Winter conditions can make it difficult for armies to advance. The cold weather can cause soldiers to become sick or frostbitten, and the snow and ice can make it difficult to move supplies and equipment. In addition, the shorter days and longer nights can make it difficult for armies to coordinate their movements and launch attacks. As a result, many armies have historically been forced to halt their advances during winter and resume their campaigns in the spring.
Saint Augustine (Florida) is the oldest European settlement occupied today in the continental part of the present territory of the United States. It was founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on August 28, 1565, and not for colonial or economic reasons, but military ones. Spain located a military conti
The movie The Untouchables by Eliot Ness tells the story of the man who against all odds got the gangster Americas most famous man, Al Capone, will end his days in Alcatraz prison. But there was another man who spent years in New York persecuting organized crime, who also managed to put several of
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