Below: Jabar Yawar being interviewed The Turkish forces crossed into an area near the border with Iran, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the city of Irbil, said Jabar Yawar, a spokesman for Kurdistan's Peshmerga security forces. Jamal Abdullah, a spokesman for the regional Kurdistan government, said about 300 Turkish troops crossed the border at 3 a.m. (0000GMT). He described the region as a deserted mountainous frontier area. Must have nice women there ;) Above: Kurdish army on the march Turkey arrests ... Read More

Above: Map showing the border between Finland and Russia In 1917 the rule of the Tsars came to an end in Russia. With the Bolsheviks coming to power there, Finland became tensed. The middle class apprehended the fear of socialist rule while the workers of Finland took this opportunity to break out into a general strike on 14th November 1917. It was so successful that within two days they gained control of nearly most of the country. Above: White Guard ... Read More

Above: Map during the Civil War of Russia A division arose between the Bolsheviks or Communists and the Left Socialist Revolutionaries over the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in which Russia had made sizeable land concessions to Germany. The LSR left the coalition. There were two main groups opposed to Lenin. Above: Picture of the White Army The non-Bolshevik left was annoyed with Lenin for having dissolved the Constituent Assembly and the White Rightists had their own grievances to grudge. ... Read More

{mosimage}Nazis had several programs outlines after they came into power in the year 1933. Anyone and everyone who contradicted the Nazi cause were either eliminated or deported to other countries. Nazis began a dictatorship under Hitler; he soon started eliminating people who did not support his rule, like the socialists, anarchists and the communists who were spread throughout Germany.   He started the process of elimination by sending them to the Dachau concentration camp; this way he removed any people from whom he would face ... Read More

World War II took place among Allies and Enemies alike. It began in 1939 and finally reached its end in 1945. It was said to be the biggest and most devastating war in world’s history. Allies included the United Kingdom, the United States, Soviet Union, Australia, New Zealand and others. Enemies included Germany, Italy, Japan and others. The chief leaders of World War II were Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, Hideki Tojo and Benito ... Read More

{mosimage}World War I also called the, “Great War”, began July 28th 1914. It began with a joint treaty between Austria and Hungary which declared war on Serbia. World War I became a global war which involved many nations. It began in Europe and swiftly spread all over the world. Many countries joined the war during its first months and others joined in subsequent months or years later. On July 19th 1918 Honduras and Germany joined in ... Read More

Throughout military history, many short-term conflicts have been recorded but, by all accounts, the Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in the history of the World. The origin of the conflict was a territorial dispute during the late 1800's that focused upon the trade interests of Germany and Great Britain in Eastern Africa and specifically the small island of Zanzibar, which is located off of the eastern coast of Africa. In the beginning of 1890, Great Britain assumed control of the ... Read More