April 14, 1941. Erwin Rommel prepares to launch his Afrika Korps, the German force in Egypt, at the Australian 9th Division holding the...

April 13, 1204. What was supposed to be a plan to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims gets flipped-turned upside down. On this day, the...

April 12, 1917. After three days of intense combat, the Canadian Corps stands triumphant atop Vimy Ridge on the Western Front. Today atop...

April 11, 1241. On the plains of Hungary, a vast swarm of men and horses appear, bent on a mission of global conquest. The King of...

April 10, 1972. In Shandong Province, China, the diggers excavating several Han Dynasty tombs unearth a series of bamboo slips. The...

April 9, 1865. The Union’s Commanding General, a short, scruffy man with an unkempt beard and a muddy uniform, meets the Confederacy’s...

April 8, 1944. The Japanese advance from Burma into India, its great land offensive of World War II, is brought to a halt by Indian Army...

April 7, 1862. The Battle of Shiloh, one of the most harrowing of the Civil War, comes to an end with a traumatic Union victory. Ulysses...

April 6, 1812. The British Army in Spain, under General Wellington, prepares to assault the French-held fortress of Badajoz. The carnage...

April 5, 1818. In the shadows of the Andes, a confrontation is about to take place. The ragtag Army of the Andes, led by Jose de San...

April 4, 1814. Out of options and with the walls closing in, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, decides to abdicate the throne. With enemy...

April 3, 1918. The Western Front is splitting open. The German Army has launched its final offensive to win World War I and is tearing...

April 2, 1982. Forces of the Argentinian military land on the Falklands, a tiny pair of islands owned by Great Britain since 1833. The...

April 1, 1945. Troops of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps land on the shores of Okinawa, the key island of the Ryukyu chain. It is the...

March 31, 1854. Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy signs a treaty with the Tokugawa Shogunate, the military government of...

March 30, 1282. The people of Sicily have had enough. After almost 16 years of rule by the French, insults to a married woman by a French...

March 29, 1461. At a tiny village called Towton, the armies of two noble houses – Lancaster and York – duke it out for the English...

March 28, 1862. Two ragtag forces wearing Union blue and Confederate grey square off at a desolate, isolated mountain pass in northern...

March 27, 1886. A small band of warriors surrenders to American troops in the Sierra Madre south of the Mexican-American border. Among...

March 26, 1945. After five agonizing weeks, the island of Iwo Jima is finally declared secure. The most famous and bloodiest battle in...