The Battle of Hastings saw the crowning of the first Norman king of England on Christmas Day, 1066. Britain’s submission to the Norman Conquest would have a lasting impact on English language, culture and cuisine.

Operation Paperclip was a covert program to recruit and relocate German scientists and engineers to strengthen American scientific and technical abilities, particularly in the emerging field of rocketry.

The Seven Years’ War, known by American historians as the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763, began when the French built Fort Duquesne near present-day Pittsburgh, a perceived incursion on British colonial soil.

The Ritchie Boys of World War Two were more than 15,000 servicemen who fled Nazi Germany and Austria, becoming instrumental in the allied war effort with their fluency in both the language and cultural psychology.

After Robert E. Lee ordered his Confederate Army to attack the North’s Union Army, the Battle of Gettysburg was a multiple day conflict and a turning point in the civil war.

In 1969, Russian and Chinese hostilities ignited over a disputed border along a Siberian River, resulting in a conflict that almost turned nuclear before the US stepped in to cool the situation.

When allied French reinforcements were delayed, George Washington created the illusion of a large soldier encampment, bluffing the British. In the Battle of Yorktown, Alexander Hamilton led a charge with only bayonets and hand-to-hand combat, ending with Cornwallis’ surrender.