While a general on the American side, Benedict Arnold obtained command of the fortifications at West Point, New York and planned to surrender it to the British forces. The plan was exposed in September 1780, and he was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general.

The corvus (meaning "crow" or "raven") was a boarding-bridge with a heavy spike designed to pierce the enemy ship's deck when it was lowered.

Instead of separating from her beloved Keith, Malinda Blalock decided to escape with him by enrolling in the 26th North Carolina Regiment too. She secretly dressed as a young man, cutting her hair and wearing male clothing. The couple would eventually cross Confederate lines and join the Union partisans in the mountains of western North Carolina.

The bagh naka (or "tiger's claw" in Hindi) consisted of four or five curved blades affixed to a crossbar or glove and designed to slash through skin and muscle.

Napalm is a flammable liquid used in warfare that sticks to skin and causes severe burns. It was used extensively by the United States in incendiary attacks on Japanese cities in World War II as well as during the Korean War and Vietnam War.

The English Civil War (1642-1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over the manner of England's government.

An astonishing 38 percent of U.S. POWs died in captivity during the Korean War. Life as a POW meant forced marches in subfreezing weather, solitary confinement, brutal punishments and attempts at political "re-education." Torture was common and the Geneva Convention was not followed. More than 7,100 Americans were captured and imprisoned and just over 2,700 are known to have died while imprisoned.

Although the primary combatants were North and South Korea, the Korean War also became a war of political philosophies as the United States and the People's Republic of China/Soviet Union joined the fighting in an effort to promote their particular forms of government on the Korean peninsula. The War resulted in a stalemate, with the peninsula permanently divided between North and South Korea.

The French and Indian War was a nine-year conflict between the British and French colonies in North America with Native Americans fighting for both sides, but primarily for the French. The war resulted with the French losing all of their North American possessions except for a few small island colonies.

Including civilians and combatants from intervening nations, more than 2 Million people were killed in the Korean War.