In the summer of 1944, the imminent defeat of Nazi Germany was coming closer every day, although the Germans were willing to fight until the last man. Not just the Nazi leadership realized they were ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

The most significant global event linked to February 2 is the 1848 signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended ...

History is littered with scientific ideas that sounded ridiculous, even to experts, before reality caught up. From wild ...

Russia’s inland waterways hold strategic significance. This is due to three reasons: first, the country has a large number of ...