The Confederal hit-and-run guerrilla 43rd Battalion repeatedly caused mayhem and death to Union front lines led by John S. Mosby and his rangers.

As the Vietnam War progressed, the need for an air escort and attack helicopter for hot zones led to the Cobra helicopter’s dominance.

A joint venture between the U.S., Great Britain and Canada, The Manhattan Project resulted in the first successful development of a nuclear bomb.

After Mexico refused to sell land to U.S. President Polk, his belief in manifest destiny led to his declaration of war in 1846. The Mexican American War would ultimately last for two years, costing Mexico a lot of lives and land

Proving to be a calculated bluff to end World War Two, the Potsdam Declaration gave Japan an ultimatum for unconditional surrender or nuclear war.

In 1942, 50,000 Allied prisoners of war were forced to march in high heat without water for 100 miles to prison camps, known as the Bataan Death March.

One of the bloodiest battles fought in human history, WWI’s Battle of the Somme saw 141 days of fighting and over 1 million men wounded or killed in action.