The Raid at Cabanatuan (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan), also known as the Great Raid (Filipino: Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay), was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.On January 30, 1945, during World War II, United States Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas liberated more …

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States.It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded.The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading …

The Aleutian Islands campaign was a military campaign conducted by the United States, Canada, and Japan in the Aleutian Islands, part of the Territory of Alaska, in the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II starting on June 3, 1942. In the only two invasions of the United States during the war of a U.S. incorporated territory, a small Japanese force …

James Barry (born Margaret Anne Bulkley (or Bulkeley), c. 1789 – 25 July 1865) was a military surgeon in the British Army.Originally from the city of Cork in Ireland, Barry obtained a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, then served first in Cape Town, South Africa, and subsequently in many parts of the British Empire. ...

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical war drama film directed and produced by, and starring Mel Gibson.Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England.The film also stars Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack. ...

Sylvia Plath (/ p l æ θ /; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer.She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her …

Dachau (/ ˈ d ɑː x aʊ /) was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933.The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) …

The Congress of Vienna (French: Congrès de Vienne, German: Wiener Kongress) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.Participants were representatives of all European powers and other …

Fasting is the abstention from eating and sometimes drinking. From a purely physiological context, "fasting" may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight (see "Breakfast"), or to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and absorption of a meal. Metabolic changes in the fasting state begin after absorption of a meal (typically 3–5 hours …

The Kinburn Spit (Ukrainian: Кінбурнська коса, romanized: Kinburnska kosa) is a spit in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. It occupies the westernmost part of the Kinburn Peninsula, being its natural extension stretching west into the Black Sea between the Dnieper-Bug estuary and the Bay of Yahorlyk.It is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) long, with a …