Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
America captures its first U-boat, the U-505, off the coast of French West Africa.
Life in America in 1898 is very different from life today.
Truman authorizes combat troops led by General McArthur to assist South Korea.
Photographs, audio/video footage, documents, eyewitness testimony and memoirs all prove that the Holocaust occurs.
Centuries ago, forests cover much of North America; when colonists arrive, they chop-down trees at unbelievable rates.
On November 28, 1775, Congressestablishesthe U.S. Navy to stand against the British.
Americans first enter Vietnam in the 1950s to advise the South Vietnamese; the plan was never to stay.
American troops begin leaving Vietnam in 1971, while fighting continues until a cease fire in 1973; it is still two years until the fall of Saigon.
Experts view U-2 photographs and notice a Russian truck convoy in Cuba.
Marines assault Saipan, but meet with Japanese fighting forces in a brutal battle.
British landowners evict starving families and burn their homes during the Irish Potato Famine..
Photographs, blueprints, and records provide evidence that Auschwitz and Auschwitz II (Birkenau) are operating death camps.
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