This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: They Cross the Narrow Sea.IntroductionWhen assailed by the Saracen
Poland Wants In
Time: September 29, 1938Place: Warsaw, PolandIn the aftermath of the Munich Agreement, Poland sends a note to Czechoslovakia, demanding they cede them
Battle of the Marne
Time: September 5, 1914Place: Marne River, FranceThe Germans attacked through Belgium and then down through France. The Kaiser said the boys
Early Milan
View Milan in a larger mapMilan is on the great plain north of the Po River and south of the great passes through the Alps. It was first settled
Pope Launches Crusade
Time: November 27, 1095Place: Clerrmont, FranceHe did not forsee that one effort would not be enough, or even eight. Nor did he know that in the end,
Treaty of Kiel
Time: January 14, 1814Place: The land of the Vikings, Kiel on the Baltic Sea.Denmark, Norway, and Sweden had long ago slipped from the front ranks of