War & Conflict

Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of the Wilderness… The year 1864 saw Abraham Lincoln facing an increasingly unpopular war with too few Union victories, and a presidential re-election campaign pitting him against the Democratic challenger and former Union commander General George McClellan. The outlook for both looked dire for Lincoln. But there was […]

Discover the remarkable history of the Hungarian Revolution… The assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand didn’t just ignite the fuse to the tinderbox that was Europe in the early years of the twentieth century. When war was declared and the soldiers set off to fight the “war to end all wars,” World War I realigned

Discover the remarkable life of George Armstrong Custer… George Armstrong Custer is remembered for his last stand—that fateful day at the Little Bighorn when he and his unit were caught in an ambush that would end their lives. But Custer’s story was much more than that single moment of catastrophe. From a mischievous farm boy

Discover the remarkable history of the Christmas Truce… When World War I began in August 1914, the British confidently predicted that it would be “over by Christmas.” In Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm II told his soldiers that they would be “home before the leaves fall.” But by late December, it was clear not only that the

Discover the dark history of the Holocaust… Jewish communities have existed in the territories of modern-day Germany since Roman times, around the fourth century. By 1925, a census identified over half a million Jewish people living in Germany, accounting for around 1% of the total population. Jewish communities thrived in both economic and cultural terms,

Discover the fascinating history of the The First Intifada… The First Intifada was an uprising in the Gaza Strip and West Bank that began in 1987 and ended in 1993. There are two quite different and contradictory historical perspectives on this conflict. Palestinians generally viewed the uprising as a popular resistance movement against military occupation

Discover the remarkable history of the Battle of the Little Bighorn… The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the massacre of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and five companies of the U.S. 7th Cavalry in June 1876 is one of the best-remembered events of the turbulent period known as the Wild West. This defeat came

Discover the remarkable life of Joachim von Ribbentrop… Joachim von Ribbentrop may not have fought on the front lines of World War II, but he was nevertheless a pivotal part of the Nazi war machine. He was the mastermind behind such diplomatic coups as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, which forged an unlikely alliance between Nazi Germany

Discover the remarkable life of George Rogers Clark… George Rogers Clark was an American general during the Revolutionary War—the epic conflict in which the newly formed United States of America broke free from British rule. A seasoned frontiersman, he became a leading figure in the expansion of the American frontier into what was then known

Discover the remarkable life of Vera Atkins… Vera Atkins is one of the many unsung heroes and heroines of World War II. She carried out her life with great care and due diligence, quietly becoming the perfect spy when no one was watching. Beneath her polished exterior was a mind built for strategy, secrecy, and