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

- After the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Austria declared war on Serbia and Germany’s alliance with Austria made them an accomplice.
- Under Czar Nicholas II, Russia entered the war as well.
- The French entered the war after Britain refused to declare their support for France.
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From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

The Vietnamese torture masters at the Hanoi Hilton wanted the prisoners of war to confess to false war crimes committed by United States service men. The Vietnamese torture masters also wanted the United States prisoners to denounce their government while being tape recorded.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

-The 1968 Tet Offensive was North Vietnam’s major attack on South Vietnam and United States allies.
-The intensity and timing of the Tet Offensive surprised the United States intelligence in Vietnam.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

John Calvey, a combat Medic speaks about the accidents that killed soldiers in Vietnam. Calvey also talks about his experiences as a combat medic and the large amounts of soldier who were killed during the war.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

- April of 1966 was the first formal record that the communists were aware that the "LRPPS" were seeking them out.
- On April 16, 1966, the "LRPPS" surprised and over-ran a small VC training camp.
- The enemy’s common name for the "LRPPS" was "the men with painted faces."
- The "LRPPS" ...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

* General Ulysses S. Grant devised a plan to surround the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He sent William T. Sherman, armed with 30,000 troops to attack Chickasaw Bluffs, which was 3 miles north of Vicksburg.

*During this time, the Confederate side saw conflicting inter...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

Crown Prince Wilhelm conducted the offense on Verdun with his Chief of Staff General Schmidt von Knobelsdorf in tactical control. An ambiguous communiqué from Falkenhayn costs the Germans heavily. A huge quantity of artillery and munitions were deployed by the Germans.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

- 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 Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

-According to President John F. Kennedy, the United States Special Forces had the potential to succeed in bringing democracy to Vietnam.
-The Special Froces were trained to feel comfortable in the Vietnam environment including their cultural differences.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

With 35,000 Union army soldiers poised and ready to go into battle, the sense of an impending Civil War was all but inevitable.

Scores from the elite of Washington D.C.'s social circle traveled behind the Union army soldiers, hoping to catch a glimpse of the "big show," often seen wi...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

- Jesus calls on twelve men to be his disciples.
- These twelve men follow Jesus everywhere.
- They learn from him so that they can preach the word of God in Jesus' name.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

- On June 28, 1919, at a peace conference in Paris, the Treaty of Versailles was signed by 70 delegates representing 27 of the victorious countries from World War I.
- U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was successful in getting the delegates to create a League of Nations as part of the peace trea...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

* For decades now, America and Americans have been stuck in the cross-hairs both at home and around the world.

* Roughly 1/3 of all terrorist acts around the world have been directed towards the United States, as well as American interests (ex: embassies) around the world.

* David...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:05 PM

-The special operations training of the US Army special forces was the toughest training any American faced besides the training that occured in World War II.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:04 PM

- The Tiananmen Square Massacre was a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals and labor activists in the People’s Republic of China between April 15, 1989 and June 4, 1989.
- On June 4, army tanks and infantry were sent into Tiananmen Square to crush the protest and disperse t...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:04 PM

- Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858.
- On September 14, 1901, Roosevelt assumed the presidency upon the death of McKinley.
- Roosevelt reformed civil service, created the Pure Food and Drug Act, improved labor conditions, created a national conservation policy, built the Pana...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:04 PM

? Quite possibly the most famous nautical incident in history, the story of the Titanic will forever be etched in history, folklore, and pop culture as the ship that could not sink ? but did.

? The Titanic set off on its maiden voyage ? originating from Southampton, England and destined f...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:04 PM

• Quite possibly the most famous nautical incident in history, the story of the Titanic will forever be etched in history, folklore, and pop culture as the ship that could not sink – but did.

• The Titanic set off on its maiden voyage – originating from Southampton, England and destined f...

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:04 PM

- In Mein Kampf Hitler writes the meaning of the Swastika to the Nazi party. He explained it as the mission for the struggle for the victory of Aryan man.
- Guido von List wrote details concerning his vision of an Aryan nation years before.

From: EncycloMedia™ on Tue, Oct 09 2007 7:04 PM

Admiral James Stockdale underwent the torture of "the ropes" while held prisoner at the Hanoi Hilton in Vietnam. He explains how the Vietnamese would lock him to the floor and squeeze his arms together with ropes so that his shoulder blades would touch and then they applied pressure to h...