Russian forces have taken about 4,669 km² (1,803 square miles) in Ukraine over the past year. A map comparison shows this pace matches WWI’s Western Front from 1915-16. At the Somme in 1916, four months of fighting gained just 12 km (7.5 miles) and cost over 1 million casualties.
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The territorial changes in Israel and Palestine since 1920 are deeply intertwined with historical, political, and religious factors. They continue to be a central issue in international diplomacy and a source of tension in the region, with efforts to find a peaceful and mutually acceptable resolution ongoing but complex.
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According to the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, the Allies dropped 2.7 million tons of bombs on continental Europe. Half this total went to Germany, 21.8% to France, and 13.7% to Italy, the remaining 14.2% being partitioned between Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, Belgium, Scandinavia, and the Low Countries. The Royal Air Force did 45.8% of the Allies’ bombing, the United States Air Forces 54.2%.
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On September 12, 1939, Ireland declared neutrality. Ireland told Britain not to send over any ships, submarines, or aircraft and informed Germany of Irish neutrality.
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Europe has a long and complex history, and as a result, there have been numerous bloodiest wars throughout the continent’s history. The total number of military and civilian deaths in the deadliest wars of European countries was about 100 million.
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Man is an aggressive being. According to Wikipedia, there have been about 10,624 battles in the history of mankind. The bloodiest battle in history is the battle of Changping that took place during the Warring States period in ancient China (260 BCE).
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In 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy reached its zenith in terms of naval dominance during World War II. This period was marked by a series of sweeping victories across the Pacific, expanding the boundaries of Japanese-controlled waters to an unprecedented extent. The stunning success of Japanese forces during the early stages of the war saw the capture of strategic territories, including the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, and numerous islands in the Pacific.
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Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the USSR by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. The military operation, codenamed after Frederick Barbarossa (“red beard”), a 12th-century Holy Roman emperor and German king, put into activity Nazi Germany’s ideological goal of occupying the western USSR to repopulate it with Germans.
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Examining the devastating toll of WWI through carefully curated maps and data, showing how military casualties and subsequent food shortages transformed the European continent.
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