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Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), Confederate general, commanded the Army of Tennessee 1862-1863, won Chickamauga, lost Chattanooga, then advised Jefferson Davis; namesake of Fort Bragg until 2023.
Brazil in World War II
Brazil in World War II covers Brazil's 1942–1945 Allied participation, prompted by German submarine attacks, including hosting US bases and sending the FEB to Italy.
Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935
The Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935, known in Brazil as the Intentona Comunista, was a failed military revolt led by Luís Carlos Prestes in Natal, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian Expeditionary Force
The Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Força Expedicionária Brasileira, FEB, the Smoking Cobras) was Brazil's roughly 25,000-man division-plus force under General Mascarenhas de Moraes that fought with the US Fifth Army in Italy, 1944-1945, the only Latin American ground force in the European theater.
Brazilian Revolution of 1930
The Brazilian Revolution of 1930 (Revolução de 1930) was an armed political-military movement launched on 3 October 1930 that deposed Washington Luís and brought Getúlio Vargas to power.
Brazilian War of Independence
The Brazilian War of Independence was the 1822 to 1824 armed conflict between Prince Regent Pedro and Portugal that secured Brazil's proclaimed separation across its whole territory.
Brécourt Manor Assault
Brécourt Manor Assault: June 6, 1944 D-Day action near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, where about 20 paratroopers of the 101st Airborne's Easy Company under Lt. Richard Winters destroyed four German 105mm howitzers firing on Utah Beach.
Brian Clark (September 11 survivor)
Brian Clark is a Canadian businessman, an executive vice president of Euro Brokers, who survived from the 84th floor of 2 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Brighton hotel bombing
Brighton hotel bombing: Provisional IRA time bomb planted by Patrick Magee (alias Paul Walsh) in Grand Hotel room 629, exploded 2.54 a.m. 12 October 1984 during the Conservative conference, killing five, narrowly missing Margaret Thatcher.
Bring the Jubilee
Bring the Jubilee is Ward Moore's 1953 alternate-history novel (novella 1952, F&SF) in which the Confederacy wins the Civil War, and historian Hodge Backmaker's time trip to Gettysburg accidentally restores our own timeline.
British Army during the Second World War
The British Army in the Second World War (1939–45): conscripted land force of the UK and Empire, defeated in France 1940, rebuilt to win El Alamein 1942, North Africa, Italy, and Normandy, with 8,586,000 Empire troops.
British declaration of war on Germany (1939)
British declaration of war on Germany (1939): Chamberlain's 3 September announcement after the 11 a.m. ultimatum over the Polish invasion expired, under the 31 March guarantee and 25 August Anglo-Polish agreement; France declared at 5 p.m.
British Empire in World War II
British Empire in World War II: the UK, Dominions, and colonies' collective war effort 1939-1945, also called the British Commonwealth war effort. Over 2.5 million Indian volunteers, empire-wide home fronts, and the wartime shift from British to American leadership.
British expedition against Balangingi
The British expedition against Balangingi is not documented in the historical record; the major assaults on the Sulu raiding base were Spanish, culminating in the decisive 1848 expedition.
British Expedition to Abyssinia
The British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) was a punitive campaign from British India, led by Sir Robert Napier, that freed European hostages held by Emperor Tewodros II.
British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the field army Britain sent to France and Belgium in August 1914, growing to more than two million men.
British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British Army field force sent to France in 1939 under Lord Gort, evacuated from Dunkirk in June 1940.
British invasion of Iceland
British invasion of Iceland, Operation Fork: UK amphibious landing on May 10, 1940 that occupied neutral Iceland without resistance to preclude German seizure, followed by US takeover in July 1941.
British invasion of Martinique (1809)
The British invasion of Martinique (1809) was an amphibious operation of the Napoleonic Wars in which about 15,000 British troops captured the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
British Library cyberattack
The British Library cyberattack was an October 2023 Rhysida ransomware attack that stole 600 GB of data, destroyed servers, and forced a multi-year rebuild after the Library refused a 20 bitcoin ransom.
British Malayan headhunting scandal
The British Malayan headhunting scandal of 1952: Daily Worker photographs of British soldiers and Iban trackers posing with severed heads of MNLA suspects during the Malayan Emergency, the government denial, and the decision not to punish those involved.
British occupation of Havana
The British occupation of Havana was Britain's seizure and year-long holding of the Spanish colonial capital from August 1762 to July 1763, during the Seven Years' War.
British rule in Burma
British rule in Burma (1824–1948): colonial administration established through three Anglo-Burmese wars, governed as a province of British India until 1937, then a separate Crown colony, ending with independence in 1948.
British suppression of the slave trade at sea
British suppression of the slave trade at sea was a Royal Navy campaign from 1807 into the 1860s to enforce Britain's 1807 abolition by intercepting slave ships.
British war crimes
British war crimes: allegations against UK forces in Iraq (2003-2009) and Afghanistan (2010-2013), covering detainee abuse and unlawful killings; ICC examination, IHAT, Operation Northmoor, and the Haddon-Cave inquiry.
Brown's Chicken massacre
Brown's Chicken massacre: January 8, 1993 shooting murder of seven employees at a Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, Illinois; unsolved nine years until DNA on preserved chicken matched Juan Luna; Luna and James Degorski got life sentences.
Brunei Civil War
The Brunei Civil War, fought from about 1660 to 1673, was sparked by a cockfight killing and pitted Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin against Sultan Muhyiddin, who won.
Brunei revolt
The Brunei revolt was an armed 1962 uprising in Brunei by the TNKU, the military wing of the Brunei People's Party, suppressed by British forces within days.
Brusilov offensive
Brusilov offensive, Russian First World War attack (4 June–20 September 1916) led by Aleksei Brusilov against Austro-Hungarian forces in Galicia; broad-front shock tactics, 1.5 million Habsburg losses, Romania's entry, and Austria-Hungary's dependence on Germany.
Bucha massacre (Бучанська різанина)
Bucha massacre (Бучанська різанина): mass killing of civilians by Russian forces during the March 2022 occupation of Bucha, a Kyiv-region town; 358+ bodies found after the 2 April withdrawal, attributed largely to the 234th Air Assault Regiment and documented by OHCHR, HRW, and satellite imagery.