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HISTORY: Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II served from 1952 to 2022 as reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. She was the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

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Scene from the Russo-Japanese War.

Russo-Japanese War

‘World War Zero’ Russia was already a significant world power in the early 20th century, with vast territories in Eastern Europe and central Asia under its control, and Japan was widely viewed as the dominant force in Asia at the time. Therefore, the war garnered significant global attention and its ramifications were felt long after […]

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KGB

What Is the KGB? KGB stands for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, which translates to “Committee for State Security.” The KGB headquarters occupied what is now a famous structure at Lubyanka Square—and not Red Square—in Moscow. That same building is now home to the FSB, or Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, which serves a similar […]

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Velvet Revolution

History of Student Protests

Tiananmen Square On April 18, 1989, after the funeral of communist leader Hu Yaobang, thousands of students marched in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, to protest the oppressive communist government. The protests continued as students called for strikes and class boycotts. A few weeks later, on May 13, students began a hunger strike in Tiananmen […]

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WAVE cheerleaders at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during World War 2. Sept. 13, 1943. - (BSLOC 2014 17 174) - Image ID: F2B5F7 (RM)

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How Military Service Teams Dominated College Football During World War II

‘Bear’ Bryant, who became a legend at Alabama, and future Pro Football Hall of Famers were among the all-star collection of talent.

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Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Combat Team hike up a muddy French road to their new bivouac area, October 14, 1944.

How a Japanese American Regiment Rescued WWII’s ‘Lost Battalion’

The Nisei soldiers of the 442nd became the most highly decorated regiment in U.S. military history for its size and length of service.

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Hiroshima, Then Nagasaki: Why the US Deployed the Second A-Bomb

Hiroshima, Then Nagasaki: Why the US Deployed the Second A-Bomb

The explicit reason was to swiftly end the war with Japan. But it was also intended to send a message to the Soviets.

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Women of the WWII Workforce: Photos Show the Real-Life Rosie the Riveters

Embodying patriotism and strength, American women stepped into roles once closed off to them to support the war efforts on the home front and abroad.

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1943

U.S. Olympian Louis Zamperini’s plane goes down in the Pacific

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1945

American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

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1921

Adolf Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi Party

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1942

Battle of Midway ends

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1941

Germans advance in USSR

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1940

France to surrender to Nazis

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