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James Houser
- Oct 24, 2020
- 12 min
October 24, 1648 - End of the Thirty Years' War
October 24, 1648. After thirty years of terrible, chaotic war across the European continent, the representatives of almost 92 different...
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James Houser
- Oct 23, 2020
- 13 min
October 23, 1944 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 23, 1944. MacArthur has returned. The United States has launched its great operation to retake the Philippines, with the Army...
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James Houser
- Oct 22, 2020
- 13 min
October 22, 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis
October 22, 1962. Usually my posts are about something that happened, but today’s post is about something that DIDN’T happen. The biggest...
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James Houser
- Oct 21, 2020
- 13 min
October 21, 1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar
October 21, 1805. The French and Spanish fleet moves out at full sail. Lord Nelson’s ships are outnumbered, but he knows that this will...
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James Houser
- Oct 20, 2020
- 12 min
October 20, 1935 - The Chinese Civil War & the Long March
October 20, 1935. The year-long fighting retreat is over. The Communist forces in central China have been totally defeated and driven...
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