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Languages in Italy 5th Century BCE
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Languages in Italy 5th Century BCE
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Ancient Italy resembled the modern Caucasus, with an intricate ethnography reflecting its complex topography. Yet both are regions girdled by seas and thus exposed to external commerce and colonization. At the beginning of the 5th century BCE, Etruria and Greece were vying to be the dominant colonizing power on the... More
Latin America 1892
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Latin America 1892
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Following the dismemberment of the Spanish Empire, Latin America remained highly unstable, with a succession of Caudillos, military strongmen, seizing power and waging war. Some of these wars were brutal: Paraguay lost up to half its population in conflict with Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (1864–70); Bolivia lost its access to... More
Latitude and Longitude
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Latitude and Longitude
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The travellers of the ancient world positioned themselves using landmarks and simple maps. This worked well locally, but different methods were needed for travelling further afield across featureless terrain such as sea or desert. Travellers now required a frame of reference, or co-ordinates, to fix their position. In the 3rd... More
League of Nations Mandate 1921–23
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League of Nations Mandate 1921–23
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After World War I, the territories of Germany and the Ottoman Empire were reclassified as mandates and allocated to leading powers, which would oversee their administration until the mandate was deemed able to run itself. From the former territories of the Ottoman Empire, France was entrusted with control of the... More
Lechfeld 955
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Lechfeld 955
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The Battle of Lechfeld saw Otto I, King of East Francia repel the invading Hungarian army commanded by Horka Bulcsú. Otto moved his troops from the west to intercept the Hungarian army near Augsburg. Two days before the main battle began, the Hungarians attempted to besiege Augsburg itself but were... More
Leipzig Campaign 1813
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Leipzig Campaign 1813
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After retreating from Russia in 1812, Napoleon launched a new campaign in Germany in 1813. The Russian army pursued the French into the Grand Duchy of Warsaw and Prussia, where the Prussian army changed sides under the Treaty of Kalisz and joined the Russian forces against Napoleon. Combined Prussian-Russian forces... More
Leningrad 1942-43
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Leningrad 1942-43
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During the siege of Leningrad (8 September 1941–27 January 1944) the Germans engaged in a systematic bombardment of civilian and military infrastructure in an attempt to crush the morale of those trapped inside. By the end of 1941 the incendiary bombs and shells fired into the city had destroyed the... More
Leningrad and the Karelian Front January–August 1944
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Leningrad and the Karelian Front January–August 1944
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On 23 June 1944 the Red Army attacked Army Group Centre in Belorussia as part of Operation Bagration. Following the collapse of the German front line, the Soviets encircled German forces around Minsk, liberating the city on 4 July. The Soviet offensive now turned to Poland and the Baltic States.... More
Leningrad July-November 1941
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Leningrad July-November 1941
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One of Hitler’s strategic goals under Operation Barbarossa was Leningrad, the symbolic capital of the Russian Revolution. As Army Group North (comprising 18th Army, 4th Panzer Army and 16th Army) advanced, the Russians formed the defensive Leningrad Front; further defence was created through the split of the northern Front to... More
Lewis and Clark 1804–06
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Lewis and Clark 1804–06
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Captain Meriwether Lewis was commissioned by President Jefferson to explore the territories acquired by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and to find ‘practicable water communication’ to the Pacific. Enlisting the soldier William Clark as his confederate, Lewis departed St Charles near St Louis with his ‘Corps of Discovery’ in May 1804,... More
Lexington and Concord 18–19 April 1775
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Lexington and Concord 18–19 April 1775
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This was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War and is considered an American victory. On 18 April 1775, a total of 700 British soldiers (Redcoats) marched from Boston to take Lexington, followed by Concord, in Massachusetts. An American spy, Paul Revere, alerted the colonial militia to the approaching... More
Liberation of Greece October–November 1944
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Liberation of Greece October–November 1944
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As the war turned in favour of the Allies, the numerous Greek partisan groups that had formed under German occupation began to vie for political control once the inevitable German collapse occurred. Amongst many smaller, mainly socialist-leaning groups, the two main partisan organizations were the National Republican Greek League (EDES),... More