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‘How the Spanish Empire Was Built’ Review: Imperial Engineering
The Wall Street Journal· 7 days agoBOOKSHELF “The world’s most successful empires have been engineers’ creations.” This assertion, made...
When St. Teresa Beach went to war: Amphibious soldiers in Tate's Hell | David Brand
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMany of the American soldiers who went ashore in France on D-Day, a scene graphically and brutally...
Biden, NATO to beef up force posture amid Russian aggression
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Joe Biden opened his three-day visit to a NATO summit Tuesday by pledging to beef up the...
Summer reading: ‘The Book Spy’ set in Lisbon is covert tale of Europe during World War II
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn his latest book, bestselling author Alan Hlad transports readers from the New York Public Library...
How Columbus, of all people, became a national symbol
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAgricultural Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1893. University...
Ukraine-Russia war – live: UN warnings over Zaporizhzhia nuclear station as Putin officials begin...
The Independent UK via AOL· 12 months agoThe UN has said the situation around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear station has become...
Twice wiped out by hurricanes, Indianola lives on in the romance of Texas history
Gannett via AOL· 1 month agoINDIANOLA, Texas — The romance of Indianola is hard to resist. Twice wiped off the face of the Earth...
This city was ravaged in WWII. Why do few remember the suffering and sacrifice?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEven in the Philippines, the 1945 battle by American and Filipino forces to liberate Manila is...
12 famous people who died on the Titanic — and 11 who survived
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen the Titanic sank, some of the wealthiest people in the world at the time lost their...
10 oldest airlines in the world
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