Famous Historical Topics & Events Chapters

What are some of history's key stories and events which remain famous to this day? Check-out some of those topics.

The British do not want the Germans to know they have the Enigma Machine, and its code books, so they tow the U-110 to Iceland where it eventually sin...

The British do not want the Germans to know they have the Enigma machine so they tow the U-110 to Iceland where it eventually sinks.

Depth charges from American ships damage the U-505 so badly that the U-boat must rise to the surface.

With the sinking of the U-559, the British gain the information they need to finally break the Enigma Machine's code.

German, Arthur Scherbius creates the Enigma device in 1923; the Nazis use the codes in WWII.

It is never easy to break the codes because the Germans change them frequently; finally the British learn to decode important weather signals.

On April 30, 1789, George Washington becomes America's president. He is unanimously elected for his first term of office (as he was for his second).

KLM 4805 requests and starts the take-off process without clearance.

As they investigate a deadly virus which is infecting and killing people in the Yambuku area of Zaire, investigators decide to name the virus after a ...

The CIA studies photographs showing the position of rail spurs, camp buildings, and vehicles.

There were not enough planes and guns to defend the Philippines from the Japanese.

Trained to conduct salvage missions, Brashear and his team aboard the USS Hoist go to retrieve the missing hydrogen bomb.

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