World History

Does history really repeat itself, or can we learn from the mistakes of those who came before us? History provides a chronological, statistical, and cultural record of the events, people, and movements that have made an impact on humankind and the world at large throughout the ages.

The horror of Auschwitz: A journey through history

The horror of Auschwitz: A journey through history

Learn how war and political instability have wracked the Balkans from World War I to the fall of communism

Learn how war and political instability have wracked the Balkans from World War I to the fall of communism

View footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the strike that provoked the U.S. into entering World War II

View footage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the strike that provoked the U.S. into entering World War II

Examine African American soldiers' involvement in the American Civil War

Examine African American soldiers' involvement in the American Civil War

The conflicting legacies of King Henry VIII

The conflicting legacies of King Henry VIII

Learn about the Jewish partisan and their activities during World War II

Learn about the Jewish partisan and their activities during World War II

Consequences of World War II: Mass migration

Consequences of World War II: Mass migration

Find out how the U.S. Navy defeated Japan's fleet to check Japanese expansion in the Battle of Midway

Find out how the U.S. Navy defeated Japan's fleet to check Japanese expansion in the Battle of Midway

Explore causes of the Texas Revolution

Explore causes of the Texas Revolution

Examine how demonstrations against the Vietnam War led President Lyndon Johnson to not seek reelection

Examine how demonstrations against the Vietnam War led President Lyndon Johnson to not seek reelection

Learn about the Normandy Invasion planned by Dwight Eisenhower to give Allied powers a foothold in France

Learn about the Normandy Invasion planned by Dwight Eisenhower to give Allied powers a foothold in France

View archival footage of German troops invading Poland and forcing Europe into war

View archival footage of German troops invading Poland and forcing Europe into war

Learn how the nonaggression pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union sealed Poland's fate before World War II

Learn how the nonaggression pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union sealed Poland's fate before World War II

Meet the president who expanded the country's territory to the Pacific Ocean and won the Mexican-American War

Meet the president who expanded the country's territory to the Pacific Ocean and won the Mexican-American War

How much did Germans know about the Holocaust?

How much did Germans know about the Holocaust?

The role of propaganda in Hitler's rise to power

The role of propaganda in Hitler's rise to power

Watch Japanese dive-bombers attack the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor to spark the Pacific War

Watch Japanese dive-bombers attack the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor to spark the Pacific War

The legacy of West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

The legacy of West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt

Learn how the home state of Gettysburg contributed iron and ammunition along with soldiers to the Union army and navy

Learn how the home state of Gettysburg contributed iron and ammunition along with soldiers to the Union army and navy

See how the ancient Greeks relied on myths and legends to explain religious, moral, and psychological problems

See how the ancient Greeks relied on myths and legends to explain religious, moral, and psychological problems

Learn how the Wagner Act was a victory for organized labour but excluded semiskilled and unskilled labourers

Learn how the Wagner Act was a victory for organized labour but excluded semiskilled and unskilled labourers

See how abolitionists attempted to raid weapons from Harpers Ferry to lead a slave uprising

See how abolitionists attempted to raid weapons from Harpers Ferry to lead a slave uprising

Learn how Washington and the Continental Army defended Philadelphia against the British in the Battle of Brandywine during the American Revolution

Learn how Washington and the Continental Army defended Philadelphia against the British in the Battle of Brandywine during the American Revolution

Examine contributions of James Madison to the framing and ratification of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights and to the U.S. prosecution of the War of 1812

Examine contributions of James Madison to the framing and ratification of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights and to the U.S. prosecution of the War of 1812

Mysteries of ancient Babylon

Mysteries of ancient Babylon

Witness the creation and collapse of the Berlin Wall separating East Germany and West Germany

Witness the creation and collapse of the Berlin Wall separating East Germany and West Germany

East and West German cultural changes: 1950s Music, fashion, and more

East and West German cultural changes: 1950s Music, fashion, and more

This Week in History, December 1-7: Learn about when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, the first successful human heart transplant, and the Pearl Harbor attack

This Week in History, December 1-7: Learn about when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, the first successful human heart transplant, and the Pearl Harbor attack

Discover how vaqueros and the Colt six-shooter contributed to the evolution of the American cowboy

Discover how vaqueros and the Colt six-shooter contributed to the evolution of the American cowboy

Learn about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and China and its aftermath

Learn about the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and China and its aftermath

Attempt to unravel the mysteries shrouding England's prehistoric site of Stonehenge

Attempt to unravel the mysteries shrouding England's prehistoric site of Stonehenge

The nuclear history of Likiep atoll explained

The nuclear history of Likiep atoll explained

Learn about the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis that occurred during U.S. President John F. Kennedy's tenure

Learn about the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis that occurred during U.S. President John F. Kennedy's tenure

Learn how the Battle of Antietam became the deadliest one-day battle during the American Civil War

Learn how the Battle of Antietam became the deadliest one-day battle during the American Civil War

See how European settlers in U.S. Northeast created metropolises such as Boston and New York City

See how European settlers in U.S. Northeast created metropolises such as Boston and New York City

View footage of the first test of a hydrogen bomb carried out by the United States in the Marshall Islands

View footage of the first test of a hydrogen bomb carried out by the United States in the Marshall Islands

Learn how reading Shakespeare and the King James Bible helped Abraham Lincoln compose his best-remembered address in American history

Learn how reading Shakespeare and the King James Bible helped Abraham Lincoln compose his best-remembered address in American history

Witness American college students protesting U.S. attacks on sanctuaries for Vietnamese communist forces in Cambodia during the Vietnam War

Witness American college students protesting U.S. attacks on sanctuaries for Vietnamese communist forces in Cambodia during the Vietnam War

Partitions of Poland explained

Partitions of Poland explained

See U.S. president Richard M. Nixon speaking about the Watergate scandal

See U.S. president Richard M. Nixon speaking about the Watergate scandal

Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945

Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945

Discover how the Roman Catholic Church granted sainthood to King Louis IX for his role in the Crusades

Discover how the Roman Catholic Church granted sainthood to King Louis IX for his role in the Crusades

Discover the meaning and purpose of the Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln

Discover the meaning and purpose of the Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln

See how German troops parachuted behind the Maginot Line as part of the blitzkrieg against Allied forces

See how German troops parachuted behind the Maginot Line as part of the blitzkrieg against Allied forces

Learn about the 54th Regiment, a Black infantry unit from Massachusetts that fought in the Civil War

Learn about the 54th Regiment, a Black infantry unit from Massachusetts that fought in the Civil War

The mystery behind the Reichstag fire

The mystery behind the Reichstag fire

German revolution: The last kaiser

German revolution: The last kaiser

Learn about North Carolina's contribution to the Confederate causes during the American Civil War

Learn about North Carolina's contribution to the Confederate causes during the American Civil War

What led to the fall of Germany's Weimar Republic?

