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The German-Soviet War, known in the USSR and today's Russia as the Great Patriotic War or, in Western Europe, as the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45), began in June 1941 with Operation Barbarossa...

The Battle of Moscow (Oct 41 to Jan 42) was Germany's first major land defeat in the Second World War (1939-45). Although Axis panzer divisions reached within 20 miles (32 km) of the Soviet capital...

The Boston Massacre didn’t come out of nowhere—resentment between the early US colonies and the British army had been brewing for some time over the Stamp Act. A propaganda war ensued between the loyalists and...

The Antinomian Controversy (1636-1638) was a religious-political conflict that divided the Massachusetts Bay Colony of New England in the 17th century. The disagreement, also...

A Red Cross food parcel. Such parcels were sent to Allied prisoners-of-war during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a British Red Cross ambulance in difficulties on the Italian Front during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

In Colonial America, women were discouraged from taking an interest in politics and were instead expected to focus only on traditionally 'feminine' matters, such as homemaking and childrearing. However, such gender...

A lithograph propaganda poster encouraging support of the Red Army by an unknown artist, 1919. The poster features two figures: on the right a soldier in a cossack-style hat and coat, holding a rifle, and on the left a proletarian...

A photograph of the 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen flying his all-red Fokker D. R. 1 triplane and about to land. (Imperial War Museums)

A modern statue of Erik the Red (c. 950-c. 1003 CE) in Greenland, the land where he is credited with forming the first settlement.