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In the Ottoman Empire, although it was comprised of several different nationalities and religions, there was a sense of Ottoman identity. This was especially true following the Tanzimat Reforms of the 1850s. Citizens of the empire saw themselves as Ottomans....
It was the kind of summer day they always dreamed of and though it was tragic that the heatwave was almost certainly a symptom of how much damage the human race has inflicted on our precious planet, in those moments it served as a blissfully beautiful backdrop for a very special final jou...
WWII Veteran's Dream Comes True When He Finally Meets Woman Who Wrote Him Cherished Thank-You Letter When She Was a Child November 9, 2021 by By Cathy StackStrongsville, Ohio – Twelve years ago, 95-year-old World War II veteran Frank Grasberger received a heartwarming letter from a ...
The resort became a favored destination of the old money elites; it foundered, however, after WWII, and was saved only by the devotion and industriousness of Elsie Jane's descendants. After several renovations and the addition of a spa, the Cliff House is once again a favorite destination for...
“We sang, cried, laughed; but it was sad all the same—the losses were just too large.” In total, the siege of Leningrad had killed an estimated 800,000 civilians—nearly as many as all the World War II deaths of the United States and the United Kingdom combined. Soviet-era ...
Hurricane Laura is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the most powerful on record to make landfall in Louisiana. It was the 12th named storm of the record-setting 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. #19. Hurricane Hugo Gary Williams // Getty Images ...
Hurricane Laura is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the most powerful on record to make landfall in Louisiana. It was the 12th named storm of the record-setting 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. #19. Hurricane Hugo Gary Williams // Getty Images ...
By 1940, the war had reached north of Africa. The British had secured Egypt and were planning to move west all the way to Tripoli in Libya. Their plan was to force the Italians out of the area and then launch a major offensive against the Italians. ...
Yes, there's a lot of antifa going on in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, it's true. Set in WWII-era Italy, our favorite puppet-maker Geppetto is suicidally depressed after his son's death in a bombing, so he creates the little wooden boy with the lie-sniffing nose to fill the empt...