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Destruction of Seoul
The destruction of Seoul was the devastation of the South Korean capital during the Korean War, when the city changed hands four times between 1950 and 1951.
Destruction of the Rafi'-Nia synagogue
The Rafi'-Nia synagogue (کنیسه رفیعنیا), a central Tehran synagogue serving Iran's Jewish community since 1958, was completely destroyed by an Israeli missile strike on 7 April 2026, hours after a Passover service.
Destruction of Warsaw
The Destruction of Warsaw was the near-total razing of Poland's capital by German forces during World War II, planned by Heinrich Himmler after the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
Destruction under the Mongol Empire
Destruction under the Mongol Empire covers thirteenth-century conquest devastation: the Khwarazmian campaign, the sack of Baghdad in 1258, Hungary 1241-1242, disputed death tolls near 40 million, archaeological revision of total ruin, and the debunked Caffa plague-catapult story.
Detention of Craig and Lindsay Foreman
Detention of Craig and Lindsay Foreman: British couple from East Sussex arrested in Iran on 3 January 2025 during a motorcycle world tour, sentenced in February 2026 to ten years for espionage, which they deny.
Diaspora Revolt
The Diaspora Revolt, also known as the Second Jewish–Roman War, was a series of Jewish uprisings in Roman Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Cyprus during 115–117 CE, under Emperor Trajan.
Diego de Almagro's expedition to Chile
Diego de Almagro's expedition to Chile (1535–1537) was the first Spanish expedition from Peru into present-day Chile, finding little gold and returning to Peru in 1537.
Dieppe Raid
Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942: a failed Anglo-Canadian amphibious raid on occupied Dieppe, France, mainly by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, costing over 4,000 Canadian casualties and shaping later D-Day planning.
Digger tradition
The Digger tradition is the Australian folklore of the soldier, or "digger", arising from soldiers' own jokes, songs, and slang, distinct from the heroic, officially sanctioned ANZAC tradition.
Dioura attack
The Dioura attacks are repeated jihadist assaults since 2019 on the Malian army camp at Dioura, in the Mopti region of central Mali, carried out mainly by JNIM.
Diplomatic Revolution
The Diplomatic Revolution (renversement des alliances) of 1756 reversed European alliances: Austria left Britain for France, France dropped Prussia for Austria via the First Treaty of Versailles, and Britain allied with Prussia at Westminster, setting the alignments of the Seven Years' War.
Direct Action Day
Direct Action Day, also known as the Great Calcutta Killings, was a Muslim League protest on 16 August 1946 that triggered four days of communal violence in Calcutta.
Directorate of Civil Resistance
The Directorate of Civil Resistance (Kierownictwo Walki Cywilnej, KWC) was the Polish Underground State body coordinating civilian resistance against the German occupier from 1940 to 1943.
Dirty War
Dirty War (Guerra Sucia): Argentina's 1976–1983 military dictatorship campaign of kidnapping, torture, disappearance, and stolen babies under Videla's junta; distinct from Mexico's Dirty War of the same era.
Disappearance of Ben Needham
Ben Needham, a Sheffield toddler born 1989, vanished 24 July 1991 aged 21 months from Iraklis, Kos, Greece. Also known as Operation Ben; unsolved, with abduction and digger-accident theories and 2026 UK police withdrawal.
Disappearance of Cédrika Provencher
Cédrika Provencher, nine, vanished 31 July 2007 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, after a lost-dog approach; remains found December 2015 near Saint-Maurice; no one charged; Jonathan Bettez acquitted on related charges.
Disappearance of Charles Bothuell V
The Disappearance of Charles Bothuell V, also known as Charlie Bothuell V, was a 2014 Detroit case where the 12-year-old was found alive in his father's basement.
Disappearance of Dee Ann Warner
Dee Ann Warner, Michigan trucking and farming businesswoman, vanished April 24-25, 2021 from Lenawee County; husband Dale Warner was convicted of second-degree murder in 2026 after her remains were found sealed in a fertilizer tank.
Disappearance of Garrett Bardsley
Garrett Bardsley, 12, vanished August 20, 2004 near Cuberant Lake in Utah's high Uinta Mountains while walking back to camp to change wet shoes; two large searches found nothing, and the case remains an open Utah BCI cold case (NamUs MP5824).
Disappearance of Lilly and Jack Sullivan
Lilly (6) and Jack (4) Sullivan, Canadian siblings missing since May 2, 2025, from Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia; RCMP investigation found no evidence of abduction, and the children remain unfound.
Disappearance of Lina Khil
Lina Sardar Khil, an Afghan American girl, vanished December 20, 2021, age 3, from a playground at Villas del Cabo apartments on Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas; SAPD and FBI investigations, rewards, and searches have produced no arrest or answer.
Disappearance of Lisa Irwin
Lisa Irwin, called Baby Lisa, vanished from her Kansas City, Missouri home the night of October 3-4, 2011 at age 10 months; her father found the door unlocked, a window open, and cellphones missing. The case remains an unsolved active investigation.
Disappearance of Maura Murray
The disappearance of Maura Murray concerns a 21-year-old University of Massachusetts nursing student who vanished on February 9, 2004, after a car crash in Haverhill, New Hampshire.
Disappearance of Morgan Nick
Morgan Nick, six, vanished June 9, 1995 from a Little League ballpark in Alma, Arkansas while catching fireflies. In 2024 DNA testing of hair from a red truck named deceased prisoner Billy Jack Lincks a suspect; the case remains open.
Disappearance of Sneha Anne Philip
Disappearance of Sneha Anne Philip: Indian-American physician, age 31, last seen September 10, 2001 at Century 21 near the World Trade Center; legally declared a 9/11 victim in 2008 despite no remains or DNA.
Disappearance of Stefanie Damron
Stefanie Damron, a 13-year-old girl from New Sweden, Maine, was last seen September 23, 2024 walking into woods near her West Road home; she was reported missing the next day, and the Maine State Police and FBI investigation with a $15,000 reward remains active.
Disappearances of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos
Disappearances of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos: two unsolved 2003 and 2004 Collier County, Florida missing person cases; both men vanished after rides in Deputy Steven Calkins' patrol car, who was fired but never charged.
Dissolution of Gran Colombia
Dissolution of Gran Colombia (1829–1831): breakup of Bolívar's Republic of Colombia into Venezuela, Ecuador, and New Granada after Páez's 1826 rebellion, the failed Ocaña Convention, Bolívar's 1828 dictatorship, and his death in 1830.
Dissolution of the Korean Army
The dissolution of the Korean Army (군대해산) was Japan's forced disbanding of the Korean Empire's army in 1907 under the Third Japan–Korea Agreement, after which disbanded soldiers joined the righteous armies.
Division of Korea
Division of Korea: the 1945 partition of the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel into a US-occupied south and Soviet-occupied north, made under the pretense of disarming Japanese forces, becoming two states in 1948 and a permanent DMZ after the 1953 armistice.