After much of Europe had been occupied by the Axis powers for four years, the Allies finally launched their campaign to liberate Western Europe, codenamed Operation Overlord, on 6 June 1944.

Britain and its Empire lost almost a million men during World War One; most of them died on the Western Front. Stretching 440 miles from the Swiss border to the North Sea, the line of trenches ...

You probably remember Fort Sumter as the place where the first shot of the Civil War was fired back in 1861. Today, you can see for yourself where all the action happened by taking a ferry to the ...

Esri, a spatial analytics firm based in California, has put together a animated map of California wildfires over the last century. Watch how quickly COVID-19 is spreading around the U.S. and world ...

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On April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James fired the first Confederate shot at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, leading to a siege, a Union retreat and the start of the Civil War. Exhibits ...

In 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their first burger stand in San Bernardino, CA. With the help of Ray Kroc, the brothers took their restaurant across the country over the course of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Bottled water comes in two varieties. There's purified water, which is water from local sources (a.k.a. tap water) that has been filtered, and there's natural ...

Fort Sumter has been added to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, according to the National Park Service.

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The simple fortifications found at Fort Necessity hardly earn their designation as a ... Their website also features a fantastic interactive map. You can use this map to explore battlefield locations ...