World History Story Briefs

Whether it's people, places or events which fuel "the news," the fabric of our lives is impacted by world events. This collection features stories from ancient to modern times.

Anna Ladd, at her studio in Paris, works-on a facial mask intended to help a wounded soldier return to life in the public eye.

By the fall of 1918, Germans had endured four years of misery and loss. Citizens and military men alike were getting tired of the war - just like the...

Although his parents had great plans for their son, Arthur dies when he is only 15 years old.

During a June 28, 1914 visit to Sarajevo, Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie are assassinated. The archduke's death is a precipitating cause of World...

Driving through the streets of Sarajevo, the driver of Franz Ferdinand makes a wrong turn. This provides a potential assassin with a deadly opportunit...

Zodiac Man and His Relationship to Medicine.

A famous statue of the Greek goddess, Athena Parthenos, is now lost. The work, by Pheidias, once graced the Parthenon in Athens.

You will know why Japan attacked Hawaii.

In April of 1942, Slovakia began handing over its Jews to the Nazi government.

An image, maintained by the German Federal Archives, depicts an elderly woman and three children who have been selected for the "death barracks."

Dante Alighieri's Inferno, part of his "Divine Comedy," is a place where Virgil accompanies Dante as they see individuals who were characterized by av...

A ship, being used as a German-troop transport, arrives in Norwegian waters on the 8th of April, 1940. After the ship is sunk, by an Allied submarine,...

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