What led to the fall of Germany's Weimar Republic?

Explore the great men from Elizabeth I's reign such as Francis Bacon, Walter Raleigh, and William Shakespeare

Explore the great men from Elizabeth I's reign such as Francis Bacon, Walter Raleigh, and William Shakespeare

American Revolution: Paul Revere

American Revolution: Paul Revere

See pictures of immigrants entering the United States of America via New York and Boston

See pictures of immigrants entering the United States of America via New York and Boston

Charlemagne: His influence on religion and politics

Charlemagne: His influence on religion and politics

Examine Abraham Lincoln's career in Springfield as a lawyer, politician, and woman's suffrage advocate

Examine Abraham Lincoln's career in Springfield as a lawyer, politician, and woman's suffrage advocate

Examine Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the U.S. presidential election of 1860

Examine Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the U.S. presidential election of 1860

Learn about the Japanese bombing of the city of Darwin and Australia's participation in World War II

Learn about the Japanese bombing of the city of Darwin and Australia's participation in World War II

Learn about the personal and political life of Jefferson Davis from his great-great-grandson Bertram Hayes-Davis

Learn about the personal and political life of Jefferson Davis from his great-great-grandson Bertram Hayes-Davis

Witness U.S. Pres. George H.W. Bush addressing Congress after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

Witness U.S. Pres. George H.W. Bush addressing Congress after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

See how Napoleon rewarded Polish forces with the Duchy of Warsaw as a reward for military aid against Prussia

See how Napoleon rewarded Polish forces with the Duchy of Warsaw as a reward for military aid against Prussia

Experience the archaeological excavations of the Undo Cave, a paleolithic site in Georgia

Experience the archaeological excavations of the Undo Cave, a paleolithic site in Georgia

Follow the United States' path from isolationism toward joining the Allied powers in World War II

Follow the United States' path from isolationism toward joining the Allied powers in World War II

Learn how prisoners of war were treated during the American Civil War

Learn how prisoners of war were treated during the American Civil War

Hear about the April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power station and the catastrophe caused due to the escaping radiation

Hear about the April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power station and the catastrophe caused due to the escaping radiation

Learn how U.S. troops helped Allied forces push Germany out of France and force an armistice

Learn how U.S. troops helped Allied forces push Germany out of France and force an armistice

Witness the resignation of Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union, 1964

Witness the resignation of Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union, 1964

The political journey of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

The political journey of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

Learn about the soldiers from Confederate-aligned Tennessee and the largely Union-won battles there

Learn about the soldiers from Confederate-aligned Tennessee and the largely Union-won battles there

Explore the language, architecture, and culture of the Indus civilization, in the Indus River basin

Explore the language, architecture, and culture of the Indus civilization, in the Indus River basin

See how the Viet Cong's successful guerrilla warfare pushed Lyndon Johnson toward the path of total war

See how the Viet Cong's successful guerrilla warfare pushed Lyndon Johnson toward the path of total war

Uncover interesting facts about mummies

Uncover interesting facts about mummies

See how uranium-thorium dating of artifacts is used to determine when humans arrived in North America

See how uranium-thorium dating of artifacts is used to determine when humans arrived in North America

See how American abolitionists, such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Thomas Garrett, helped enslaved persons escape to freedom

See how American abolitionists, such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Thomas Garrett, helped enslaved persons escape to freedom

How did people respond to To Kill a Mockingbird?

How did people respond to To Kill a Mockingbird?

Study the causes of and fallout from the Titanic's striking an iceberg and sinking in the Atlantic Ocean

Study the causes of and fallout from the Titanic's striking an iceberg and sinking in the Atlantic Ocean

Analyze the effects of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed under the Lyndon Johnson administration during the Vietnam War

Analyze the effects of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed under the Lyndon Johnson administration during the Vietnam War

Learn how Martin Van Buren founded the Democratic Party and handled the Panic of 1837

Learn how Martin Van Buren founded the Democratic Party and handled the Panic of 1837

Auschwitz trials in West Germany explained

Auschwitz trials in West Germany explained

How did Adolf Hitler speak at the 1934 Nürnberg Rally?

How did Adolf Hitler speak at the 1934 Nürnberg Rally?

Konrad Adenauer's visit to Moscow: The return of German POWs

Konrad Adenauer's visit to Moscow: The return of German POWs

What was the Battle of Marathon?

What was the Battle of Marathon?

European Union: Its purpose and significance

European Union: Its purpose and significance

Examine early U.S. involvement in Vietnam under the Eisenhower administration during the First Indochina War

Examine early U.S. involvement in Vietnam under the Eisenhower administration during the First Indochina War

Learn about Texan Confederate commanders and the state's legacy of slavery

Learn about Texan Confederate commanders and the state's legacy of slavery

Learn about the life of the Jewish partisans during winters

Learn about the life of the Jewish partisans during winters

Explore the contributions of women in various fields during the American Civil War

Explore the contributions of women in various fields during the American Civil War

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire

Learn about the contributions of the Jewish women partisans during World War II

Learn about the contributions of the Jewish women partisans during World War II

What was the Battle of Britain?

What was the Battle of Britain?

