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.
Learn about Umbria and Tuscany, the regions in the center of Italy.
KLM 4805 requests and starts the take-off process without clearance.
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.
Americans land on Utah Beach, one of five Normandy beaches attacked on D-day.
Vasily Zaitsev is a famous and successful Russian sniper.
Vasily Zaitsev is one of the Soviet snipers who helps the Russians overcome the Germans.
Vatican City is the center of the Catholic Church and is the smallest city-state in the world.
The Raptor is agile and can inflict serious damage with its "sickle"claw.
Due to sharp peaks, steep inclines, unsafe crevasses, and avalanches, K2 is not the setting for Vertical Limit.
Mt. Vesuvius's first "pine tree" eruption is now termed a "Plinian" event.
Maps detail the loss of Hooker's Union troops at Chancellorsville.
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