Great Deceptions in Military History

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The Siege of Boston was an early victory in the American Revolutionary War after self-government sentiment peaked in response to British Parliament’s taxation.

In response to tensions between China and global trade partners during the Age of Imperialism, China would go through a period of war, nationalism and rebellion in response to outside oppression.

The First Battle of the Marne escalated World War I as the German advance on Paris forced French and British forces to defend the French capital, leading to an early allied victory against German aggression.

After years of violence between the Navajo and the U.S. Army, the Navajo People were ordered to relocate from Arizona to New Mexico, only to find barren land and death, which led to the Navajo Treaty of 1868, allowing the tribe to move back home under conditions of peace.

Medieval Christianity was marred by the Crusades and beliefs in sacerdotalism, which gave priests unilateral power to extort peasants and nobles alike for high fees to buy passage into heaven.

During the 1972 re-election campaign of President Nixon, the Watergate Scandal was uncovered by FBI whistleblowers, resulting in Nixon’s resignation from office.

Clara Barton was a self-taught nurse who got on-site training during the Civil War where she tended to the wounded on active battlefields. Barton would successfully start the American Red Cross and ambulance first responders.