Willy Brandt's historic request for forgiveness in Warsaw

Willy Brandt's historic request for forgiveness in Warsaw

How did Britain become a global empire?

How did Britain become a global empire?

This Week in History, March 9-15: Learn about the launch of the Barbie doll, earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the discovery of Uranus

This Week in History, March 9-15: Learn about the launch of the Barbie doll, earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the discovery of Uranus

Witness President Ronald Reagan delivering his first inaugural address, January 20, 1981

Witness President Ronald Reagan delivering his first inaugural address, January 20, 1981

Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory

Learn how the U.S. Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance to outline settlement of the Northwest Territory

JFK's historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech revisited

JFK's historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech revisited

What was the Reign of Terror?

What was the Reign of Terror?

Decoding the Rosetta Stone

Decoding the Rosetta Stone

The extraordinary life of Giacomo Casanova

Federal Republic of Germany: Founding and significance

Federal Republic of Germany: Founding and significance

Witness the trial records and the death warrant of King Charles I with Oliver Cromwell's signature and seal, in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Archives

Witness the trial records and the death warrant of King Charles I with Oliver Cromwell's signature and seal, in the United Kingdom Parliamentary Archives

Gauge the moods of the European people and statesmen as Woodrow Wilson arrived to forge an end to World War I

Gauge the moods of the European people and statesmen as Woodrow Wilson arrived to forge an end to World War I

Operation Barbarossa: Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union

Operation Barbarossa: Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union

How families escaped the East German regime in the 1970s

How families escaped the East German regime in the 1970s

Learn about the U.S. government's prior knowledge of the military coup against and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

Learn about the U.S. government's prior knowledge of the military coup against and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained

The unexpected fall of the Berlin Wall explained

Learn about the debate on the legacy of the American Civil War

Learn about the debate on the legacy of the American Civil War

This Week in History, March 24–29: Find out about the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the renaming of Constantinople, and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident

This Week in History, March 24–29: Find out about the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the renaming of Constantinople, and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident

Learn about the U-2 incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit

Learn about the U-2 incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit

Cuban missile crisis: The world on the brink of war

Cuban missile crisis: The world on the brink of war

Why did the German-led invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 fall short?

Why did the German-led invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 fall short?

The Role of women in Hitler's Third Reich

The Role of women in Hitler's Third Reich

Learn what happened at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution

Learn what happened at the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution

Reunification of Germany: How it happened

Reunification of Germany: How it happened

Uncover how the new United States fought with the British over naval impressment and their history of conflict

Uncover how the new United States fought with the British over naval impressment and their history of conflict

Economic and political crises faced by Germany's Weimar Republic

Economic and political crises faced by Germany's Weimar Republic

Watch U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay decimate Hiroshima with a nuclear bomb in the Pacific War

Watch U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay decimate Hiroshima with a nuclear bomb in the Pacific War

Did Marie-Antoinette say “Let them eat cake”?

Did Marie-Antoinette say “Let them eat cake”?

How the 1972 Munich Olympic Games turned into tragedy

How the 1972 Munich Olympic Games turned into tragedy

Learn about George Washington's hobbies before becoming the first president of the United States of America

Learn about George Washington's hobbies before becoming the first president of the United States of America

Analyzing Joseph Goebbels's total war speech in Nazi Germany

Analyzing Joseph Goebbels's total war speech in Nazi Germany

Know about Simon de Montfort's baronial revolt against King Henry III and the contribution of 1215 Magna Carta in establishing Parliament

Know about Simon de Montfort's baronial revolt against King Henry III and the contribution of 1215 Magna Carta in establishing Parliament

Observe mining methods used during the California Gold Rush

Observe mining methods used during the California Gold Rush

See the catastrophic aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

See the catastrophic aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906

Watch President Roosevelt outline his Four Freedoms and learn how Britain defeated Germany's Luftwaffe

Watch President Roosevelt outline his Four Freedoms and learn how Britain defeated Germany's Luftwaffe

Learn how the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance evolved into the Allies and Central Powers in World War I

Learn how the Triple Entente and Triple Alliance evolved into the Allies and Central Powers in World War I

Learn about the first battles of the American Revolution, which made famous Paul Revere and the minutemen

Learn about the first battles of the American Revolution, which made famous Paul Revere and the minutemen

How Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War and unite Europe

How Mikhail Gorbachev helped end the Cold War and unite Europe

Hungary's historic removal of the iron border

Hungary's historic removal of the iron border

Learn how the Third Reich utilized U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic to destroy Allied supply convoys

Learn how the Third Reich utilized U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic to destroy Allied supply convoys

See how Allied commanders Eisenhower and Montgomery trapped Rommel to end Axis North Africa campaigns

See how Allied commanders Eisenhower and Montgomery trapped Rommel to end Axis North Africa campaigns

Experience William of Normandy's conquest of the British Isles and decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings

Experience William of Normandy's conquest of the British Isles and decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings

Find out why Benedict Arnold colluded with the British during the American Revolutionary War

Find out why Benedict Arnold colluded with the British during the American Revolutionary War

Examine how German U-boats and the Zimmerman Telegram pushed the United States into World War I

Examine how German U-boats and the Zimmerman Telegram pushed the United States into World War I

Discover how the Mexican-American War ultimately helped push the U.S. closer to civil war

Discover how the Mexican-American War ultimately helped push the U.S. closer to civil war

Learn how the failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up England's Houses of Parliament sparked Guy Fawkes Day

Learn how the failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up England's Houses of Parliament sparked Guy Fawkes Day

Discover more about Copperhead opposition to Abraham Lincoln during the U.S. presidential election of 1864

Discover more about Copperhead opposition to Abraham Lincoln during the U.S. presidential election of 1864

Watch Donald Trump take the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States

Watch Donald Trump take the oath of office to become the 45th president of the United States

Examine the ways in which mythology functioned for the ancient Greek population

Examine the ways in which mythology functioned for the ancient Greek population

Listen to holocaust survivors talking about their hesitation to speak about the painful past

