September 1944. In the fog-shrouded fields of Lorraine, a handful of American Hellcats faced dozens of German Panthers ...

Fascism is an ultra-nationalist political ideology that rejects liberal democracy and values nation and race over the individual. It is strict ...

According to NPR, spook comes from the Dutch word for apparition, or specter. The noun was first used in English around the turn of the nineteenth century. From there, the word lived a harmless life, ...

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It is strict authoritarian rule wrapped in nationalism, and it is fundamentally opposed to American ideals of freedom, ...

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Keith Raffel Creators Syndicate I am confessing up front that I suffer from logophilia. That sounds serious, and it is. It means I love words. I explore their meanings and derivations. I am always on ...

The Brandenburgers were members of the special forces unit serving Nazi Germany during the Second World War. During the ...

The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

Greek resistance to the Axis powers during the Second World War was the longest of all the nations of western Europe.

I am confessing up front that I suffer from logophilia. That sounds serious, and it is. It means I love words. I explore their meanings and derivations. I am always on a quest, often fruitless, for ...