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.
In June of 2004, Dr.
WARNING: THIS CLIP EXPLAINS HOW HITLER AND HIS REGIME DEVELOPED "THE FINAL SOLUTION" AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE.
The Falkland Islands are located about 300 miles off the southeastern shore of Argentina.
In this clip, from "20th Century Battlefields," we learn the background of Britain's decision to sink Argentina's ship, the General Belgrano.
Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher's authorized biographer, provides some background for the Falklands War in this video clip.
Depicted in the film, Bitter Harvest, Ukraine (and its people) suffered a disastrous famine when government policies impacted food production and dist...
WARNING: THIS CLIP EXPLAINS HOW HITLER AND HIS REGIME DEVELOPED "THE FINAL SOLUTION" AGAINST JEWISH PEOPLE. Proceed with caution.
Auschwitz I and II (the latter known as Birkenau) were located near the Polish town of Oswiecim.
A prince, who was born Ying Zheng, became the First Emperor of China, who renamed himself Qin Shi Hunagdi. Who was he? How did he rule his ne...
To see fossilized dinosaur bones, in situ, and to learn how those fossils can provide clues about continental drift, check out this video clip from NA...
The railway carriage in which Germany surrendered to France, at the end of World War I, had been housed in a French museum.
On the 1st of May, 1960, Francis Gary Powers (1929-1977) was a U-2 pilot flying an American spy plane over the Soviet Union.
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