Military personnel from Bath, Brunswick, Harpswell and Topsham saw the horror of the Pearl Harbor attack. Read More
After more than 80 years, the logbook from Navy Yard Pearl Harbor has been recovered, the National Archives announced. Read More
A look back at the intelligence failures and oversights that led to the successful Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in... Read More
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The Belgian village of Malmedy, near the site of an infamous massacre was successfully defended against German attacks during the Battle of... Read More
Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. Read More
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A U.S. memorandum saw through Lenin’s propaganda Read More
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This precursor to AI was meant to be a simple program. Read More
The origins of soccer can be found among the people, not the privileged who sought to define it in the 19th century. Read More
The Washington Post has published the first comprehensive list of every member of the U.S. Congress who enslaved Black people. Read More
The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More
Notoriously corrupt New York City politician Boss Tweed slips away from guards during a home visit. Read More
What's better than holiday hot chocolate? If just thinking about it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, well – that’s by design.... Read More
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the fascinating women of the Viking age. Read More
Discover how states are preparing for the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026. Read More
The Vietnam War has left deep social and political scars on the U.S. psyche that still ache today. Pierre Asselin broadens our understanding... Read More
Author Christine Kuehn's late grandfather, grandmother and aunt were spies for the Japanese in the run-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read More
When putting the Middle Ages on screen, drama is no substitute for the historical sources. Read More
A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, imagines... Read More
When politicians invoke “America First” today, they echo arguments first championed by Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., U.S. ambassador to... Read More
As a Ukraine-Russia peace proposal is debated, forces in Finland rehearse guerrilla warfare against a potential Russian offensive that many... Read More
Cynthia Evans recalls her time working at "Y station" MoD Chicksands during World War Two. Read More
Every morning over breakfast in early 1942, infamous German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel received a classified intelligence briefing. The... Read More
A U.S. memorandum saw through Lenin’s propaganda Read More
WWI saw the birth of an entirely new form of combat: lone men engaging the enemy in aerial dogfights. The victors became heroes back home,... Read More
Erno Spiegel’s fountain pen was a subtle weapon in the fight for survival in a Nazi concentration camp. Read More
Captain Eugene Simpson rescued men from the water and wrote of his experience aboard the destroyer USS Ellet at the battle of Savo Island. Read More
The coveted card was first printed on green paper in the 1940s. Read More
During his brief lifetime, James V was a popular ruler who aimed to maintain Scotland’s independence from his English uncle, Henry... Read More
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Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as those of medieval... Read More
A breakthrough study claims to have solved the centuries-old mystery of why the Indus Valley civilisation fell. The findings challenge... Read More
Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialism Read More
The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More
Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as those of medieval Europe. But how and why did these rise, flourish and decline?... Read More
Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front. The Alaska-Siberia air route, known as ALSIB, connected Montana to Siberia through some of the most challenging flying conditions in the world to provide the Soviets with vital Lend-Lease aid.... Read More
The highs and the lows on the way to modern America.... Read More
