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.
Cape Gloucester was an important tactical area for the WWII Allies to secure, but the Marines who fought there endured staggering hardships.
After the Eleventh Corps disgracefully runs from battle, Couch''s Corps forms a new line of battle at Chancellorsville.
Details of the battle of Pelelieu
December-January of 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the Ardennes Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. Hitler meant the major German of...
What are the factors leading to Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo on the 18th of June, 1815? Learn about the peace that Europe won in the fields of Waterl...
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.
Bertie (the future George VI, in front) and David (the future Edward VIII) had a difficult home life - but they adored their paternal grandparents (Ed...
Step inside one of the world's most famous clocks and learn some very interesting facts about its 13-ton "Big Ben" bell.
Having passed through Inferno’s Gate, Dante and Virgil soon see a ship coming toward them. It is helmed by Phlegyas, a ferryman on the Riv...
During the second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), when the Boers refused to surrender to the Anglos, the British rounded-up thousands of Afrikaners (Boers...
Bonnie and Clyde drive theirweapons-loaded, stolen car. Clyde slows-down for a vehicle whose owner was a friend. He had no way to know thatsix law-e...
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