Listen to holocaust survivors talking about their hesitation to speak about the painful past

Observe devastation wrought by the Chile earthquake of 1960

Observe devastation wrought by the Chile earthquake of 1960

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

See how communist forces turned Saigon into Ho Chi Minh City and created the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

See how communist forces turned Saigon into Ho Chi Minh City and created the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

The path to German reunification

The path to German reunification

See how the North Vietnamese-backed Viet Cong launched surprise attacks across South Vietnam

See how the North Vietnamese-backed Viet Cong launched surprise attacks across South Vietnam

Learn about Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points designed to sow peace after World War I

Learn about Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points designed to sow peace after World War I

See how No Man's Land between World War I trenches led to the use of chemical weapons, tanks, and warplanes

See how No Man's Land between World War I trenches led to the use of chemical weapons, tanks, and warplanes

The rise and fall of the Carthaginian empire

The rise and fall of the Carthaginian empire

Track the rapid escalation of the Vietnam War under Pres. John F. Kennedy's administration

Track the rapid escalation of the Vietnam War under Pres. John F. Kennedy's administration

Listen to what the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 taught about seismology, early warning system, earthquake preparedness and the role of the Berkeley seismology lab

Listen to what the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 taught about seismology, early warning system, earthquake preparedness and the role of the Berkeley seismology lab

Watch this description of the Second Battle of Bull Run

Watch this description of the Second Battle of Bull Run

Examine the state of the U.S.-backed and Diem-led South Vietnamese army against the communist Viet Cong

Examine the state of the U.S.-backed and Diem-led South Vietnamese army against the communist Viet Cong

Finding prehistoric family ties with modern DNA

Finding prehistoric family ties with modern DNA

Witness civil warfare in the Balkan region catalyzed by the fall of communism in Yugoslavia

Witness civil warfare in the Balkan region catalyzed by the fall of communism in Yugoslavia

The turbulent love life of Henry VIII

The turbulent love life of Henry VIII

Travel ancient Rome's lava-paved Appian Way, stretching across southeastern Italy

Travel ancient Rome's lava-paved Appian Way, stretching across southeastern Italy

Find out how soldiers killed in battle were buried and commemorated during and after the American Civil War

Find out how soldiers killed in battle were buried and commemorated during and after the American Civil War

Examining the Nürnberg trials for Nazi war criminals

Examining the Nürnberg trials for Nazi war criminals

Explore historical events of this week in history, November 26–30, including the establishment of the Noble Prizes, the birth of Winston Churchill, and the arrest of the Green River killer

Explore historical events of this week in history, November 26–30, including the establishment of the Noble Prizes, the birth of Winston Churchill, and the arrest of the Green River killer

Witness attempts to rescue and recover passengers from the capsized steamship Eastland in Chicago

Witness attempts to rescue and recover passengers from the capsized steamship Eastland in Chicago

Causes and start of World War I

Causes and start of World War I

Learn how buffalo soldiers fought on the American frontier and protected Yosemite and Sequoia national parks

Learn how buffalo soldiers fought on the American frontier and protected Yosemite and Sequoia national parks

Explore the differences between the Union and the Confederate armies that fought in the American Civil War

Explore the differences between the Union and the Confederate armies that fought in the American Civil War

German invasion of Poland: Start of World War II

German invasion of Poland: Start of World War II

Hear a discussion about the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the history of the United States' immigrants

Hear a discussion about the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and the history of the United States' immigrants

See an animated map on the defeat of the Union army at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War

See an animated map on the defeat of the Union army at the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War

Learn about the culture of Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Learn about the culture of Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Hear U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announcing the January 1973 agreement to end the Vietnam War

Hear U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announcing the January 1973 agreement to end the Vietnam War

Track the Mexican and American settlement of Texas leading up to the Texas Revolution and independence

Track the Mexican and American settlement of Texas leading up to the Texas Revolution and independence

Ensuring maritime safety through hydrographic surveys

Ensuring maritime safety through hydrographic surveys

Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power

Learn how Cleopatra used her influence over Julius Caesar to stay in power

Why was ancient Egypt so successful?

Why was ancient Egypt so successful?

Remember New York City's World Trade Center towers and the September 11 attacks

Remember New York City's World Trade Center towers and the September 11 attacks

Brutal truths of the Battle of Verdun

Brutal truths of the Battle of Verdun

The horrifying history of gas warfare

The horrifying history of gas warfare

Watch scenes of the U.S. and South Vietnamese evacuation from Saigon as North Vietnamese tanks arrive

Watch scenes of the U.S. and South Vietnamese evacuation from Saigon as North Vietnamese tanks arrive

The brutal Battle of Stalingrad explained

The brutal Battle of Stalingrad explained

See how the Confederates' attack on the Union Army at Shiloh ended in large casualties for both sides

See how the Confederates' attack on the Union Army at Shiloh ended in large casualties for both sides

Know about the curious hobbies of some famous Heads of State

Know about the curious hobbies of some famous Heads of State

Follow Abraham Lincoln from a frontier cabin to the White House where he guided America through the Civil War

Follow Abraham Lincoln from a frontier cabin to the White House where he guided America through the Civil War

Turning point of World War II: D-Day and its aftermath

Turning point of World War II: D-Day and its aftermath

Witness the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse into Puget Sound between the Olympic Peninsula and the Washington mainland

Witness the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse into Puget Sound between the Olympic Peninsula and the Washington mainland

Learn how the opening of the Louisiana Territory led to mass migrations in the U.S.

Learn how the opening of the Louisiana Territory led to mass migrations in the U.S.

Witness Barack Obama taking the presidential oath and delivering his inaugural address, January 20, 2009

Witness Barack Obama taking the presidential oath and delivering his inaugural address, January 20, 2009

Enjoy a dramatization of Christopher Columbus petitioning Spain's king and queen for three ships

Enjoy a dramatization of Christopher Columbus petitioning Spain's king and queen for three ships

Notice the themes from the Middles Ages that have survived though the development of Western civilization

Notice the themes from the Middles Ages that have survived though the development of Western civilization

Bombings in World War II: The first war decided from the air

Bombings in World War II: The first war decided from the air

How did Cyclone Pam form and what impact did it have on Vanuatu?

