Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.
Six aircraft carriers ferried 423 Japanese planes to attack Pearl Harbor. Some of the planes were equipped with B5N2 torpedoes whose pilots flew in a ...
This image depicts victims of atrocities committed against Filipinos and Spaniards living in Manila by the Japanese military.
This image depicts the original of an exhibit introduced during the Tokyo War Crimes Trial.
Survivors of Auschwitz have reported that upon arriving at the infamous camp in Poland, Nazi officers greeted arrival trains. Those officers apparentl...
Lt. Colonel James Doolittle and his “Raiders” were aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8), en route to their planned take-off location (in the Pacific Ocean...
Portrayed by Keira Knightley, in "The Imitation Game," Joan Clarke was a brilliant mathematician who worked on breaking Enigma's naval code during Wor...
At the age of thirteen, while in her parents' garden, Joan of Arc began to see visions of saints.
John Ball, a priest who encouraged peasants to revolt in 1381, would ultimately pay for his words and deeds with his life.
1802 was a busy year for Napoleon Bonaparte: In March, he agreed to the Treaty of Amiens between France and Britain (thereby ending the War of the Sec...
Long before America had "Uncle Sam," Britain had "John Bull.
The 1896 Presidential Election in America was noteworthy for many reasons, not least for the hundreds of political cartoons which newspapers published...
Invasions have been part of Britain's history. Sometimes those invasions are featured in political cartoons.
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