The only thing worse than a bank heist around $1-billion (USD) is when the person in charge, not of the bank but of the country, commits that theft. Sad, but tr...
In the recent movie, Snowden, about the man by the same name, the head of CIA asks the title character if he ever wonders, “Why there has never been a World War...
The first time humans sunk a ship with a submarine was the US Civil War. It was 1864. Military technology leading up to that time consisted of single-bullet mus...
Stretched over four years, dragged through the trenches of Europe and raked through her skies, World War I left more than just scars on the countryside. It left...
World War II was one of the most devastating events of the 20th century. Affecting almost every part of the world, the war changed the lives of those who were i...
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Nowadays we take the ability to take a photo for granted, considering there are cameras everywhere we look. But there was a time when taking a...
Lafayette, now imprisoned by the Austrians, was kept in Nivelles, now a municipality in Belgium. Along with a few other men and Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy, Lafa...
World War II put everyone on the same playing field. For one of the first times in modern history, all eligible people were required to serve their time, no mat...
The Siege of Yorktown unofficially marked the end of the Revolutionary War, though a treaty between Britain and America was not signed until later. When the tre...
The Second World War was one of the most important and devastating events in recent history. Having affected people from all across the globe, the war was a hug...
