Medieval
The Hundred Years' War was a series of sporadic conflicts which saw these two nations fighting over territory.
Who were England and France?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in this Bosnian city.
What is Sarajevo?
World War Two is considered to have begun in earnest in September 1939 with the German invasion of this country.
What is Poland?
The American invasion of this Southeast Asian country was one of the most controversial wars in American history and cemented the possibility of a smaller, underdog nation defeating America in war.
What was the Vietnam War?
The Russian invasion of this Eastern European country has revolutionized many aspects of warfare and heightened tensions between NATO and Russia for the first time since the Cold War.
What is Ukraine?
This German priest's 99 Theses became the catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?
The Central Powers initially consisted of Italy, Germany, and this empire.
What was the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
This failed attempt to overthrow the German government saw Hitler and many of his futures confidants imprisoned; during his sentence, Hitler would go on to write "Mein Kampf".
What was the Beer Hall Putsch?
The USSR was also known by this directional moniker for its location relative to the US and NATO.
What is the Eastern Bloc?
The American invasion of Afghanistan initially began to oust this organization from power and force them into surrendering Osama bin Laden.
Who are the Taliban?
Established by King Henry VIII in 1534, this instituation has become the mother church of the Anglican Communion and a backbone of Western Protestantism.
What is the Church of England?
This type of warfare, also referred to loosely as "static warfare", saw troops hold fixed defensive positions and fight for small pieces of land at a time instead of large-scale mobile warfare.
What is trench warfare?
This front, primarily pitting British and American forces against Italian and German forces, earned Erwin Rommel his nickname "Desert Fox".
What was the North African Campaign?
This phrase, meaning "openness" in Russian, was instituted in the 1980s to attempt de-escalation with the west by the Soviet government.
What is glasnost?
This Article of NATO was invoked for the first time following the 9/11 attacks and used as the call for the invasion of Afghanistan.
What is Article 5?
This war, beginning in 1099, saw European Christians attempting to retake the Holy Land and the city of Jerusalem.
What was the First Crusade?
This battle in France, which lasted from February to December 1916, was the longest of the war and is considered a symbol of the horrors of the First World War; it is also known for being the origin of the phrase "Ils ne passeront pas", or "They shall not pass".
What was the Battle of Verdun?
This British special forces unit, whose motto declares "Who Dares Wins", was created during WW2 to perform daring covert operations behind enemy lines in North Africa.
What is the SAS?
This spy plane, which crashed while taking aerial recon photos of the Soviet Union, was the nickname for a famous rock band.
What was U-2?
Armenia and Azerbaijan have recently re-engaged in an ethnoterritorial dispute known by this name, with the aggressors gaining ground as a result of wider global indifference.
What is the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War?
This Frenchman was the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Who was Charlemagne?
The Zimmerman Telegram was an intercepted communique in which Germany attempted to convince this nation to invade the United States.
What is Mexico?
The German invasion of the USSR in 1941 was better known by this codename.
What was Operation Barbarossa?
The Soviet invasion of this country is often referred to as "Russia's Vietnam" and contributed in part to the fall of the USSR; it also further cemented this country's nickname "Graveyard of Empires".
What is Afghanistan?
This southeast Asian nation had its government overthrown by a military junta in 2022 and has been engaged in civil conflict since then.
What is Myanmar?