How did Cyclone Pam form and what impact did it have on Vanuatu?

Understanding the Berlin blockade and airlift

Understanding the Berlin blockade and airlift

Examine the role of communism and fascism in the Spanish Civil War

Examine the role of communism and fascism in the Spanish Civil War

Watch the American Expeditionary Force sail across the Atlantic to join the Allies in World War I

Watch the American Expeditionary Force sail across the Atlantic to join the Allies in World War I

Witness President Bill Clinton delivering his first inaugural address, January 20, 1993

Witness President Bill Clinton delivering his first inaugural address, January 20, 1993

Listen to heart-wrenching stories of Kindertransport during WWII

Listen to heart-wrenching stories of Kindertransport during WWII

Learn how Japan failed to invade Port Moresby despite winning the Battle of the Coral Sea

Learn how Japan failed to invade Port Moresby despite winning the Battle of the Coral Sea

Night of Broken Glass: Nazi persecution of Jews

Night of Broken Glass: Nazi persecution of Jews

Listen to Janny Scott discuss her biography A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother

Listen to Janny Scott discuss her biography A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother

Learn about Allied and Axis leaders, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and the dropping of atomic bombs

Learn about Allied and Axis leaders, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and the dropping of atomic bombs

Discover the professional, social, and political characteristics of the millennial generation in the United States

Discover the professional, social, and political characteristics of the millennial generation in the United States

How Hannibal's conquests led to the fall of Carthage

How Hannibal's conquests led to the fall of Carthage

Learn about Japan's pre-World War II invasions, joining of the Axis powers, and attack on Pearl Harbor

Learn about Japan's pre-World War II invasions, joining of the Axis powers, and attack on Pearl Harbor

Solving the mystery of Selinus's destruction

Solving the mystery of Selinus's destruction

Behold the Athenian Acropolis and Roman Colosseum and drive down Appian Way on the Roman road system

Behold the Athenian Acropolis and Roman Colosseum and drive down Appian Way on the Roman road system

Adolf Hitler's death and its impact on Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler's death and its impact on Nazi Germany

Learn about the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War

Learn about the Battle of Fredericksburg during the American Civil War

Learn how Nazi panzers wedged between French and British troops and trapped the latter at Dunkirk

Learn how Nazi panzers wedged between French and British troops and trapped the latter at Dunkirk

Remembering Pearl Harbor: A day of infamy in American history

Remembering Pearl Harbor: A day of infamy in American history

See the animated map and learn about the Battle of Shiloh

See the animated map and learn about the Battle of Shiloh

The controversial life and death of Marie-Antoinette

The controversial life and death of Marie-Antoinette

See an illustrated manuscript of 16th-century coats of arms, including commentary on whether Shakespeare is worthy of one

See an illustrated manuscript of 16th-century coats of arms, including commentary on whether Shakespeare is worthy of one

Learn about Civil War battle-ridden Virginia, home of top generals and the Confederate capital, and the state's split with West Virginia

Learn about Civil War battle-ridden Virginia, home of top generals and the Confederate capital, and the state's split with West Virginia

A glimpse into California's gold rush towns

A glimpse into California's gold rush towns

Meet the president who ended Reconstruction, fought government corruption, and reintroduced the gold standard

Meet the president who ended Reconstruction, fought government corruption, and reintroduced the gold standard

What led to the downfall of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra?

What led to the downfall of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra?

Fate of Hitler's Home Guard

Fate of Hitler's Home Guard

Discover why the Battle of Bunker Hill outside Boston was a crossroads during the American Revolution

Discover why the Battle of Bunker Hill outside Boston was a crossroads during the American Revolution

Learn why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor causing the United States to join Allied forces in World War II

Learn why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor causing the United States to join Allied forces in World War II

Learn how General Robert E. Lee met George McClellan's forces at Antietam Creek in Maryland

Learn how General Robert E. Lee met George McClellan's forces at Antietam Creek in Maryland

Witness the entry of the U.S. into international politics as Theodore Roosevelt successfully ends the Russo-Japanese War of 1905

Witness the entry of the U.S. into international politics as Theodore Roosevelt successfully ends the Russo-Japanese War of 1905

Learn about the regimented fighting and muskets used on both sides in the American Revolutionary War

Learn about the regimented fighting and muskets used on both sides in the American Revolutionary War

Track how UN Peacekeeping Forces helped end tension between the Turks and the Greeks in the civil war at Nicosia, capital of Cyprus

Track how UN Peacekeeping Forces helped end tension between the Turks and the Greeks in the civil war at Nicosia, capital of Cyprus

This Week in History, March 16-22: Learn about the 1992 apartheid referendum in South Africa, the first person to walk in space, and the events leading to the Iraq War

This Week in History, March 16-22: Learn about the 1992 apartheid referendum in South Africa, the first person to walk in space, and the events leading to the Iraq War

The journey to Germany's reunification

The journey to Germany's reunification

Examine how Stalin's Red Army defeated Hitler's Fourth and Sixth Armies in the Battle of Stalingrad

Examine how Stalin's Red Army defeated Hitler's Fourth and Sixth Armies in the Battle of Stalingrad

Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party, and the anti-Semitism they fomented in pre-WWII Germany

Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party, and the anti-Semitism they fomented in pre-WWII Germany

Learn how the ancient Greeks and later Romans used barbarian to refer to peoples outside Greece and Rome

Learn how the ancient Greeks and later Romans used barbarian to refer to peoples outside Greece and Rome

American Civil War: Vicksburg Campaign

American Civil War: Vicksburg Campaign

Discover how the United States worked with the communist Viet Minh against the Japanese in World War II

Discover how the United States worked with the communist Viet Minh against the Japanese in World War II

