Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was also a truly great general. In the space of a single decade he fought eight major battles, led eighteen raids, and planned another thirty-eight military operations.
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Julius Caesar’s Triumph in Gaul
Roman leader Caesar overcame his failure in Gaul through his own talent as a commander, the skill of his army, and a good deal of luck.
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Karl Friedrich Max von Muller: Captain of the Emden During World War I
The German vessel Emden undertook the most remarkable commerce raiding cruise of World War I, destroying fifteen enemy merchantmen in three months, sinking a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer, and greatly embarrassing the Royal Navy.
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Daily Quiz for May 17, 2007
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution and active in other Latin American revolutionary movements, was born in this country.
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Daily Quiz for May 15, 2007
In 1947, this country was given $400 million by the U.S. in the first substantial action under the Truman Doctrine, which was intended to curb Soviet expansion.
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Daily Quiz for May 14, 2007
This president of the United States was known in his military days as "Old Rough and Ready."
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Daily Quiz for May 13, 2007
This writer volunteered in hospitals during the Civil War and later captured his experiences in several powerful poems:
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Daily Quiz for May 12, 2007
This Norman leader played an important role in the conquest of southern Italy and became prince of Capua in 1059.
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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig: World War I’s Worst General
Visiting the Somme battlefield in northern France is largely a matter of going from […]