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Although Huldrych Zwingli (l. 1483-1531) began his Reformation efforts in Zürich in 1519, his first break with the Church came in 1522 when he defended a group of citizens who had broken the...

The Battle of Bentonville (19-21 March 1865) was among the last major battles of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Having cut swathes of destruction first through Georgia...

The Battle of Rivoli (14-15 January 1797) was the climactic battle of Napoleon's Italian Campaign of 1796-97. A fourth and final attempt by the Austrian army to relieve the siege of Mantua was thwarted by Napoleon Bonaparte's...

An infographic illustrating the Treaty of Versailles siigned on 28 June, 1919. The treaty, following the armistice of 11 November 1918, formally ended the First World War and imposed severe territorial, military, and...

Napoleon gives instructions to one of his officers, General Nicolas Oudinot, during the Battle of Friedland (14 June 1807). The battle resulted in a decisive French victory and forced the Russians to ask for an armistice four...

Europe's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914 CE. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the...