duke of york
Well, honey, the colony of New Netherland was taken over by the British without a single shot being fired, and they renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York. It was all very polite and civilized, unlike some other messy takeovers in history.
Winfield Scott who took Veracruz and Mexico City. Zachary Taylor who took Monterrey, Buena Vista and the White House. Stephen Kearny who took Santa Fe without firing a shot and marched to California.
Shot by firing squad after trying to assassinate Hitler. He was immediately shot after his arrest, without a trial.
Santa Fe, Nuevo Mexico.
General Stephen Watts Kearny.
The Duke Of York
Peter Stuyvesant was the governor of New Netherland who refused to surrender to England. The English took New Netherland without firing a shot. The Dutch West India Company established a fur-trading empire in the region.
Well, honey, the colony of New Netherland was taken over by the British without a single shot being fired, and they renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York. It was all very polite and civilized, unlike some other messy takeovers in history.
New York was founded by the Dutch originally before the British took it over without firing a shot.
Fort Ticonderoga.
Fort Ticonderoga.
Nikita Kruschev
Santa Fe.
New Amsterdam, aka New York.
Czechoslovakia and Austria
New York
Fort Ticonderoga.