World History Chapters

Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.

Churchill, Truman, and Stalin plan to meet in the Potsdam suburb of Berlin in July 1945 to determine the political fate of Europe.

The Lusitania steers into the path of U-20 whose captain orders a torpedo attack. Although spotted by a Lusitania lookout, there isn't enough time to ...

Tortuga, located off the coast of Haiti, is home to buccaneers and a safe harbor for pirates.

Charlotte Doyle's abandonment of her family leads to the children's commitment to Ireland's industrial schools.

While life is good, for Thomas Cromwell, his family suddenly is struck by three tragedies.

"No Man's Land" is the open and dangerous territory between Allied and German trenches during WWI.

The people prosecuting Joan decide her fate before the trial begins. She is not given a lawyer and the person prosecuting her is also the judge in the...

False evidence and a conviction of treason result in a death sentence for Marie Antoinette.

Even after he was arrested in New York City, during 1935, Victor Lustig was not-yet finished with his lifetime as a con man.

By the time people knew Robert Miller as Count Victor Lustig, the con man was a master at deceiving people with his money-box schemes.

A con man who twice sold the Eiffel Tower, for scrap, Victor Lustig (also known as "Tricky Vic") spent a career hoodwinking people for money.

The Mahdi, wants to rid the Sudan of British and Egyptian influences and make the Sudan a pure Islamic state.

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