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 ... Read More

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 ... 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

Above: Map during Vietnam War Vietnam War was one of the longest war fought by America. It started in the year 1954. There were huge numbers of casualties in this war and did cost a fortune to both the countries. There were too many myths surrounding the Vietnam War which ended up the war being misunderstood by the world. There were misunderstandings like the Above: Vietnamese soldier being tortured by American troop The American soldiers used inhuman and torture tactics, however ... Read More

When looking at the impact wartime has on a nation and the world, there are both the economic and human costs. Governments often fail to consider the human costs until in the aftermath of war. In World War I, 1914-1918, the direct costs of the war were in the neighborhood of $150 million.   The human cost was 37 million individuals for those involved directly in the conflict and an additional 10 million in civilian populations. While many thought this devastation ... Read More

{mosimage}Germany was initially on a winning streak against the Russians. The Germans along with the Axis forces and other forces which attached themselves to the German army later, were far more than the Soviet forces. This was the reason initially Germans started winning one area after another. Germans had planned everything, therefore Luftwaffe worked diligently to provide the troops with required provisions and moving of troops from one place to another. Even after the attacks Soviets were at a loss, though ordered to ... Read More

{mosimage}There are many reasons the United States attacked Iraq. The attack on the United States in 2001 is the primary reason The United States went into Iraq to eradicate the training centers terrorists. The chief target was the Taliban in Afghanistan. After getting rid of the Al Qaeda terrorists, the next targeted areas were in Iraq and Iran due to intelligence reports of chemical and biological weapons facilities. This lead the United States to war on Iraq for ... Read More

{mosimage}Vietnam War was one of the longest war fought by America. It started in the year 1954. There were huge numbers of casualties in this war and did cost a fortune to both the countries. There were too many myths surrounding the Vietnam War which ended up the war being misunderstood by the world. The American soldiers used inhuman and torture tactics, however the truth was the incidents of American atrocities were so rare that any isolated incident would be taken up ... Read More

{mosimage}There have been reports of yet another suicide attack in Ramadi, the town happened to be one of the peaceful towns in Iraq. There are also reports that the attacks were basically targeted to the checkpoint at Ramadi. The suicide attack was through a truck, due to this attack the number of people killed is 35 and there are 50 people injured. The truck was driven to the checkpoint and the bomb was detonated later, this resulted in heavy destruction. Most of ... Read More

There have been reports of yet another suicide attack in Ramadi, the town happened to be one of the peaceful towns in Iraq. There are also reports that the attacks were basically targeted to the checkpoint at Ramadi. The suicide attack was through a truck, due to this attack the number of people killed is 35 and there are 50 people injured. The truck was driven to the checkpoint and the bomb was detonated later, this resulted in heavy destruction. Most of the ... Read More