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Quick Historical Background Founded in 1762 by Francis Baring and his brother John, Barings Bank was the oldest merchant bank in London.
To the west, the Qing dynasty stood as the traditional suzerain, the center of a tributary system that had defined regional order...
To him, this was a defense of the only home his people had found in Italy, protected by the Hohenstaufen kings who valued their bo...
Within the Brunswick government, the decision was not without internal friction.
Sergeant Kunze of the 24th Brandenburg Regiment squeezed his frame through a narrow embrasure, expecting a hail of French lea...
Another common misconception is that the revolution was a purely military affair from its inception, driven by a desire for b...
Fast Background By the early months of 1917, the global landscape of World War I was one of stagnant horror and mounting desp...
Core Event Summary The ascent of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, was a tactical necessity during the early phase of the...
The image of a city's liberation often conjures scenes of cheering crowds, flower-strewn tanks, and a swift retreat by a defe...
By the early weeks of 1744, the Mediterranean had become a pressure cooker of geopolitical ambition and personal loathing.
This was the moment abstract political philosophy became a tangible, visual reality.
Fast Background The road to February 20, 1933, began with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment on January 16, 1919.
The biting frost of February 19, 1714, clings to the pines of Isokyrö, a landscape where the breath of men and horses hangs i...
High on the cliffs of Cornwall, a shepherd might have looked out to see a horizon choked with canvas and fire.
The morning of February 17, 1944, broke with a deceptive stillness over the turquoise waters of Truk Lagoon.
The freezing mist clung to the sheer, jagged cliffs of the Jøssingfjord on the evening of February 16, 1940.