Francisco Espoz y Mina won renown as a guerilla commander during this war.

The 93rd Highlanders Regiment won the name "the Thin Red Line" at this battle.

Chemist Mary Engle Pennington?s pioneering work revolutionized this process.

In 1941 and again in 1942, Germany planned an invasion of this area but never carried through.

During World War II, the term "Sherman carpets" referred to this.

This future inventor joined the Union Army at the age of 15.

The aircraft called the Martlet in British service was a variant of this American plane.

The last capital of the Confederate States of America was located here.