# Communism
12 Momentous Cancelled Military Operations
History is determined not only by great deeds done but also by deeds not done and courses not taken. Nowhere…
Last Words: 10 Memorable Dying Statements From Famous Figures
From Julius Caesar's "et tu, Brute?" to Humphrey Bogart's "I should never have switched from scotch to martinis", last words…
24 Pictures Examining Life in Communist Poland
Communism in Poland traces its roots back to the late 19th century when the Marxist First Proletariat Party was founded…
20 Photographs from the 1959 Cold War Kitchen Debate
The Kitchen Debate was a series of impromptu exchanges (through interpreters) between then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet…
23 Photographs of the Polish Solidarity Movement That Helped Bring About the End of Communism
Solidarność, the Polish Solidarity Movement, a labor union founded on September 17, 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk. The…
25 Rare Pictures of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959-1976 and President from 1976…
The War After the War: 7 Revolutions Caused By World War One
The First World War was the defining event of the 20th Century and its legacy is still being seen today.…
25 Photographs of the History of the FBI, Part 2: World War I, Espionage, and the Red Scare
The Bureau of Investigation started with mostly white-collar and civil rights cases such as land fraud, banking fraud, copyright violations,…
18 Captivating Images of the History of the Berlin Wall
On June 15, 1961, the First Secretary of the Socialist Union Party and the German Democratic Republic State Council, chairman…
Today in History: US Sends Troops to Korea (1950)
Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began even before the end of the Second World War. The…