Collection of facts about the Algerian War

This post is a collection of facts about the Algerian War (1954-1962). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• France vs. Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN)
• Toussaint Rouge attacks on November 1st, 1954
• Philippeville massacre in 1955
• Battle of Algiers (1956-1957)
• Charles de Gaulle began negotiations with FLN
• Évian Accords approved by referendum in 1962
• Algeria gained independence in 1962
• Estimated 400,000 to 1.5 million Algerian deaths

Collection of facts about the Second Boer War

This post is a collection of facts about the Second Boer War (1899-1902). There are 11 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• United Kingdom vs. Boer republics (South African Republic, Orange Free State)
• Preceded by Witwatersrand Gold Rush and British from Cape Colony moving to South African Republic
• Failed negotiations at the Bloemfontein Conference in 1899
• Boers attacked Cape Colony in 1899
• U.K. sent 180,000 troops to invade the Boer republics in 1900
• South African Republic and Orange Free State annexed by U.K. in 1900
• Boer republics responded with a guerrilla campaign
• Over 100,000 Boer civilians sent to concentration camps
• Ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging in 1902
• Resulted in British war crimes trial
• Union of South Africa formed in 1910

Collection of facts about the Anglo-Zulu War

This post is a collection of facts about the Anglo-Zulu War (1879). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• United Kingdom vs. Zulu Kingdom
• Occurred in present-day South Africa
• U.K. sent an ultimatum to Zulu Kingdom in 1878
• Zulu leaders rejected the ultimatum
• Battle of Isandlwana (1879)
• Battle of Rorke's Drift (1879)
• Battle of Ulundi (1879)
• Zulu Kingdom annexed in 1887

Collection of facts about the Nigerian Civil War

This post is a collection of facts about the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970). There are 8 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Nigeria vs. Biafra
• Preceded by U.K. decolonization from 1960 to 1963
• Also preceded by 1966 coup d'état and anti-Igbo pogroms
• Biafra declared independence from Nigeria in 1967
• Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu led Biafra
• Nigerian government imposed a blockade on Biafra
• Biafra surrendered in 1970 and Nigeria reunited
• Estimated 500,000 to 2 million deaths from starvation

Collection of facts about the Ethiopian Civil War

This post is a collection of facts about the Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991). There are 10 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Derg vs. rebels (TPLF, EPLF, etc.)
• Haile Selassie overthrown by Derg in a coup d'état in 1974
• Derg established Marxist-Leninist state
• Soviet Union supported the Derg
• Red Terror began in 1976 and killed 30,000 to 750,000 people
• Ethiopian famine of 1983-1985
• Derg ended its military junta in 1987
• EPRDF invaded the capital in 1991 and President Mengistu Haile Mariam fled
• TPLF led the new Transitional Government of Ethiopia
• At least 1.4 million people killed including 1 million from famine

Collection of facts about the Troubles

This post is a collection of facts about the Troubles (late 1960s - 1998). There are 12 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Conflict over status Northern Ireland
• Loyalists wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom
• Republicans wanted to leave United Kingdom and join Ireland
• Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association led initial protests
• British troops deployed during the August 1969 riots
• 13 unarmed people killed during Bloody Sunday in 1972
• Republican paramilitaries: IRA and INLA
• Loyalist paramilitaries: UVF and UDA
• Republicans conducted guerrilla campaign and bombings
• Over 3,500 people killed
• Ended with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998
• Resulted in self-government based on power sharing

Collection of facts about the Polish-Soviet War

This post is a collection of facts about the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921). There are 7 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

• Preceded by World War I, Russian Revolution and Polish-Ukrainian War
• Russia expanded westward and annulled the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Poland aimed to restore pre-1722 borders
• Kiev offensive launched in 1920
• Polish victory at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920
• Ended with the Peace of Riga in 1921
• Border established about 200 km east of the Curzon Line