Discover the remarkable history of the Russo-Japanese War… Barbed wire, trenches, and machine guns are all elements of modern warfare that are mainly associated with the bloody carnage of World War One, yet they were all first used in combination ten years earlier in a largely forgotten war that was fought in Manchuria and Korea: […]
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Discover the remarkable life of Bing Crosby… Bing Crosby was a real legend. Celebrated across the country and beyond, he was essentially America’s first superstar. With catchy tunes, a catchy name, and a laid-back, charming personality that everyone just seemed to love, Crosby was a star both on and off stage. Bing Crosby arrived in
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Discover the remarkable history of the Kingdom of Dahomey… Imagine a fervently militaristic state with a feared professional army that included some of the only all-female military units ever seen. Imagine that same state with its own unique and sophisticated culture, religion, language, art, and society. Such a state did exist—not in the ancient past
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Discover the remarkable life of John Tyler… John Tyler is perhaps one of America’s lesser-known presidents, and the fact that he even became president was due to the tragic death of his predecessor, William Henry Harrison. Throughout history, Tyler was indeed mostly known merely for the fact that he was the first vice president to
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Discover the remarkable history of the Russian Empire… What would become the Russian Empire began as territory acquired by Scandinavian settlers, the Rus, in the ninth century. In 1682, a new tsar took over the throne of the nation that had by then become known as Russia. Peter I, remembered as Peter the Great, transformed
Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning we get a commission if you purchase through our links at no extra cost to you. This helps us provide you with free eBooks. Read the full disclosure here. Seen by many as one of America’s greatest presidents, Harry S. Truman was, in many ways, an
