Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Hitler creates the Nuremberg Laws to discriminate against Jews. On January 20, 1942 leading Nazis met at the Wannsee Conference to discuss, among othe...
Concentration camps, some of which are forced-labor camps and others "death camps," are part of Hitler's "Final Solution." Buchenwald and Flossenburg ...
A detailed description of concentration camps that are part of Hitler's "Final Solution.'
HMSResolute, a British Navy ship, becomes trapped in the Arctic ice. The crew abandons the ship but a whaler later finds it.
The Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh rallies the Vietnamese people and beats the French.
Hoover leaves the work of capturing bank robbers to local police until Dillinger commits a federal offense across state lines.
The Great Depression begins after the 1929 stock market crash and is the worst economic disaster in American history.
Combatants on all sides rely on horses; learn about the role that horses fill during WWI.
Hosenfeld, who keeps a diary of the acts committed by Hitler and the Nazis, dies in the war camps even though Szpilman tries to help him.
While he is still a child, Howard Hughes unexpectedly loses both of his parents.
Because of his love of flying, Howard starts an aircraft company and advances aviation.
Inspired by his uncle's career, Howard Hughes becomes a successful movie producer.
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