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Gunner Maurice Naylor was captured in Singapore and held in a forced labour camp in Thailand. Read More

A sculpture called 'Kryptos' stumps top codebreakers. Read More

An untold number of women, both Northern and Southern, served in the Civil War, masquerading as men to take a spot on the firing line. Read More

Released in 2013, the movie “Cliffy” chronicles Australian Cliff Young’s rise from a potato farmer to an ultramarathoner and proves it... Read More

Vietnam became a subject of large-scale news coverage in the United States only after substantial numbers of U.S. combat troops had been... Read More

When two revolutionary republics collided Read More

Tattered and stained, the World War II Navy artifact was saved from the trash at a California air base and then forgotten. Read More

Medieval Europeans became accustomed to hot, dry seasons – and they knew how to endure them. Read More

Taylor Swift is just the latest artist to be enchanted by the iconic entertainers, with their glittering costumes and racy moves. Read More

Tony Banham's study of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941 captures thousands of stories tied together by a shared tragedy. Read More

The piece resembles another found in the same area four years ago Read More

For the ancient Greeks, the Peloponnesian War was a conflict involving the entire world. For Thucydides, it was a lesson in the realities of... Read More

The ancient Greeks are often credited with building the foundations upon which all western cultures are built, and this impressive accolade... Read More

The effort is focused on bringing the organization in line with President Trump's cultural directives ahead of the country's 250th... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

'With the emergence of the first city-states came the first cases of organised warfare and campaigns of conquest, as well as developments in... Read More

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we take a short boat ride off the coast of New York City to explore the mysterious history of the... Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn all about Empress Matilda and the Anarchy. Read More

We often learn about slavery in early America through broad economic or political terms—cotton, sugar, markets, revolutions. But what... Read More

The ancient world can be very interesting. Read More

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. The six wives of King Henry VIII are known best for their relationship to the... Read More

A recent book focuses on the experience of those who used the event as an emancipatory movement Read More

In The Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends, 1642 Jonathan Healey holds Juntos and ‘jittery times’ responsible for... Read More

Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long... Read More

More than 400 Navajo Code Talkers served in World War II, crafting coded messages the Japanese couldn’t decipher. Only two are still alive,... Read More

Tirpitz’ “risk-fleet theory” was a debacle for Imperial Germany. But it could work for China—now playing the role of... Read More

For the Marines and Army troops that captured the island in the Marianas in 1944, the liberation of Guam meant recovering American territory. Read More

A growing number of history buffs, Boy Scout troops and others have honored long-dead warriors by installing markers, tombstones and... Read More

This August marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II in Asia and the Pacific.... Read More

In the long Asian wars, being the victor in 1945 meant little. Read More

Thousands of love letters written by a couple separated during World War Two have been published to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over... Read More

When two revolutionary republics collided Read More

A routine Native American cattle round-up at the US-Mexico border in 1898 became an international incident. Read More

The Cold War and Ukraine: East-Central Europe and Ukraine in the Soviet security system This lecture explores how WWII reshaped East-Central... Read More

Emerging in monasteries and convents, apothecaries were later incorporated into guilds to serve the general public. But the medicine they... Read More

Orwell’s story was reworked for its film adaptation. Read More

"I grew up in the '80s, and I remember barely drinking any water..." Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More