




Features May 1, 2011
Features May 1, 2011
The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II), pride of the Australian navy, has long been a source of pain and bewilderment. In waters off Western Australia in late 1941, following a successful tour in the Mediterranean, the Sydney encountered a ship claiming to be a Dutch freighter—actually the HSK Kormoran, a German raider that had menaced merchant ships for months.
Features May 1, 2011
Years after the end of the world's greatest conflict, new research reveals the true nature and extent of its impact
Features May 1, 2011
Features May 1, 2011
On June 15, 1944, a massive U.S. invasion fleet stormed the beaches of Saipan, the largest of the Mariana Islands.
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On a small Danish island 5,000 years ago, farmers crafted tokens to bring the sun out of the shadows
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Eclectic artifacts from tombs in northeastern China tell the story of a little-known dynasty
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