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Topic Archives:Historical Figures

De Gaulle traveling in his Citroen

De Gaulle’s Close Call: How France’s Ugliest Car Saved Its President

by Ron Soodalter11/18/202211/7/2022
A narrow gap between the protestors and the riot police during a demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washington DC, 21st May 1972. 173 demonstrators were later arrested during a violent confrontation with the police. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

When Did the US Lose the Vietnam War? Here Are Some Dates

by Jerry D. Morelock11/17/20224/26/2024
Winfield Scott in Mexican War

He Was One of the Greatest Soldiers in U.S. History. So Why Doesn’t Winfield Scott Get Any Respect?

by Gary W. Gallagher11/17/202211/17/2022
gettysburg-electric-map

Before CGI, These Maps Made Gettysburg Come Alive

by Leon Reed11/16/202211/16/2022

The Grieving Mother Who Took the Vietnam War To LBJ

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/14/202211/15/2022
Rufus Ingalls, U.S. Army quartermaster

Was This Logistics Genius the Union’s Secret Weapon in the Civil War?

by D. Scott Hartwig11/10/202211/10/2022

Did Monty and Rommel’s Differing Leadership Affect the Outcome of North Africa? Watch to Find Out!

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/9/202211/10/2022

No One Appreciated This Civil War General During His Lifetime — Listen to Find Out Why

by HistoryNet Staff11/7/202211/7/2022
Violet Gibson

Meet the Irish Aristocrat Who Shot Mussolini in the Face

by Claire Barrett11/3/20223/13/2023
Greco-Macedonian army fights at Hydaspes River

How Did a Ladder Almost Kill Alexander the Great?

by Robert Holmes11/2/202210/5/2022

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