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Important public health lessons from the Civil War became mainstream 20th century practices. Then many of them fell by the wayside. (2021)
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Two couples sheltered Uri Berliner's family when the Nazis came to power. One thrived; the other paid a terrible price. (2018)
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How an unsung heroine established a new field of science and helped defeat the Nazis with pencil, paper, and perseverance. (2018)
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António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, today met survivors of the American A-bomb that (2018)
The Central American nation registered more homicides in 2015 than in any year during its civil war. (2016)
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He groaned at Valkyrie and despaired at Saving Private Ryan. The award-winning historian takes aim at the war films that make him furious – and rev... (2018)
This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma. (2024)
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Let's retrace on a map a summary of the main stages of WWII, from the end of WWI until the beginning of the Cold War. -------- (2023)
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Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)
When France fell to Germany (and Italy if you're feeling generous) it mostly became a client state of Berlin. Despite this France never tried to jo... (2023)
Japan attacked the U.S Pacific Fleet at its base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, but what led to that decision? Why did the Japanese a... (2023)
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Why didn't Canada join the American Revolution? (Short Animated Documentary) (2023)
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The ceasefire is completely ignored. Correction: In a previous version, the Russian Empire at 2:31 did not include Finland and northern Kazakhstan ... (2018)
CNN's Fareed Zakaria questions whether progress is inexorable, drawing comparisons between today and the 1920s. (2018)
Examines Canada's role on June 6th, 1944 and the advance through Normandy, France. (2018)
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In announcing new protections on steel and aluminum imports, President Trump said he was acting in the interest of national security. But could the... (2018)
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