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Above: The Allied battle plan Map Amidst growing tensions between the two Persian Gulf neighbors, Saddam Hussein concluded that USA and the rest of the world would not interfere to defend Kuwait. On 2nd August 1990 Iraq invaded and came to control Kuwait. Within days USA along with the UN demanded Iraq's immediate withdrawal. Few weeks later USA and member nations of UN deployed troops in Saudi Arabia. Under the aegis of the UN a worldwide coalition began to form. Above: An ... Read More

Above: Scene of Spanish - American War in 1898 {mosimage}(1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain's brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers, and American sympathy for the rebels rose. Above: ... Read More

Abovee: Map of World War II In the aftermath of World War I, the United States attempted to disengage itself from European affairs. The U.S. Senate rejected American membership in the LEAGUE OF NATIONS, and in the 1920s American involvement in European diplomatic life was limited to economic affairs. Moreover, the United States dramatically reduced the size of its military in the postwar years, a measure widely supported by a public increasingly opposed to war. Events in Europe and Asia in ... Read More

Above: Map of Europe during World War I (click map to enlarge) The United States did not enter World War I until April 1917, although the conflict had begun in August 1914. After an intense period of military buildup and imperial competition, war broke out in Europe between Germany and Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) and Britain, France, and Russia (the Allies). Turkey quickly joined the Central Powers and Italy joined the Allies in 1915. Above: Picture of German U-Boats moored in the ... Read More

• 1904 - 1905 Russo-Japanese War Below: Map during Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) • 1905 Revolution of 1905 in Russia Below: Gory Sunday during the revolution in Russia (1905) 1911 - 1912 Turco-Italian War fought over Libya Below: Turkish soldiers marching for war • 1912 - 1913 Two Balkan Wars Below: Balkan soldiers and artillery deployed for war Two Balkan Wars are fought for control of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire • 1914 - 1918 World War I Below: War scene in World War I World War ... Read More

Above: Map of Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05 a victorious Japan forced Russia to give up its policy of expansion towards the Far East. Thus Japan became the first Asian country to humble a European country. Above: Japanese combat canon deployed at Port Arthur The seeds of the war originated from competition between the two countries to dominate Korea and Manchuria. In 1898 China had been forced to grant to Russia a lease for the strategically important ... Read More

• War of the Oranges • First Barbary War • First Kandyan War • Napoleonic Wars • War of the Third Coalition • War of the Fourth Coalition • Peninsular War • War of the Fifth Coalition • Second Anglo-Maratha War • Franco-Russian War • War of the Sixth Coalition • War of the Seventh Coalition also known as the Hundred Days War • Neapolitan War • Serbian Revolt in Ottoman Empire • Fulani War in Nigeria • Russo-Persian War, • Egyptian Revolution • Ashanti-Fante War • Russo-Turkish War, • The Finnish War between Russia and Sweden wherein Sweden cedes Finland ... Read More

Above: Map of Mexico (click map to enlarge) The war on land and sea stretched from 1812 to 1815 along the border with Canada near the Chesapeake Bay region and also along the Mexican Gulf. It ended with a peace treaty being signed in Europe. Above: Map showing the location of Great Lakes The American Revolutionary War of 1783 was over but Britain did not withdraw her forces from the Great Lakes. This was a bone of contention. Neither was Britain willing ... Read More

Above: A map during Italo - Abyssinian War, showing Italian attack plans in invading Ethiopia In 1935 there broke out a war between Italy and Ethiopia the outcome of which was Abyssinia or Ethiopia's acceptance of Italian rule. This incident was not a minor one and has been regarded by history to be one of the thorns that led to the outbreak of World War II. It showed how ineffective the League of Nations was when the great powers chose to ... Read More