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March 2016: Former Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic Found Guilty of Genocide and War Crimes
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major World news events of March 2016. Former Bosnian Serb Leader…Palmer, Frederick
(Encyclopedia) Palmer, Frederick, 1873–1958, American writer and war correspondent, b. Pleasantville, Pa. He began war reporting in the Greco-Turkish War (1896–97), reaching the height of his fame as…trench warfare
(Encyclopedia) trench warfare. Although trenches were used in ancient and medieval warfare, in the American Civil War, and in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), they did not become important until…Kuropatkin, Aleksey Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Kuropatkin, Aleksey NikolayevichKuropatkin, Aleksey Nikolayevichəlyĭksyāˈ nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch k&oomacr;rŭpätˈkĭn [key], 1848–1925, Russian general. He distinguished himself in the Russo-…Stoddert, Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751–1813, U.S. government official, b. Charles County, Md. Joining the Continental Army as a captain at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, he attained the…belligerency
(Encyclopedia) belligerencybelligerencybəlĭjˈərənsē [key], in international law, status of parties legally at war. Belligerency exists in a war between nations or in a civil war if the established…Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
(Encyclopedia) Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817–1901, Union nurse in the American Civil War, b. Mary Ann Ball in Knox co., Ohio. Generally called Mother Bickerdyke, she served throughout the war in the…Fuller, John Frederick Charles
(Encyclopedia) Fuller, John Frederick Charles, 1878–1966, British soldier. In World War I, he recognized the importance of mechanized warfare and, as general staff officer of the tank corps, planned…Unknown Soldier, Tomb of the
(Encyclopedia) Unknown Soldier, Tomb of the, form of memorial to a nation's war dead, adopted by many countries after World War I. The Tomb of the Unknowns, a memorial to the American dead of World…Augsburg, League of
(Encyclopedia) Augsburg, League of, defensive alliance formed (1686) by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I with various German states, including Bavaria and the Palatinate, and with Sweden and Spain so far…Trending
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