For over a century, historians and scientists have been piecing together a history of the prehistoric world. HISTORY Classics: Dinosaurs! examines the ultimate fighters of this unique period – gigantic beasts that stalked the earth [...]
The attack at Pearl Harbor was a moment in history that has often been misrepresented on the Big Screen. Now, renowned historians help a team of Hollywood producers finally get it right. In this insightful [...]
When American forces at Pearl Harbor were caught by surprise on the morning of December 7, 1941, nearly every soldier, sailor, and marine at the doomed base rallied to resist the attack. By visiting the [...]
On March 16th, 1988, thousands of innocent civilians in the Kurdish city of Halabja faced a hellish death. The man responsible for this unspeakable horror was the notorious Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. In this sobering [...]
In the mid 1700s, a mysterious beast viciously attacked and killed 102 villagers in the French village of Gevaudan. The victims, mostly women and children, were mauled and decapitated, their naked bodies all bearing the [...]
In Japanese, tora means “tiger.” In December of 1941, “tiger, tiger, tiger” was the code phrase that unleashed one of history’s most devastating surprise attacks. But the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor also awakened the [...]
The war in the Pacific was long and bloody, and when the final battle came, it was perhaps the fiercest of all. At Okinawa, over 250,000 people fought a desperate battle for control of the [...]