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This interactive timeline of the war in Ukraine shows major attacks, key moments and how the battle lines have shifted in the four years... Read More

Visiting the Alamo for its 190th anniversary? Beyond the 13-day battle myth lies a 300-year struggle for Indigenous and Black history that is... Read More

The Siege of the Alamo(23 February to 6 March 1836) was an engagement of Texian forces with the Mexican Army, leading up to... Read More

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On June 19, 1864, the fabled CSS Alabama sailed out of the harbor in Cherbourg, France, to confront the USS Kearsarge, which was blockading... Read More

In 1775, the British were occupying Boston and the Patriots were low on weapons. General George Washington turned to Knox to do what seemed... Read More

The Kotze Affair stemmed from an infamous gathering by members of German aristocracy, revealed in a series of anonymous... Read More

Chief White Eyes toggled between British and American leadership to secure land for the Lenape. Read More

In the late 1800s, Black cowboys brought their culinary knowledge from Africa to the American West—influencing everything from antelope... Read More

Recently, cutting-edge technologies and novel treatments have led to groundbreaking advancements. Some basic concepts still underscoring the... Read More

Joan of Arc was put on trial twice, once before and once after her death. The records made at these trials are often used as evidence of... Read More

Often it was family members calling for arrest over fears of succession. Read More

Beneath southern Poland, the Wieliczka Salt Mine has transformed from a medieval industrial powerhouse into a surreal underground world of... Read More

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The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

To this day, America continues to grapple with the legacy of slavery. On this week’s episode, we explore the creation of slave patrols,... Read More

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Join Greg and his guests to learn all about medicine in Tudor and Stuart England. Read More

This is the first part in our documentary on the fall of the Incas, the whole playlist can be found here:... Read More

Emily Brontë’s sole novel shocked readers—and still does. Read More

Shot, stabbed, poisoned with frog toxin – a new book reveals how the killing of political opponents has emerged from the shadows of... Read More

All that night and into the day, they would ride to rally the locals throughout Massachusetts Bay. Read More

In the case of Elizabeth Chudleigh, it was more like lust at first sight. Read More

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On March 24, 1985, a Soviet sentry shot and killed U.S. Army Maj. Arthur D. "Nick" Nicholson. He was the last American killed in the line of... Read More

Virginia nonprofit and Filipino Muslim government team up to find remains of US World War II general and four servicemen killed by Japanese Read More

No, it wasn't staged. The photographer says he just got lucky. Read More

Just Enough History of America: Installment 2 Read More

Strategically important during the Second World War, US soldiers could not wait to leave Greenland. Read More

Strategic resources have been central to the American-led global system for decades, as a historian explains. But US actions toward Greenland... Read More

Shergar was the world's most famous stallion. When armed men seized him from an Irish stud farm on 8 February 1983, the BBC reported on a... Read More

It caused a scandal in imperial Russia, then became a staple of popular art in the USSR. But when I spied a copy of Ivan Kramsky’s portrait... Read More

America’s extraordinary success is directly related to its unique form of government embodied in the Constitution. Read More

The concept of classical liberal policing (henceforth “liberal policing”) has taken a beating in recent years, nowhere more so... Read More

How our military heroes are chosen throughout history is often the result of political—not military—considerations. Read More

Some 276,000 patients were admitted to the medical facility between 1892 and 1951. But the abandoned complex has long been overlooked, and... Read More

The weeklong festival has been compared to Mardi Gras, marking the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More