 AM

• Ulysses S. Grant led the Union army back into Vicksburg, Mississippi for a second time during the Civil War. Upon their arrival, the Union army discovered that the Confederate troops defending Vicksburg were more then ready to defend their territory. This defense included a nine mile wood prot...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:08 AM

- Many other ethnic mobs have been moving to the United States to fill the vacuum left by the traditional Italian mob such as Caribbean, Asian, and Columbian mobs.
- These mobs are more prone to violence than the traditional Italian mob was.
- Drug trafficking is their main source of inco...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:07 AM

Having replaced General Ambrose Burnside with "Fighting" Joseph Hooker, President Abraham Lincoln was hiring an individual who not only had several disagreements with how the war was being fought, but was openly in support of a military dictatorship.

General Hooker was a much needed fres...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:05 AM

Adolf Hitler’s S.S. men were the most ruthless Nazis during World War 2 and the Holocaust. The SS began in the 1920s as a personal-guard unit for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Later, it was transformed into an almost mystical group of Aryan elite.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 11:04 PM

A communiqué between French Minister of War, Joseph Gallieni and French Commander in Chief Joffre, is detailed regarding the state of war preparedness. Belatedly the French send men to the front. German troops poured onto the warfront. Unexpected rough weather delays the attack.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:49 PM

* The “Little Napoleon” – George McClellan was replaced by General Ambrose Burnside. Burnside wasted no time in moving the army swiftly in hopes to catch Confederate strongholds off guard.

* The Union army’s poor planning would be on display again when his army had reached the Rappahannock...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:48 PM

- One of the first crews attempting to fly around the world crashed in Alaska, and Major Martin and Sergeant Harvey hiked out of the wilderness. They were lost for 10 days. Included in this silent film footage is the flyers’ route showing the area of crash and rescue.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:48 PM

- Gotti was the first ?Boss? that was born in the US and grew up with Rock and Roll.
- He is described as ?wacko? and ?schizo.? He?d be calm one minute and crazy violent the next. He took pills for depression.
- He wore expensive suits and hand painted ties.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:48 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 Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:48 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 Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:47 PM

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 Genera...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 8:47 PM

With the Union Navy unable to penetrate Vicksburg, Mississippi; they sought an alternative means of entrance – this time with help from the Union army. General Ulysses S. Grant devised a tactical approach to surrounding the city and Confederate strongholds in the vicinity from the outside, givin...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:06 PM

- War raged on in North Africa where German General Rommel displayed his remarkable military skills.
- The war in Europe spread to the jungles of Southeast Asia where Australia and New Zealand troops tried to resist the Japanese Empire.
- In 1942 the war’s turning point came on the Russia...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:06 PM

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 Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:06 PM

- In 1913, an ultra-nationalist group seized power, comprised of men who wanted to build a pure Turkish state.
- These leaders forged ties with Germany, which supplied the Turks with military assistance and training.
- In 1914, the Ottoman Empire aligned itself with Germany and the Central...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:06 PM

The need for improved reconnaissance equipment paved the way for aircrafts to carry out observations besides gun laying. Lightweight radios on aircrafts aided troop positioning and tracking of movements with greater accuracy.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:06 PM

* Starting with sparse leads, Federal agencies such as FBI and DSS, along with state and local authorities sought out to piece together the puzzle of who was behind the attack on the World Trade Center.

* Through a variety of background checks - Ramzi Yousuf, along with six others, were d...