Introduction The Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động (1426) was the decisive battle in the 14-year Lam Sơn uprising which established Vietnam’s independence from Ming China in 1428. The Battle The battle took place over three days from 05-07 November 1426 in the Red River Valley between Tốt Động and Chúc Động, two villages… Read More
Introduction On 07 November 921, the Treaty of Bonn, the text of which calls itself a “pact of friendship” (amicitia), was signed between Charles III of France and Henry I of Germany in a minimalist ceremony aboard a ship in the middle of the Rhine not far from Bonn. Background The use of the river,… Read More
Introduction The Battle of Soissons was fought on 15 June 923 between an alliance of Frankish insurgent nobles led by Robert I, elected king in an assembly the year prior, and an army composed of Lotharingians, Normans, and Carolingian forces under King Charles III’s command. The battle took place at Soissons, near Aisne. Robert was… Read More
Events 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto. 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading… Read More
Introduction The Second Battle of Kiev was a part of a much wider Soviet offensive in Ukraine known as the Battle of the Dnieper (1943) involving three strategic operations by the Soviet Red Army and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht, which took place between 03 November and 22 December 1943 (The First Battle of… Read More
Introduction The Battle of Jemappes (06 November 1792) took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium), near Mons during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. One of the first major offensive battles of the war, it was a victory for the armies of the… Read More
Introduction Colonel Sir Ronald Thomas Stewart Macpherson CBE, MC & Two Bars, TD, DL (04 October 1920 to 06 November 2014) was a highly decorated Scottish British Army officer during and after the Second World War. He fought with the No. 11 Commando unit and French Resistance forces, becoming infamous among Axis forces as the… Read More
