Among the millions of World War II veterans were multiple future U.S. presidents. Some only narrowly survived the experience.

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s mouth and I had been eaten,” he said. By John Bartlett and ...

Post-1945, Britain quickly relinquished its status as the world's largest imperial power, but it was the massive cultural and social changes at home that truly transformed British society. Why did ...

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