The Persian invasion of Greece in 484BCE was the biggest amphibious military operation until D-Day, almost 2,500 years later.
Quote of the Day
"If civilisation is to advance at all in the future, it must be through the help of women, women freed of their political shackles, women with full power to work their will in society."
~ Emmeline Pankhurst
On This Day
1757The British East India Company defeated the Bengali & French armies at the Battle of Plassey, establishing company rule in Bengal.
