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From late January to mid‑February 2022, a large convoy of truck drivers and supporters known as the “Freedom Convoy” gathered in downtown Ottawa and at key border cros...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notif...
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On 22 July 2011, during the Libyan Civil War, NATO aircraft struck a facility in Brega that manufactured large-diameter pipes used in Libya's Great Man-Made River wate...
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The United States allows meat and milk from cloned animals to enter the food supply without special labeling requirements. The policy follows a decision by federal reg...
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Typhus and Mortality in Nazi Concentration Camps Historical records from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nazi documentation, and post-w...
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On December 1, 1845, David Levy Yulee was sworn in as one of the first two United States senators from the newly admitted State of Florida, marking a notable moment in...
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Alexander the Great Travels Through Palestine In October 332 B.C., during his campaign against the Persian Empire, Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexand...
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The Roman forces under the command of Lucius Verus launched a major campaign against the Parthian Empire, culminating in the capture of their capital city, Ctesiphon. ...
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The Fall of Sarmizegetusa marked the decisive Roman victory over the Dacians led by King Decebalus. In early August, Roman legions under Emperor Trajan besieged the Da...
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The Russian Empire intensified its fortification efforts along the Amur River frontier, aiming to secure its eastern borders against potential threats. New forts were ...
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1917–1918 — German forces develop increasingly sophisticated methods based on short intense bombardments, assault detachments and infiltration around strongpoints. The...
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19 February 1915 — British and French naval forces begin major operations against the Ottoman defenses of the Dardanelles. The Allies hope to force the straits, threat...
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1914–1918 wartime production — Schneider is a major French heavy-industrial and armaments producer whose factories supply artillery and military material to the French...
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Untitled1914–1918 — Industrial warfare requires food, coal, metals, chemicals, credit and shipping on unprecedented scales. Britain attempts to deny overseas resources...
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c. 2580–2560 BCE — Khufu's Great Pyramid rises at Giza and becomes the largest pyramid ever constructed in Egypt. Originally about 146.6 meters high, it contains milli...
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1 October 1941 — German supply systems struggle to sustain armies advancing hundreds of kilometers into Soviet territory. Roads deteriorate in autumn mud, rail gauges ...
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24 November 1942 — Hitler orders the Sixth Army to remain inside the Stalingrad pocket rather than attempt an immediate breakout. He expects outside relief and air sup...
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11 March 1941 — Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the United States to supply countries considered vital to American security. Britain becomes an early majo...
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24 November 1942 — Hitler commits to holding Stalingrad while the Luftwaffe attempts to supply the encircled Sixth Army. Required daily tonnage far exceeds what can re...
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2 October 1941 — Germany launches the main offensive toward Moscow. Initial encirclements near Vyazma and Bryansk destroy or capture large Soviet formations. German co...
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23 October 1942 — British Commonwealth forces under Bernard Montgomery attack Axis positions in Egypt. The battlefield lies close to the furthest Axis advance toward A...
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8 September 1941 — German and Finnish advances isolate Leningrad from most overland supply routes. Hitler chooses not to storm the city immediately and instead expects...
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22 June 1944 — Operation Bagration provides a useful late-war anchor for investigating Germany's defeat. Trace the invasion of the Soviet Union, American entry, the At...
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