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132 events · 38 research items · May 25, 0030 to August 11, 2026 · Page 2 of 6
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Expanded Suez Canal Opens
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Expanded Suez Canal Opens

6 August 2015 — Egypt inaugurates a major expansion of the Suez Canal involving a new parallel channel along part of the route and widening of existing sections. The g...

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Attrition Becomes a Central Strategy
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Attrition Becomes a Central Strategy

1915–1917 — Commanders increasingly seek to exhaust enemy manpower, artillery and industrial capacity faster than their own side is depleted. Verdun and the Somme beco...

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Fear That Time Favors the Enemy
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Fear That Time Favors the Enemy

1912–1914 — Officials in Germany and Austria-Hungary increasingly fear that Russia and Serbia will become stronger with time. Railway construction, military reforms, p...

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Battle of Dyrrhachium
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Battle of Dyrrhachium

18 October 1081 — Norman forces under Robert Guiscard defeat the Byzantine army of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos outside Dyrrhachium. The battle shows the Adriatic city's...

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Cairo Is Founded
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Cairo Is Founded

969 CE — Fatimid forces establish al-Qahira, Cairo, as a new royal and military city. The settlement grows beside older Fustat and eventually absorbs it into an enormo...

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Byzantine Theme of Dyrrachium
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Byzantine Theme of Dyrrachium

c. 800–1204 CE — Byzantium organizes the Adriatic region around Dyrrachium as a military and administrative theme. The city becomes essential for defending routes betw...

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Where Is Cleopatra's Tomb?
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Where Is Cleopatra's Tomb?

30 BCE — Ancient writers indicate that Cleopatra and Mark Antony were buried together, but their burial place has never been securely identified. Archaeologists have e...

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Alexandria Is Founded
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Alexandria Is Founded

331 BCE — Alexander establishes Alexandria on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Under his successors, the city becomes one of the greatest centers of trade and scholarship ...

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Apollonia Founded
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Apollonia Founded

c. 588 BCE — Greek settlers establish Apollonia near the lower Vjosa River. The city grows into an important commercial and intellectual center connecting the Adriatic...

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Allies Target German Oil Production
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Allies Target German Oil Production

12 May 1944 — American bombers begin a major concentrated campaign against German synthetic fuel plants and oil infrastructure. Germany relies heavily on synthetic fue...

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Athens
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Athens

Major Greek city-state that becomes associated with democracy, philosophy, drama and maritime power.

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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

6 August 1945 — An American B-29 drops the uranium bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima. The explosion and fire destroy much of the city and kill tens of thousands of people i...

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Battle of Berlin Begins
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Battle of Berlin Begins

20 April 1945 — Soviet artillery begins shelling central Berlin as forces close around the German capital. Street fighting becomes intense while Nazi leaders remain in...

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Battle of Kursk Begins
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Battle of Kursk Begins

5 July 1943 — Germany launches Operation Citadel against the Kursk salient. Soviet intelligence and defensive preparations create deep belts of mines, anti-tank positi...

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Battle of Stalingrad Begins
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Battle of Stalingrad Begins

23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad after intensive Luftwaffe bombing. The city's industrial and symbolic importance combin...

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Battle of Stalingrad Begins
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Battle of Stalingrad Begins

23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad while the wider German campaign pushes toward oil resources in the Caucasus. Fighting i...

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Beer Hall Putsch
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Beer Hall Putsch

8 November 1923 — Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party attempt to seize power in Bavaria and march on Berlin. The putsch collapses after police confront the conspirators in...

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D-Day
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D-Day

6 June 1944 — Allied forces land on the Normandy coast in Operation Overlord. American, British, Canadian and other Allied formations assault five principal beaches wh...

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German Rearmament Becomes Open Policy
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German Rearmament Becomes Open Policy

16 March 1935 — Hitler announces conscription and expansion of Germany's armed forces in open violation of Versailles restrictions. Germany has already been rearming s...

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Kyiv Is Retaken by the Red Army
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Kyiv Is Retaken by the Red Army

6 November 1943 — Soviet forces recapture Kyiv from German occupation. The victory is strategically and symbolically important and accelerates the German retreat acros...

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Lend-Lease Becomes Law
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Lend-Lease Becomes Law

11 March 1941 — Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the United States to supply countries considered vital to American security. Britain becomes an early majo...

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