The American Civil War

Above: Map of Civil War in America (1861 - 1865)

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a separatist conflict between the United States Federal government (the “Union”) and eleven Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, opposed the expansion of slavery and rejected any right of secession. Fighting commenced on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a Federal military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

Above: Massive Death of soldiers during the American Civil War

INDO-PAKISTANI WAR OF 1965

Above: Map of Pakistan during the Second Kashmir War

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, or Second Kashmir War, was the culmination of a series of hostilities that occurred between April 1965 and September 1965 between India and Pakistan. The war was the second one fought between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the first having been fought in 1947. The war lasted for five weeks, resulted in thousands of casualties on both sides and it ended in a United Nations (UN) ordered ceasefire.

Above: Scene during the Second Kashmir War

RUSSO-JAPANESE War (1904-05)

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

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