During WWII, the Axis powers of Germany decided to attack the Allied powers of Russia. From August 1942-February 1943, the Russian forces fought against the German forces in the Battle of Stalingrad. This was a long and bloody battle that resulted in almost two million people being killed or...
In 1942, the conflict explodes across the globe and sunken ships appear on the map across the Atlantic and in Asia. By 1944 and 1945, most ships are shown as lost in the Pacific theater and directly off the coasts of Europe. While more than 20,000 ships were lost during the war, ...
The game begins amidst the ruins of Europe as the two new “superpowers” scramble over the wreckage of the Second World War, and ends in 1989, when only the United States remained standing. It is a quick-playing, low-complexity game. The game map is a world map of the period, where...
As the term itself indicates, the ‘Middle East’ lies somewhere halfway between the ‘Near East’ and the ‘Far East’. The ‘here’ in that assumption is Europe, and more specifically Britain. ‘Middle East’ is of more recent coinage than its two adjacent denominations, and of surprising...
By: American, Russia, Japan, Europe, Canada Space Programs First launched in 1998, the International Space Station (ISS) is a modular structure consisting of external trusses and solar arrays. It serves as a research laboratory for biology, physics, astronomy, and other fields. It is a joint...
Amsterdam is the financial and business capital of the Netherlands. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange (AEX), part of Euronext, is the world's oldest stock exchange and is one of Europe's largest bourses. It is situated near Dam Square in the city's centre. As a founding member of the euro,...
Is the overestimation of Europe a result of being familiar with the Mercator projection, on which Europe is overestimated and centralized? This centralized position on the Mercator projection is often criticized by several scientists [7,9,19]. However, the influence of the Mercator projection is ...
This was the largest urban concentration of Jews in Europe and the second largest in the world, after New York City’s. Jews were heavily represented in Warsaw’s bourgeoisie and intelligentsia, especially in the commercial classes and the professions. In addition to full religious and political ...
In April 1942 Laval returned to power and contrived to convince the Germans that they could get more active collaboration from him. Germany was now engaged in massive war with the Soviet Union and with the United States and needed greater security in western Europe. But six months later the ...