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How Zionism’s dreams of liberation became entangled with colonialism.

What's going on with the Brazilian navy and marine life? Once upon a time, warships from that country had their ups and downs with the French during a conflict of grotesque proportions known as the Lobster War. Now, we're going to look at an even more bizarre episode: the Battle of the Porpoises, an

You may have heard of 1914. It's the year the First World War began, yes, but there's also a Ukrainian death metal band named after that year because they emulate the Swedish band Sabaton, whose songs are about military history. In their case, they focus on the Great War, hence the name they chose.

THE frontier between France and Germany is one of the oldest, as well as one of the newest, problems of European politics. It is, from one point of view, as old as Caesar's Gallic wars and the Germanic invasions of the Roman Empire, as new as the treaty of Versailles, and even newer. Some elements in it are almost secular in their persistence, some are only of recent origin.

Learn more about the fascinating history of this important part of the world with a documentary from Rick Steves who does a good job presenting this history in about as objective a manner as one can do.