Operation Barbarossa in rare pictures, 1941
This post was originally published on this siteOperation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World […]
American Civil War: 15 Portrait Photos of Confederate States Army’s Generals From the Early 1860s
This post was originally published on this siteMathew Brady (1823-1896) was one of the most prolific photographers of the nineteenth century, creating a visual documentation […]
20 Celebration Photos Taken Just As WWI And WWII Came To An End
This post was originally published on this site 1 of 21 V-E Day celebrations on Bay Street, Toronto, Canada on May 7, 1945.Wikimedia Commons 2 […]
This Week In History News, Sept. 10 – 16
This post was originally published on this siteViking sword found, “Excalibur” mystery solved, lost languages uncovered, Hitler’s sexual bloodlust revealed, St. Peter’s bones possibly dug […]
This Woman Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic — And Its Two Sister Ships
This post was originally published on this siteAfter surviving all three disasters, Violet Jessop would become known as “Miss Unsinkable.” Boylo/ Wikimedia CommonsViolet Jessop, dressed […]
The Greatest Contraceptive Was A Plant That The Romans Ate To Extinction
This post was originally published on this siteTheir form of contraception was used to prevent pregnancy and “destroy any existing.” Richard Baker/ Getty ImagesRoman painting […]
Jack The Ripper’s Grave Found, New Book Claims
This post was originally published on this siteThe grave he discovered belongs to one of the primary suspects in the Jack The Ripper case. Ferrari […]
A wheatfield in the heart of Manhattan, 1982
This post was originally published on this siteBefore the high-rises, condos and financial centers of Battery Park City, the area behind the Twin Towers was […]
The Trinity Test, the day the Nuclear Age began, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteUntil the atomic bomb could be tested, doubt would remain about its effectiveness. The world had never seen […]
A family during the Great Madras famine in India, 1876
This post was originally published on this siteThe Great Famine of 1876–78, also known as the Madras famine of 1877, covered a major part of […]
Women at War, 1939-1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe Second World War changed the United States for women, and women in turn transformed their nation. Over […]
The American Civil War in pictures (part 3), 1861-1865
This post was originally published on this siteThe American Civil War lasted for just four years, from 1861 to 1865 and it is often also […]
The American Civil War in pictures (part 2), 1861-1865
This post was originally published on this siteThe second part of the American Civil War photo collection coves the people of the Civil War: the […]
The American Civil War in pictures (part 1), 1861-1865
This post was originally published on this siteThe Civil War was certainly the most catastrophic event in American history. More than 600,000 Northerners and Southerners […]
The Pacific Theater in pictures, 1942-1945
This post was originally published on this siteAfter Pearl Harbor the Japanese quickly gained control over a huge area of the Pacific, from the Philippines […]
The Tiananmen Square protests in pictures, 1989
This post was originally published on this siteThe Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre were a series of demonstrations in […]