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Hace 1 día · The Russian Civil War [a] was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the social-democratic Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.It resulted in the formation of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and later the Soviet Union in most of its territory.
Hace 5 días · Guatemala - Civil War, Human Rights, Refugees: Castillo Armas emerged from the resulting military junta as provisional president, and a plebiscite made his status official. He extirpated communist influence, quashed agrarian reform, and broke labour and peasant unions with considerable violence, but he himself was brought down by an assassin’s bullet in July 1957.
Hace 2 días · The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 1 May 1950, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China.
Hace 2 días · The Hundred Days' War was a sub-conflict within the Lebanese Civil War, which occurred in the Lebanese capital Beirut between February and April 1978. The only political person who remained in East Beirut Achrafiyeh throughout was president Camille Chamoun, who refused to leave.
Hace 5 días · United States - Civil War, Secession, Reconstruction: Before the Civil War the United States experienced a whole generation of nearly unremitting political crisis. Underlying the problem was the fact that America in the early 19th century had been a country, not a nation. The major functions of government—those relating to education, transportation, health, and public order—were performed ...
14 de sept. de 2024 · English Civil Wars - 1642-46, Parliament, King Charles: The first English Civil War occurred from 1642 to 1646, the second in 1648, and the third occurred from 1648 to 1651. In England the opposing groups were the Royalists (Cavaliers) and the Parliamentarians (Roundheads). Charles I was executed in January 1649. Nearly 200,000 people lost their lives directly or indirectly as a result of the ...
13 de sept. de 2024 · Wars of the Roses (1455–85), in English history, the series of civil wars that preceded the rise of the Tudors. Fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne, the wars were named years afterward from the supposed badges of the contenders: the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster.
