America was bogged down in its anti-communist war against North Vietnam when in January 1968 Viet Cong guerrillas joined the…
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In 1939 Poland was a rabbit torn apart by wolves as Nazi Germany invaded from the west and Soviet Russia…
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During World War I the Sikh battalions indentured into the British Army won universal respect for their incredible bravery. At…
The beautiful island of Bali is renowned for its glorious landscapes and beaches, palaces and temples, and its unique culture.…
The beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota were, for the Lakota Sioux, a sacred spiritual and ancestral home. An 1868…
The Ottoman Empire once spanned three continents, but by the 19th century this lumbering behemoth was getting ragged around the…
Not for the last time, Britons would discover that winning a prolonged war was no guarantee of good times. The…