If there was an example of a well-designed machine that was also quite reliable, it was the M4 Sherman, particularly "Bomb," a Canadian Sherman. Bomb was an M4A2 Sherman tank, a diesel-powered Sherman ...

Before Pearl Harbor and World War II, Japan was already on a dangerous path. This documentary explores how ultranationalism took root during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras, fueled by economic ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

1916: First day of the Battle of the Somme: the British Army suffers its worst day, losing 19,240 men. 1920: French tennis superstar Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers 6-3, 6-0 to win the ...

As rusting war-era ships decay on the seafloor, their toxic cargoes pose an urgent but often overlooked environmental ...

The continent of Africa has given us some of the most interesting, heartbreaking, harrowing, and uplifting stories in movie ...

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On proposed completion in 2030, the Great Green Wall is expected to be the largest living structure on the planet, three ...

On February 24, 2022, Russia's Vladimir Putin began a military invasion of Ukraine, creating the largest military conflict and the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.