The decisive demonstration of its falsehood came from the Italian humanist Lorenzo Valla in 1439–1440.

Unlike several of his predecessors, Majorian was not content to be a ceremonial ruler. He was a soldier who understood that the survival of the Western Empire depended upon military...

Henry intervened dramatically, crying “Derby to the rescue!” as he rammed and boarded the opposing ship, helping save the prince from disaster.

Heraclius here managed to score a decisive victory by once again feigning a retreat and crashing into the confused Persians. At the end, it was said that over 6,000 Persian...

Eventually, as the intensity of the assaults declined, the Spanish forces left their defensive positions and counterattacked, forcing the attackers to withdraw and ending the immediate fighting.

The opposing forces immediately fled in panic, causing no losses to the attackers. Georgiou, “laughing and shouting,” cut down Cubans who were trying to escape from their burning vehicles.

The Hittite charioteers then turned north to crush Ramesses and the men of the Amun division in their camp. This moment was the most critical of the battle..

With heavy artillery support, the Germans struck the unsuspecting Czechoslovaks. Despite determined resistance, the defense collapsed under the offensive momentum

“In this advance, the frontier is the outer edge of the wave — the meeting point between savagery and civilization.”

“..After much fighting, losing tens of thousands of his soldiers there, Brennus himself was struck three times.