On October 8, 1939, just weeks after the invasion of Poland, Nazi Germany officially annexed large portions of the country, marking a significant moment in the early stages of World War II. This act followed the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939,…
Read MoreOn September 11, 9 AD, the Empire of Rome saw its expanding borders stopped in its tracks. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also known as the Varian Disaster, was a pivotal event in Roman history that took place in 9 CE. It was…
Read MoreOn August 14, 1880, builders placed the final touches on the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, completing a project that took over 630 years to finish. With the final stone laid, the cathedral became the tallest building in the world, a title it held until…
Read MoreOn August 8, 1945 the United States, England, France and the Soviet Union joined together and signed the London Agreement, a new treaty to impose justice against the Nazis for their crimes. For two months during the summer of 1945, Robert H. Jackson and…
Read MoreOn June 22, 1990, one of the most famous checkpoints in the world came down, opening a new path for unity and peace in Germany and showing a new era of world history was right around the corner. A major crossing through the Berlin…
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