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A photograph of a German soldier wearing a flamethrower, a weapon developed during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

During World War II (1939-1945), Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler (rule 1933-1945) carried out the Holocaust, a systematic, state-directed genocide that resulted in the murder of approximately six million Jews, alongside millions of other...

A photograph of Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929), Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), and Aristide Briand (1862-1932), leaders of the German, British, and French delegations at the Locarno Confrence of 1925 which decided the terms of the Locarno...

A replica of the first jail built in Kentucky where the Harpe brothers were briefly held before they escaped. The historical reconstruction of the jail was done by one Isaac Hite and is located in Constitution Square State Historic Site in...

The Cave-In-Rock on the Ohio River, Illinois, was the hideout of the Mason Gang, led by Samuel Mason, who routinely robbed flatboats on the river. The Harpe brothers, on the run from the law, joined the Mason Gang here but were expelled by...

In early Greek cosmology, the Twelve Elder Titans were the children of the primordial deities Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky), representing an older divine order that preceded the Olympian gods. As part of the pre-Olympian generation, the...

A photograph of the Palazzo del Pretorio where the discussions which led to the Locarno Pact of 1925 were held. Locarno, Switzerland. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of the room in the Palazzo del Pretorio where the discussions which led to the Locarno Pact of 1925 were held. Locarno, Switzerland. (Imperial War Museums)

A map of European empires c. 1700. By the 18th century, European power had become truly global through a combination of maritime expansion, state-backed commerce, and military force. The leading Atlantic empires, Spain, Portugal, the Dutch...

A photograph of the announcement of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, an international attempt to ensure future world peace. Speaking is Aristide Briand (1862-1932), the French statesman, while immediately on the right is Frank B. Kellogg...