The Volksempfnger was simple and utilitarian, but made radio technology accessible to the general population and enabled it to be used as a means of disseminating Nazi ...

The worlds first commercially successful steamship was launched on the Hudson River between New York and ...

The leve en masse affected the entire population and represented an unprecedented move by a government, as it extended the responsibility of national defence beyond professional soldiers to the general ...

Josef Jakobs was found guilty of espionage by General Court Martial and taken to the miniature firing range at the Tower of London wherehe was strapped to a wooden Windsor chair and killed by firing squad at ...

The announcement of the partition led to mass migrations, marred by violence, as Hindus and Sikhs moved to India while Muslims migrated to ...

Johnson was 40 years old when she enlisted, and her extensive clerical and stenographical experience made her a perfect fit for the ...

The most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever unearthed was discovered by palaeontologist Susan ...

The conquest of Dacia was a strategic and economic victory for Rome, providing raw materials and a strong north-eastern ...

It had taken Congress eight years to agree on how to fulfil James Smithsons desire to establish and institution for the increase and diffusion of ...

The concert took place at the Philharmonic Hall, and was preceded by a Soviet artillery bombardment designed to silence the German lines during the ...