Japanese Prime Minister during WWII and led the Japanese military. Italy France Great Britain Soviet Union A Communist nation, consisting of Russia and 14 other states, that existed from 1922 to 1991. China Japan Germany USA Treaty of Versailles Blamed Germany for WWI, took their land, made the...
the map zooms out to the broader Pacific theater, and then to the entire planet. Glowing blue markers representing sunken ships dot oceans and coastlines around Earth. From Norway and Russia in the north to Argentina and New Zealand in the south, you can see the global extent of World War...
Boris YELTSIN 1991-2000 When Gorbachev was taken prisoner, Yeltsin called people to the streets to protest and asked the military to ignore the orders of the government – and they did. Yeltsin was a hero and the natural choice for the first democratic president of Russia. The transition from...
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...
s storysays that Google hadn’t stopped blurring the imagery—the imagery hadn’t been blurred in the first place. “A Google spokesperson told Ars that the company hasn’t changed anything with regard to blurring out sensitive sites in Russia, so perhaps none of us were looking closely ...
In Ukraine, lights are steady until 2022, when the war with Russia begins. Wide swaths of Ukraine go dark and stay dark as the country’s utility infrastructure is targeted. Some of this may also be a result of intentional blackouts like those used by Britain during WWII. In an otherwise...
Having been bombed to the ground during WWII, Warsaw has seen an impressive revival in recent decades. It is now one of the EU’s largest and liveliest metropolises. Lying on the banks of the Vistula River, the city sprawls over a vast area, with lots of pretty green parks interspersed ...
all of whom discovered the maps independently. They’ve been trying to piece together how they were made and how, exactly, they were intended to be used. The maps are still a taboo topic in Russia today, so it’s impossible to know for sure, but what they’re finding suggests that the...
Although much was ruined during WWII, a keen eye for detail during reconstruction has all but returned the allure of the Middle Ages. This has made it a delight to explore. 7. Slowinski Sand Dunes In Slowinski National Park, the Slowinski Sand Dunes are some of the most spectacular...