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.
On Iwo Jima's D-Day - February 19, 1945 - Basilone was a machine-gun section leader who came ashore on Red Beach 2.
Julius Caesar sails to Britain from France, in 55 BC, and is initially met with men who are willing to fight against Caesar and his troops. Caesar lea...
Juno Beach was the segment of the Normandy coastline assigned to the Canadians on D-Day.
The Karakoram Range near K2 (the world's second-highest mountain) provides scientists with unexpected tools to study the impact of climate change.
In the immediate aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attacks - on December 7, 1941 - the U.S. government used the smallisland of Kahoolawe-off the shore of ...
This map depicts the main locations on Kauai, "The Garden Island" (also called the "Island of Discovery").
According to Herodotus, coins were first minted in the ancient Kingdom of Lydia (located in today's Western Turkey).
This image—part of the U.S. military art gallery maintained at the U.S. Army Center of Military History—depicts American soldiers, during 1950, at...
Several ships are at sea, in the vicinity of Krakatoa, when the volcano dramatically erupts on August 26, 1883. Ships are in danger from the volcano's...
After Krakatoa's stupendous explosion - on the 27th of August, 1883 - the volcano spewed out another monstrous pyroclastic flow.
This map depicts Trasimeno Lake, and its nearby towns, located in the heart of Italy.
In 1922James Dole- a pineapple grower and operator of a company he started in Hawaii (where he also lived) - bought the entire island of Lanai for $1....
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