World War 1 Trenches Were A Labyrinth of Rats, Disease, Decaying Flesh, and the Omnipresent Threat of Death

World War 1 Trenches Were A Labyrinth of Rats...

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Before the Cold War, Russia and America Were the Closest of Distant Friends

Nearly a century of Cold War tensions between the United States and Russia hide the incredibly close friendship that the two nations enjoyed before this period. From America’s colonial founding in the 1600s to the eve of World War One, the two distant nations relied on each other ...  Show more

The Horrifying Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Titanic of the Great Lakes

One of the worst nautical disasters in recent American history is the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. On November 10, 1975, the “storm of the century” threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior. The ship found itself at the worst possible place, at the ...  Show more

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Une histoire oubliée (Forgotten story)
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Le récit manuscrit d'un soldat britannique sur sa fuite d'un camp de prisonniers de guerre nazi pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale a été publié après avoir été découvert lors d'une vente aux enchères.

 

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A British soldier's handwritten account ...

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Comment expliquer les mutineries dans l'armée française en 1917 ?
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