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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia

Armenian Genocide

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophia

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  • World War I Leaders
    World War I Leaders

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    World War I ravaged Europe from 1914 until an armistice was signed in November 1918. In all, more than 9 million soldiers would be killed, and nearly 21 million more wounded.

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  • Remembering the Holocaust
    Remembering the Holocaust

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    View photos from the Holocaust.

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  • Holocaust Concentration Camps
    Holocaust Concentration Camps

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    View photos of the concentration camps operated by the Nazi regime.

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Videos (7)

  • WWI Firsts
    WWI Firsts

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    WWI may have been the war to end all wars, but it was also the beginning of many military and civilian technologies.

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  • Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I
    Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I

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    German resentment over harsh peace terms leads to a rise in nationalist sentiment and the eventual rise to power of Adolf Hitler.

    Video Clip (1:56)
  • Allies Launch Disastrous Attack at Gallipoli
    Allies Launch Disastrous Attack at Gallipoli

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    An ill-fated assault on Turkish forces leads to 500,000 casualties in World War I.

    Video Clip (1:39)
  • Concentration Camp Liberation
    Concentration Camp Liberation

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    As Allied troops move across Europe, they encounter the horror of thousands of prisoners in Nazi camps.

    Video Clip (2:15)
  • Rwanda: The World Reacts
    Rwanda: The World Reacts

    Video Clip (3:17)

    In 1994, the international community is slow to end an African genocide.

    Video Clip (3:17)
  • Rwanda: Background to Genocide
    Rwanda: Background to Genocide

    Video Clip (3:14)

    Years of ethnic hostility brings the African nation to the brink.

    Video Clip (3:14)
  • Rwanda: Remembrance and Reconciliation
    Rwanda: Remembrance and Reconciliation

    Video Clip (2:56)

    The African nation struggles to come to grips with the aftermath of genocide.

    Video Clip (2:56)

Read More about Armenian Genocide

Between 1915 and 1922, the majority of the Armenian population was forcibly expelled from the Ottoman Empire under orders from Turkish government leaders, and some 1.

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