One of the most incredible resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Europe, teenager Freddie Oversteegen fought the Nazis, but not on any battlefield.
The fall of the Russian Tsar in 1917 led to a futile, brief attempt at representative government: the Provisional Government.
The Red Terror was a Soviet campaign to eliminate opponents and potential threats, but the Soviets arrested, deported, and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people as well.
The full extent of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was kept hidden for years until one brave individual exposed the truth.
After the Second World War, Holocaust survivors have encouraged the study and memorialization of the Holocaust to ensure that such an atrocity never happens again.
For survivors of the Holocaust in the aftermath of WWII, there were two main choices: stay and rebuild or leave and start anew.
In 1667, Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the English navy outside London.
In October 1813, the Battle of Leipzig in Saxony paved the way for Napoleon’s downfall.
