May 4, 1471. This war inspired Game of Thrones, but with MORE murder. At a small town called Tewkesbury, the Wars of the Roses for the...

May 3, 1863. West of the town of Fredericksburg, General Robert E. Lee is surrounded by cheering Confederate soldiers after a hard day of...

Asian-American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2, 1945. After months of fighting, the U.S. 442nd Infantry Regiment accepts German...

MAY 1 - 401 BC. After their involvement in a struggle for the Persian throne, 10,000 Greek mercenaries are stranded at the modern site of...

April 30, 1945. A shaking, shriveled old man and his new bride quietly enter his personal study. One hour later, at about 3:30 pm, the...

April 29, 1429. A 17-year-old French girl arrives with her army at the city of Orleans. The city is currently under siege from the...

April 28, 1503. In southern Italy, two armies square off for one of the most important but least known battles in military history. The...

April 27, 1805. At dawn, the Libyan city of Derna is attacked from two sides by the U.S. Navy and a mixed force of local mercenaries and...

April 26, 1937. A squadron of German and Italian planes armed with 22 tons of bombs descend on the town of Guernica, Spain. By the end of...

April 25, 1915. An Allied invasion force lands on the Gallipoli Peninsula in modern Turkey. Its mission: knock the Ottoman Empire out of...

April 24, 1916. The day after Easter Sunday, Dublin is still celebrating the holiday when shots ring out in the capital of Ireland. A...

April 23, 1014. After 200 years of raids and pillaging at the hands of the Vikings, the Irish are ready to drive the invaders from their...

April 22, 1919. The Russian Civil War is about to hit its climax. Alexander Kolchak’s forces approach the city of Orenburg in Siberia....

April 21, 1836. A force of 783 men creep up on an army twice their size, ready to launch a do-or-die attack. Their leader, Sam Houston,...

April 20, 1918. German Fighter Ace Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the infamous “Red Baron,” scores his last two victories in the skies...

April 19, 1775. A handful of Massachusetts minutemen confront British redcoats on the small park of Lexington Green. Under the sunrise of...

April 18, 1242. Alexander Nevsky and his Russian militia stand on the frozen shores of Lake Peipus, facing the assault of the German...

April 17, 1961. Over a thousand CIA-trained and equipped Cuban exiles land at the Bay of Pigs on the southwest coast of Fidel Castro's...

April 16, 1746. The British Royal Army and the Scottish Highlanders square up at Culloden for the epic clash that will decide the fate of...

April 15, 1942. King George VI of the United Kingdom awards the George Cross to the entire island of Malta. Ever since World War II came...