British intelligence officer Vera Atkins worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the French Section during the second World War. Born in Romania, A...
Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek worked for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) from Poland during World War II. Due to her daring exploits during the w...
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Car Ludwig Joseph Maria was the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne from 1896 until his assassination in 1914 in Sarajevo. ...
During World War II, Australian Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was a Special Operations Executive for the British and was one of the most decorated servicewomen for t...
"I only did my duty, and what I was told to do was: to do as well as I could." - Simo Häyhä
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The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed on August 23, 1939, just before World War II, by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. By signing the pact, the cou...
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SINDH, PAKISTAN - The ancient lost city of Mohenjo Daro lies in the shifting sands of Pakistan. It's nearly 5,000 years old, and has b...
Following the American Revolutionary War, Nathanael Greene was considered to be the most gifted and dependable officer to General Washington, having started off...
Born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben was a military officer in the American Revolution from Prussia. ...
Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was President Abraham Lincoln’s wife and First Lady of the United States for four years, from 1861 to 1865, but was an unpopular first lad...
