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Dark Age Greece 900 BCE
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Dark Age Greece 900 BCE
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Following the collapse of Mycenaean civilization in c. 1100 the major settlements were abandoned and the Greek population dropped dramatically. People lived in small groups, farming in villages, or adopting a nomadic lifestyle as they followed pasture and livestock, and leaving no written record behind. Weaving, pottery-making and metal-working still... More
David’s Kingdom 1000–993 BCE
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David’s Kingdom 1000–993 BCE
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The area of David’s kingdom was the battleground of empires in antiquity, where the traditional spheres of influence of Egypt, Assyria and Babylon, met, and frequently, clashed. It was both strategically and commercially important, sitting astride the great land trade routes of the Near East: the Via Maris ran through... More
David’s Wars of Conquest 1008–970 BCE
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David’s Wars of Conquest 1008–970 BCE
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After exile by Saul, David developed a rebel following and proclaimed himself king of Judah at Hebron. He then captured Jerusalem (which his general, Joab, entered by crawling up a drainage shaft), making it his new capital. Next, he conquered the region of Shepelah from the Philistines who, thereafter, were... More
Davis’s Alternatives for an Interoceanic Canal 1866
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Davis’s Alternatives for an Interoceanic Canal 1866
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In 1866 Admiral Charles Henry Davis was commissioned to assess the relative feasibility of different routes for a canal linking the Caribbean and Pacific through Central America. The timing was opportune: the De Lessep’s Suez Canal was nearing completion, as was the US Transcontinental Railroad. A Panama Railroad across the... More
De Lesseps’s Attempts at a Sea-Level Canal 1887
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De Lesseps’s Attempts at a Sea-Level Canal 1887
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As the man synonymous with the successful construction of the Suez Canal, Vicomte Ferdinand de Lesseps was considered uniquely qualified to oversee the Panama Canal. Actually, de Lesseps qualifications were less than stellar: he was not trained as an engineer, and his success at Suez owed much to his charm,... More
Deception Plans for D-Day 1944
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Deception Plans for D-Day 1944
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Operation Fortitude proved key to diverting German forces away from the Normandy landings (Operation Overlord). It aimed to create the illusion of two alternative invasion forces, one targeting Norway (Fortitude North) and one targeting Pas de Calais (Fortitude South). It was a joint venture between numerous Allied military deception agencies,... More
Decolonization 1950–97
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Decolonization 1950–97
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A frequent catalyst for independence movements is the disruption to colonial rule occasioned by protracted conflict. The Napoleonic War was effectively the death-knell for the bulk of Spain’s South American empire; World War I completed Ottoman disintegration. Although France and Britain emerged on the winning side in World War II,... More
Decolonization 1951–75
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Decolonization 1951–75
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Following World War II, people across Europe and Africa began to question the morality of the European colonies created during the scramble for Africa in the latter 19th century. It had become increasingly obvious that the colonies were exploitative in nature. The Atlantic Charter, signed by the Allies in 1941,... More
Defence of Bastogne 1944
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Defence of Bastogne 1944
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In December 1944, the Germans launched their surprise Ardennes Offensive, aiming to push towards the port city of Antwerp to deny the Allies an important resupply centre. In what became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans managed to make significant inroads into the Allied defensive line in... More
Defence of Königsberg 5–9 April 1945
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Defence of Königsberg 5–9 April 1945
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The forces of the 1st Baltic Front and 3rd Belorussian Front initially surrounded the Prussian city of Königsberg in January 1945 as part of the East Prussian Offensive, which slowly choked off Germany’s overland supply routes, forcing them to depend on access to the Baltic Sea. The citizens of Königsberg... More
Defence of St Vith 1944
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Defence of St Vith 1944
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As part of the German thrust towards Antwerp in the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944, the Belgian Town of St Vith became the site of a battle between the advancing German forces and the Americans who were positioned near the town. The Americans were caught off guard by the surprise... More
Defences of Corinth 8 April–30 May 1862
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Defences of Corinth 8 April–30 May 1862
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The town of Corinth sat at the intersection of the Memphis-Charleston and Mobile-Ohio rail lines – a junction Confederate Secretary of War Roy LePope Walker described as the ‘vertebrae of the Confederacy’. To capture Corinth, the Union General Halleck had a force commensurate with its strategic importance, around 120,000 strong.... More