Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
On the 20th of January, 2009, Barack H.
The American Constitution has a famous preamble, beginning with the words "We the People." Barney Fife has lots of trouble remember the words which fo...
Henry V rallied his troops before the famous battle at Agincourt, fought between England and France in 1415.
"Worrying too much about the loss of friends," recalls Bob Foster - a Hurricane pilot - "you're going to go yourself.
The SS City of Benares was torpedoed by a German U-boat on in 1940 despite the September cold and a stormy sea Bess Walder Cummings and her brother su...
"Out of the blue," as survivors recall, the Battle of Britain begins on September 7, 1940. Hundreds of German bombers fly to England from their bases ...
East-end Londoners were undergoing unbelievable anguish as the Blitz continued.
By the time the war in Europe ended, in May of 1945, German U-boats had sent approximately 3,500 merchant vessels to the bottom of the sea - 2,452 in ...
The Bag of Pigs invasion - known as "A Perfect Failure" - may seem foolhardy today, but it must be viewed in its historical context.
At the beginning of 1917, the Russian city ofSt.
In an overwhelming turn of events, the Duke of York becomes King George VI and Elizabeth becomes his Queen Consort.
In this clip, from Cry Freedom, Denzel Washington portrays Stephen Biko.
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