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Leonidas was a Greek warrior king of the Greek city of Sparta. He led the Spartan forces during the Second Persian War and is remembered for his death at the Battle of Thermopylae. Leonidas lived from c. 540 BC to c. 480 BC.
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Leonidas lead an army of 300 men. This small army defeated the
Persian army that had c. 800,00 men. However, they were later defeated by Persions at the Battle of Thermopylae. Their reign was between 489–480 BC. -
The D1 Tank was the first tank used in battle. It was used in World War I. The "300" army was the first concept of a tank, i.e. a small compact weapon that can cause mass destruction. This was made on September 15 1916.
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World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. Though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations including all of the great powers eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Tanks were used in most of the countries, no matter if they were the axis powers or the allies.
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The Little Boy was the codename for one of the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan (along with Fat Man). It was the first atomic bomb used in warfare. Little Boy was developed by Lieutenant Commander Francis Birch's group of Captain William S. Parsons's Ordnance Division at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. Ths bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945.
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Hiroshima is a city in Japan that is best known to be the first city that has been struck with a Nuclear weapon. On August 6, 1945, (during WWII) they were nuked with the Little Boy atomic bomb. This was on of the two cities to be bombed with a nuclear bomb.
