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The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first frame of government for the United States of America, establishing a weak federal government to protect the sovereignty of the states. Adopted by Congress in 1777, the Articles...

Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813) was a Polish soldier and patriot, who served as commander-in-chief of the Polish army during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). A steadfast ally of French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815), Poniatowski...

The first page of the Articles of Confederation, the first framework of the United States government, in effect from March 1781 to March 1789.

During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April-May 1943), SS and SD officers force a group of Jews to leave their shelter. Second from the right, pointing a submachine gun at a Jewish boy holding his hands above his head, is SS-Rotenfuerer Josef...

The War of the Fourth Coalition (October 1806 to June 1807) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The Fourth Coalition consisted of Russia, Prussia, Saxony, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, against the First French Empire...

A 1778 oil-on-canvas painting, Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, by Bernardo Bellotto. (Royal Castle, Warsaw)

A photograph showing the damage to Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photograph taken in October. Imperial War Museums

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) reviewing a victory parade in Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photo taken on 5 September. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing a walled-off Jewish ghetto in Warsaw following the German occupation of Poland from September 1939. (Imperial War Museums)

The Second Continental Congress was the body of delegates that governed the Thirteen Colonies and, later, the United States during the American Revolutionary War. Between its first session in May 1775 and its disbandment in March 1781, the...