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13 Battlefields That Changed the Course of History
Many pivotal developments in the course of history did not start in palace halls or parliaments, but rather on battlefields where soldiers and warriors faced deadly opposition and risked their lives ...
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'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
On mass deportation, if past is prologue … Do we know our history?
A top aide to President-elect Trump, Stephen Miller, says the new Trump Administration will launch mass deportations ...
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Staffers Find a Japanese Hand Grenade From World War II at a Museum in Kentucky
Museums house many fascinating artifacts—from fossilized dinosaur feces and whale earwax plugs to a tent used by George ...
Meet The 18-Foot King Cobra That Was Killed In World War II
While men fell to bullets and bombs everywhere, the world’s longest venomous snake ever recorded was also caught in the ...
How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
Finding the stories of individual Jews who fought the Nazis publicly and at great peril helped a scholar see history ...
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Okinawans work to preserve history of World War II battle
The Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was one of the bloodiest of World War II. More than 200,000 people were killed during the three months of fighting, more than half of them civilians. Okinawans were ...
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Air Force restores historic World War II pilots’ video
Following widespread concern, the U.S. Air Force has reversed its decision to remove a training video highlighting the ...
History Explains Trump’s Interest in Greenland—And Why Buying It Won’t Be So Easy
In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...