The film explores the impact of World War II on American society from 1941 to 1945, detailing how the war changed the lives of those who remained at home. It highlights the sense of unity and purpose ...

Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...

By Gillian SchutteThe siege of Leningrad—872 days of relentless bombardment, starvation, and an unforgiving winter that ...