Discover what Iraq was like before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, which overthrew Pres. Saddam Hussein

Discover what Iraq was like before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, which overthrew Pres. Saddam Hussein

Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War II rise

Track the League of Nations' continual failure to check via diplomacy the Axis powers' pre-World War II rise

Watch Democrats campaigning in the 1960 U.S. presidential primaries

Watch Democrats campaigning in the 1960 U.S. presidential primaries

Explore what caused the SS Eastland's capsizing, resulting in one of America's worst maritime catastrophes

Explore what caused the SS Eastland's capsizing, resulting in one of America's worst maritime catastrophes

Witness Douglas MacArthur offering surrender terms to imperial Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri

Witness Douglas MacArthur offering surrender terms to imperial Japan aboard the battleship USS Missouri

See recovery workers righting the capsized Eastland in the Chicago River, 1915

See recovery workers righting the capsized Eastland in the Chicago River, 1915

Travel back to the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination days after the end of the Civil War

Travel back to the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination days after the end of the Civil War

Watch the Viet Cong's guerrilla communist forces move down the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia

Watch the Viet Cong's guerrilla communist forces move down the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos and Cambodia

Hear digital artist Jason Wilsher-Mills speaking about the significance of the 1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs, commissioned by Parliament to commemorate it with a banner

Hear digital artist Jason Wilsher-Mills speaking about the significance of the 1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs, commissioned by Parliament to commemorate it with a banner

Listen as Dan Rather reports on the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963

Listen as Dan Rather reports on the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963

Discover the effect of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive on American morale despite the attack's failure

Discover the effect of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive on American morale despite the attack's failure

See how the Louisiana Purchase led to the forcible removal of Indian tribes and fueled the slavery debate

See how the Louisiana Purchase led to the forcible removal of Indian tribes and fueled the slavery debate

Understand why the United States sought to overthrow Cuba's communist leader Fidel Castro

Understand why the United States sought to overthrow Cuba's communist leader Fidel Castro

Meet the first vice president to ascend to the presidency, following William Henry Harrison's death

Meet the first vice president to ascend to the presidency, following William Henry Harrison's death

Know about facial reconstruction and its use in recreating the facial appearance of an Etruscan noblewoman Saeianti

Know about facial reconstruction and its use in recreating the facial appearance of an Etruscan noblewoman Saeianti

Follow Eisenhower's path to become the Republican nominee in the United States presidential election of 1952

Follow Eisenhower's path to become the Republican nominee in the United States presidential election of 1952

Examine how U.S. westward movement and the annexation of Texas sparked the Mexican-American War

Examine how U.S. westward movement and the annexation of Texas sparked the Mexican-American War

Who was Russia's last tsar?

Who was Russia's last tsar?

Know why the majority of UK voters favored the Brexit referendum to leave the European Union in 2016

Know why the majority of UK voters favored the Brexit referendum to leave the European Union in 2016

Rise of Hitler and Nazi terror tactics

Rise of Hitler and Nazi terror tactics

Know about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War and the Battle of Long Tan

Know about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War and the Battle of Long Tan

Frederick Douglass and the abolitionist movement

Frederick Douglass and the abolitionist movement

Economic boom and disparity during Germany's founders' era

Economic boom and disparity during Germany's founders' era

Learn about Hortense and Marie Mancini, who wrote memoirs of their travels

Learn about Hortense and Marie Mancini, who wrote memoirs of their travels

Take a look into the rolls featuring the Act of Union with Scotland (1707) and the Articles of Union with Scotland (1706)

Take a look into the rolls featuring the Act of Union with Scotland (1707) and the Articles of Union with Scotland (1706)

Witness U.S. marines land at Da Nang and North Vietnamese troops infiltrate South Vietnam from Laos

Witness U.S. marines land at Da Nang and North Vietnamese troops infiltrate South Vietnam from Laos

Uncover the military career and accomplishments of Winfield Scott, one of the United States most distinguished soldiers

Uncover the military career and accomplishments of Winfield Scott, one of the United States most distinguished soldiers

Discover the truth about the Hessians, the German mercenary soldiers who assisted the British during the American Revolutionary War

Discover the truth about the Hessians, the German mercenary soldiers who assisted the British during the American Revolutionary War

Witness Polish and Soviet partisans, including Jewish resistance fighters, disrupting German war efforts during World War II

Witness Polish and Soviet partisans, including Jewish resistance fighters, disrupting German war efforts during World War II

This Week in History, March 2-8: Know about Dr. Seus, Alexander Graham Bell, and the events of Selma's “Bloody Sunday”

This Week in History, March 2-8: Know about Dr. Seus, Alexander Graham Bell, and the events of Selma's “Bloody Sunday”

What happened to German soldiers after World War II?

What happened to German soldiers after World War II?

Examine the failure of U.S. Gen. William Westmoreland's strategy against the Viet Cong's guerrilla warfare

Examine the failure of U.S. Gen. William Westmoreland's strategy against the Viet Cong's guerrilla warfare

This Week in History, December 9-14: Take a glimpse of some historical events like the eradication of smallpox, South Africa's transition to democracy, and the discovery of the South Pole

This Week in History, December 9-14: Take a glimpse of some historical events like the eradication of smallpox, South Africa's transition to democracy, and the discovery of the South Pole

Follow George Washington's life through the American Revolution and retirement to Mount Vernon

Follow George Washington's life through the American Revolution and retirement to Mount Vernon

Witness the historic speech by U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, May 2011

Witness the historic speech by U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, May 2011

What artifacts teach us about the Vikings

What artifacts teach us about the Vikings

Determine whether Nostradamus predicted the French Revolution, rise of Adolf Hitler, and September 11 attacks

Determine whether Nostradamus predicted the French Revolution, rise of Adolf Hitler, and September 11 attacks

Explore the roles of Marie Curie, Mabel St. Clair Stobart, and Aileen Cole Stewart in World War I

Explore the roles of Marie Curie, Mabel St. Clair Stobart, and Aileen Cole Stewart in World War I

