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How the Rich Helped the Nazis Rise to Power

Followings the conclusion of World War One, many Western European countries, with the former authoritarian elite now weakened, were able

The Battle of the Somme was an Allied offensive meant to hasten Allied victory. The largest battle of the Great

“War is politics by other means”, as one Prussian general famously quipped. And just like politics, one should not be

When it comes to the American Revolution, such names as Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin are recognized the world over. Mention

The Black Death also known as the Great Plague was one of the most ruinous pandemics ever to hit humanity

On the 4th of July 1776, the Congress of a nascent colonial republic formally approved a declaration of its independence from the

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and nowhere is it truer than within the context of history.

According to the butterfly effect, tiny changes in a system lead to huge repercussions. By an extension of that, events

While much of us are aware of the tragedy that occurred today 15 years prior, it wasn’t the first world-changing