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Russian Revolution Topples the Tsar
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Russian Revolution Topples the Tsar

8 March 1917 — Demonstrations, strikes and bread shortages in Petrograd begin the revolutionary crisis that destroys the imperial government. Soldiers increasingly ref...

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Battle of Verdun Begins
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Battle of Verdun Begins

21 February 1916 — Germany launches a major offensive against the fortified Verdun region. French forces commit enormous manpower and artillery to prevent the fortress...

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War Exhaustion Destabilizes Russia
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War Exhaustion Destabilizes Russia

1915–1917 — Battlefield losses, inflation, food distribution failures and political distrust progressively weaken the Russian state. Confidence in Nicholas II collapse...

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Napoleon Invades Egypt
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Napoleon Invades Egypt

1 July 1798 — French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte land in Egypt. The invasion aims to weaken British access to India while expanding French influence in the eastern...

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Roman Egypt
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Roman Egypt

30 BCE–395 CE — Egypt remains one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest provinces. Alexandria continues as a major commercial and intellectual center while traditional Egyp...

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Battle of Actium
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Battle of Actium

2 September 31 BCE — The fleet of Octavian defeats the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra near Actium in western Greece. Antony and Cleopatra retreat to Egypt. Their ...

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Rome Defeats Gentius
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Rome Defeats Gentius

168 BCE — Roman forces defeat King Gentius near Scodra after a short campaign. His capture effectively ends the last major independent Illyrian monarchy in the region....

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The Old Kingdom
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The Old Kingdom

c. 2686–2181 BCE — The Old Kingdom becomes the classic age of pyramid construction and highly centralized kingship. The royal court controls extensive agricultural res...

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Battle of Jutland
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Battle of Jutland

31 May 1916 — Britain's Grand Fleet and Germany's High Seas Fleet clash in the North Sea in the largest naval battle of the war. Germany inflicts heavier tactical loss...

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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 Prokhorovka
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Battle of Prokhorovka

12 July 1943 — Soviet and German armored formations clash near Prokhorovka during the Battle of Kursk. The battle later acquires legendary status as an enormous tank c...

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Battle of the Bulge Begins
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Battle of the Bulge Begins

16 December 1944 — Germany launches a surprise offensive through the Ardennes in an attempt to split Allied armies and seize Antwerp. Initial German advances create a ...

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Benito Mussolini
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Benito Mussolini

29 October 1922 — King Victor Emmanuel III asks Mussolini to form a government following the March on Rome. Mussolini gradually destroys parliamentary democracy and co...

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Bombing of Guernica
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Bombing of Guernica

26 April 1937 — German Condor Legion aircraft and Italian forces attack the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The raid kills civilians and destroys...

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Erich von Falkenhayn
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Erich von Falkenhayn

1914–1916 as German Chief of General Staff — Falkenhayn takes command after the failure of Germany's initial western offensive. He increasingly concludes that Germany ...

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German Sixth Army Surrenders
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German Sixth Army Surrenders

2 February 1943 — The last major German formations inside Stalingrad surrender. Approximately one of Germany's most powerful field armies has been destroyed or capture...

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Goebbels Calls for 'Total War'
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Goebbels Calls for 'Total War'

18 February 1943 — Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech after Stalingrad, calling for even greater mobilization of German society. The speech reflects growi...

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Heinz Guderian
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Heinz Guderian

22 June 1941 — Guderian commands Panzer Group 2 during Operation Barbarossa. His armored forces achieve dramatic advances and participate in major encirclements. He la...

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

23 August 1939 — Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact. Secret protocols divide parts of Eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influe...

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Russia Orders General Mobilization
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Russia Orders General Mobilization

30 July 1914 — Tsar Nicholas II approves general mobilization of Russian forces after growing alarm over Austria-Hungary's attack on Serbia. Russian leaders fear that ...

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Sparta
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Sparta

Militarized city-state in the Peloponnese and Athens' principal rival during much of the Classical period.

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The Polis
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The Polis

Independent city-states become the defining political structure of Archaic and Classical Greece.

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