The Osiris Shaft: Uncovering Egypt's history

The Osiris Shaft: Uncovering Egypt's history

Learn how George Washington and other commanders reconstituted the Continental Army while wintering at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolution

Learn how George Washington and other commanders reconstituted the Continental Army while wintering at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolution

How Arminius led a Germanic defeat of Rome

Consider the import of America's founders George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abigail Adams

Consider the import of America's founders George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abigail Adams

Learn about the heroic life of the Bielski brothers and their Jewish resistance group, the Bielski partisans

Learn about the heroic life of the Bielski brothers and their Jewish resistance group, the Bielski partisans

Malcolm X's role in the civil rights movement

Malcolm X's role in the civil rights movement

Count diphtheria, dysentery, drowning, accident, and exhaustion as some of the dangers along the Oregon Trail

Count diphtheria, dysentery, drowning, accident, and exhaustion as some of the dangers along the Oregon Trail

Examine the effects of U.S. Neutrality Acts on pre-World War II international relations

Examine the effects of U.S. Neutrality Acts on pre-World War II international relations

Hannibal: One of the greatest generals of ancient times

September 11 terrorist attacks: Perpetrators and victims

September 11 terrorist attacks: Perpetrators and victims

Discover the historical significance of the Battle of the Wilderness

Discover the historical significance of the Battle of the Wilderness

The dramatic birth of the Roman Empire

The dramatic birth of the Roman Empire

Know how the Battle of Fort Sumter signaled the start of the American Civil War

Know how the Battle of Fort Sumter signaled the start of the American Civil War

Listen to Thomas Jefferson muse the differences between the American Revolution and the French Revolution

Listen to Thomas Jefferson muse the differences between the American Revolution and the French Revolution

Examine how the Rookery building symbolized the rise of the modern city from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Examine how the Rookery building symbolized the rise of the modern city from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

When was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

When was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?

Hear about the legend of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and its supposed creation by King Nebuchadrezzar II

Hear about the legend of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and its supposed creation by King Nebuchadrezzar II

The founding of the Dutch Republic: Religion, power, and money

The founding of the Dutch Republic: Religion, power, and money

Learn through an animated map about the First Battle of Bull Run

Learn through an animated map about the First Battle of Bull Run

Learn about George Washington's crossing the Delaware, winter at Valley Forge, and victory at Yorktown

Learn about George Washington's crossing the Delaware, winter at Valley Forge, and victory at Yorktown

How Constantine the Great changed Rome forever

How Constantine the Great changed Rome forever

Find out how the 13 American colonies gained their political independence from Great Britain

Find out how the 13 American colonies gained their political independence from Great Britain

Listen to a Turkish perspective on the Gallipoli Campaign, known to Turkish people as the Battle of Çanakkale, 1915–16

Listen to a Turkish perspective on the Gallipoli Campaign, known to Turkish people as the Battle of Çanakkale, 1915–16

See how Lincoln's state was home to Camp Douglas and both Confederate and Union soldiers fighting major battles

See how Lincoln's state was home to Camp Douglas and both Confederate and Union soldiers fighting major battles

Use this animated map to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg

Use this animated map to learn about the Battle of Gettysburg

Learn about the Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong

Learn about the Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong

Did Vikings found the Russian state?

Did Vikings found the Russian state?

Follow ancient Greek civilization from Philip II of Macedonia's unification to the Roman Empire's conquest

Follow ancient Greek civilization from Philip II of Macedonia's unification to the Roman Empire's conquest

Explore the remains of some of the Republican temples in Rome

Explore the remains of some of the Republican temples in Rome

Who was Ivar the Boneless, the legendary Viking chieftain?

Who was Ivar the Boneless, the legendary Viking chieftain?

History and role of the SS in Nazi Germany

History and role of the SS in Nazi Germany

Examine President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society legislation and handling of the Vietnam War

Examine President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society legislation and handling of the Vietnam War

Listen to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill address a joint U.S. Congress session after Pearl Harbor

Listen to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill address a joint U.S. Congress session after Pearl Harbor

Learn about the significance and outcome of the Atlanta Campaign

Learn about the significance and outcome of the Atlanta Campaign

View historical footage and photographs surrounding Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

View historical footage and photographs surrounding Gavrilo Princip's assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

When was the Berlin Wall built?

When was the Berlin Wall built?

Witness the inaugural address of President Jimmy Carter at Washington, D.C., January 20, 1977

Witness the inaugural address of President Jimmy Carter at Washington, D.C., January 20, 1977

Explore the life of the man behind the Declaration of Independence and the Louisiana Purchase

Explore the life of the man behind the Declaration of Independence and the Louisiana Purchase

Watch how the Battle of Antietam unfolded

Watch how the Battle of Antietam unfolded

view archival footage of the impoverished American population in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929

view archival footage of the impoverished American population in the aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929

Who was Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the father of Mexican independence?

Who was Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the father of Mexican independence?

Learn about Old Tippecanoe's marches against Native Americans and brief term as president of the United States

Learn about Old Tippecanoe's marches against Native Americans and brief term as president of the United States

Learn how an anonymous letter foiled the Gunpowder Plot conspiracy

Learn how an anonymous letter foiled the Gunpowder Plot conspiracy

Learn how the Declaration of Independence was drafted, reviewed by Congress, and adopted

Learn how the Declaration of Independence was drafted, reviewed by Congress, and adopted

See the skylines and busy roads of Singapore

See the skylines and busy roads of Singapore

The impact of the Meiji Restoration on Japan

The impact of the Meiji Restoration on Japan

Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987

Watch U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan appeal to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to dismantle the Berlin Wall, June 12, 1987

Note how the Viet Minh's guerrilla tactics confined French troops to the cities in the First Indochina War

Note how the Viet Minh's guerrilla tactics confined French troops to the cities in the First Indochina War

Learn how both Union and Confederate regiments and commanders came from Maryland and learn about their battles in the state

Learn how both Union and Confederate regiments and commanders came from Maryland and learn about their battles in the state

