Month: January 2020

Finnish soldiers manning foxhole during Winter War

January Historical Events

January 22, 2020 Civil War, European History, WWII 00:27:23

Often we think that historically, not much has happened in the middle of winter. However, that’s far from the truth. From Charlemagne to Henry VIII, Secession in the Civil War to the Soviets battling the Finns in the snow during WWII, there has been a lot of historical heat generated in January over the centuries….

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Saddam Hussein and Hafez al-Assad of Syria at an Arab Summit in Baghdad in November 1978

Cold War In The Middle East

January 15, 2020 History in the Making 00:36:22

With the Middle East at the forefront of international news, Mark revisits his conversation with Kate Tietzen about the turmoil in the Middle East during the difficult years following WWII to the final days of the USSR. Cold War studies often focus on events in Europe. However, the Cold War quietly and sometimes loudly raged…

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