John Joseph Pershing was a general of the armies of the United States of America, born on September 13, 1860 in Missouri and died on July 15, 1948 at Walter Hospital in Washington DC. John Pershing was born in the small house of his parents near Laclede (Missouri) on September 13, 1860. The Persh
In April 1809 the French and Austrian empires were once again at war. Austria had lost Dalmatia in 1805 which Napoleon gave to the Kingdom of Italy. The Dalmatian Army under General Auguste Marmont was stationed in Dalmatia. Marmons army had two divisions of infantry and heavily reinforced artill
The youngest will probably never have heard of it, but their parents or grandparents will surely remember how in their childhood the teacher constantly wielded a wooden stick, whose mere presence served as a deterrent when talking in the classroom or doing some mischief . It was not something new o
Mercia (from Old English Merce, People of the Marches), one of the most powerful kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England; Despite the power struggles within the ruling Dynasty had them held a dominant position during much of the period from the mid-7th to early 9th centuries . Mercia included