Listen to a surgeon sharing his experiences of treating survivors of the Haiti earthquake of 2010

Listen to a surgeon sharing his experiences of treating survivors of the Haiti earthquake of 2010

Learn how Abraham Lincoln's frontier childhood and early appetite for reading shaped his character

Learn how Abraham Lincoln's frontier childhood and early appetite for reading shaped his character

See the recovery effort of Nepal after the 2015 earthquake, particularly in helping the children

See the recovery effort of Nepal after the 2015 earthquake, particularly in helping the children

Transfer of power from Walter Ulbricht to Erich Honecker in East Germany

Transfer of power from Walter Ulbricht to Erich Honecker in East Germany

Hear a re-enactment of Edward Grey's address to Parliament on the eve of Great Britain's entrance into World War I, August 3, 1914

Hear a re-enactment of Edward Grey's address to Parliament on the eve of Great Britain's entrance into World War I, August 3, 1914

Learn about the contributions of Indiana's regiments, commanders, and civilians to the Union cause

Learn about the contributions of Indiana's regiments, commanders, and civilians to the Union cause

American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg

American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg

Hannibal's daring strategy against Rome explained

Hannibal's daring strategy against Rome explained

Learn about New York City's Confederate sympathies and how upstate New York provided troops and ships to the Union during the Civil War

Learn about New York City's Confederate sympathies and how upstate New York provided troops and ships to the Union during the Civil War

Listen Winston Churchill delivering his first speech as the Prime Minister, 1940

Listen Winston Churchill delivering his first speech as the Prime Minister, 1940

A journey through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

A journey through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Watch President John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961

Watch President John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961

Explore how exploitation of the land changed the face of North America

Explore how exploitation of the land changed the face of North America

Study the history of the African slave trade and its economic effect on western Africa, where coastal states became rich and powerful while savanna states were destabilized as their people were taken captive

Study the history of the African slave trade and its economic effect on western Africa, where coastal states became rich and powerful while savanna states were destabilized as their people were taken captive

Deciding Germany's future: The Potsdam Conference

Deciding Germany's future: The Potsdam Conference

Know about the reign of King John of England and the events that led to the establishment of Magna Carta

Know about the reign of King John of England and the events that led to the establishment of Magna Carta

Learn how Abraham Lincoln defeated George McClellan before ending the American Civil War

Learn how Abraham Lincoln defeated George McClellan before ending the American Civil War

What were the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles?

What were the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles?

The Ottomans' failed siege of Vienna explained

The Ottomans' failed siege of Vienna explained

What made Russian Tsar Ivan IV so terrible?

What made Russian Tsar Ivan IV so terrible?

Discover how British strategy evolved as the scope of the American Revolution expanded worldwide

Discover how British strategy evolved as the scope of the American Revolution expanded worldwide

Revisit the battle between Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon's and James Wolfe's forces along the St. Lawrence

Revisit the battle between Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon's and James Wolfe's forces along the St. Lawrence

Diving into the mystery of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck

Diving into the mystery of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck

See an old manuscript representing the detailed family tree of Elizabeth I from Edward III

See an old manuscript representing the detailed family tree of Elizabeth I from Edward III

Examine the conflict between U.S. President Wilson and Congress in the aftermath of World War I

Examine the conflict between U.S. President Wilson and Congress in the aftermath of World War I

Listen to a participant sharing memories and photographs of the March on Washington in 1963

Listen to a participant sharing memories and photographs of the March on Washington in 1963

Track the shift in land ownership from Catholics to Protestants in Ireland during King William III's reign

Track the shift in land ownership from Catholics to Protestants in Ireland during King William III's reign

July Plot: A failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler

July Plot: A failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler

Birth of the Weimar Republic

Birth of the Weimar Republic

Compare the Progressive politics of Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

Compare the Progressive politics of Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson

See how Ronald Reagan combated communism and the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War

See how Ronald Reagan combated communism and the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War

Learn how the Great Famine devastated the Irish population and sparked starvation and migration

Learn how the Great Famine devastated the Irish population and sparked starvation and migration

Travel across the United States with gold miners to explore the dynamics of the California Gold Rush

Travel across the United States with gold miners to explore the dynamics of the California Gold Rush

Understand how Washington organized the Continental Army while besieging the British forces in Boston

Understand how Washington organized the Continental Army while besieging the British forces in Boston

White Rose resistance against Nazi dictatorship

White Rose resistance against Nazi dictatorship

Discover how an obscure Union brigadier general named Ulysses S. Grant won fame for demanding the unconditional surrender of Confederate Fort Donelson during the American Civil War

Discover how an obscure Union brigadier general named Ulysses S. Grant won fame for demanding the unconditional surrender of Confederate Fort Donelson during the American Civil War

This Week in History, March 30- April 4: Take a look at the failed assassination attempt against President Reagan, the inauguration of the Eiffel Tower, and the formation of NATO

This Week in History, March 30- April 4: Take a look at the failed assassination attempt against President Reagan, the inauguration of the Eiffel Tower, and the formation of NATO

Youth in Hitler's Reich: The abuse of a generation

Youth in Hitler's Reich: The abuse of a generation

Witness the explosion of the “Hindenburg” at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1937

Witness the explosion of the “Hindenburg” at Lakehurst, New Jersey, 1937

The impact of Jacques Cartier's explorations in North America

The impact of Jacques Cartier's explorations in North America

Learn about the Munich massacre of 1972

Learn about the Munich massacre of 1972

Hear Willy Brandt, West Berlin mayor on the future of West Germany, 1959

Hear Willy Brandt, West Berlin mayor on the future of West Germany, 1959

Witness the horrors of the Holocaust committed in Nazi concentration camps as Allied forces liberate survivors

Witness the horrors of the Holocaust committed in Nazi concentration camps as Allied forces liberate survivors

Listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack

Listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack

Berlin airlift: How “candy bombers” saved West Berlin

Berlin airlift: How “candy bombers” saved West Berlin