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21 hours ago · The Persian army, estimated by ancient authors to number in the millions, and by modern scholars to be between 120,000 and 300,000 soldiers, arrived at Thermopylae by late August or early September. During two full days of battle, the Greeks blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could traverse the narrow pass.
21 hours ago · Shivaji I ( Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale; Marathi pronunciation: [ʃiʋaːd͡ʒiˑ bʱoˑs (ə)leˑ]; c. 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680 [5]) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. [6] Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adilshahi Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Confederacy.
21 hours ago · Recorded December 8, 1941. Franklin Delano Roosevelt [a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.
21 hours ago · The British were, however, reacting to an entirely different issue: at the conclusion of the recent war the Crown had to deal with approximately 1,500 politically well-connected British Army officers. The decision was made to keep them on active duty with full pay, but they—and their commands—also had to be
21 hours ago · Erwin Rommel Rommel, c. 1942 Birth name Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel Nickname(s) "The Desert Fox" Born (1891-11-15) 15 November 1891 Heidenheim an der Brenz, Württemberg, German Empire Died 14 October 1944 (1944-10-14) (aged 52) Herrlingen, Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Nazi Germany Cause of death Forced suicide by cyanide poisoning Buried Herrlingen cemetery Allegiance German Empire (1911 ...
21 hours ago · Box office. $104.8 million [4] [5] Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
21 hours ago · The Dutch and Imperial fortresses were located far from convenient Franco-Spanish bases, and the Netherlands and Rhineland lacked easily navigable rivers for the Bourbon armies. Furthermore, besieging a major Dutch fortress demanded the commitment of two full armies. The French would thus pursue a strategy described as a "mixed war" in Europe.
