Sentence examples for war took place from inspiring English sources

The American Civil War took place from 1861 to 1865.

But the war took place during the school holidays.

The decisive battles of the Civil War took place in the summer and fall of 1919.

And, in effect, when this act of war took place, they were our front-line soldiers.

The war took place in a world of ambush, treachery and uncertainty.

The Battle of Buena Vista (1847) in the Mexican-American War took place just southwest of Saltillo.

More decisive may have been the fact that so much of the war took place east of the Mississippi.

The annexation of Texas and subsequent Mexican War took place during Buchanan's tenure as secretary of state.

But again, the survey showed widespread ignorance about when another key episode from that war took place.

In 1943, one of the toughest and least-known American battles of the war took place in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

After all, Israel's greatest military victory -- the 1967 war -- occurred within its old borders, whereas its greatest military defeat -- the 1973 war -- took place when Israel supposedly had more "strategic depth".