In an unlikely turn of events, legendary dancer Josephine Baker became a spy for the French Resistance during World War II.

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For years, the Soviet Union led the way in exploring our solar system, achieving many successes before the Americans. Here ...

Under British orders, South Africa launched a daring attack on the German colony of South West Africa. The fighting had a ...

In the 1930s, the Northern European country of Finland found itself in an unappealing geographic and political situation – ...

Taira no Masakado was an aristocrat who went from arguably the first samurai warlord to “new emperor” and finally one of ...

Exiled Surrealists found freedom in Mexico, creating visionary art, social circles, and rivalries that changed modern art ...

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 not only ended 15 centuries of Byzantine rule, but it also marked a significant milestone ...

Botswana's peaceful history stands in stark contrast to its neighbors. How did shrewd diplomacy and a stunning resource ...

Alaska may have only been a constituent of the US since 1867, but the native Tlingit people have called it home for 10,000 ...