Quiz: What are your chances of being thrown into the gulags?
It’s the 1930s and Stalin’s Great purge is in full swing. Supposed ‘enemies of the revolution’ and ‘class traitors’ are
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Modern History
Top Ten Nazi Super Weapons
As the fortune of war shifted against Nazi Germany by the mid of 1942, its leadership increasingly placed their hopes
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List of democratically elected governments overthrown by the US
The US-led the free world against the communist bloc who threatened to destroy democracy – this we are all told.
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War Crimes Revisited – The Japanese Cannibals
There are some wars, which are terrible, some that are atrocious and then there is the Second World War. No
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11 Best Books On World War 2
Six short years were all it took to permanently change the course of our history. The old order of European
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Visualizing the Human Cost of World War 2
By sheer death toll, the Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history, responsible for costing the lives
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25 of History’s Most Iconic Photos
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and nowhere is it truer than within the context of history.
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If World War One Was a Bar Fight
Poor Germany always the gets the wrong blame for starting the First World War. However, the powder keg was already
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10 Stranger Than Fiction Facts About The Cold War
The Cold War is defined as a period of restrained hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States for nearly 4-decades (1945-1991).
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Top 10 Propaganda Posters of the 20th Century
The primary purpose of propaganda is to emotionally manipulate the masses, especially during times of war. By using ethos and
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