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In 1949, the Soviet-controlled part of Germany became the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, or German Democratic Republic, ...
Germany has thousands of castles, countless beer festivals and quite a few cathedrals with world heritage status. We look at ...
The party is trying to tap into voter frustrations and anti-foreigner sentiment. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
More than seventy years later no peace treaty has been signed and Korea remains bitterly divided between communism and capitalism with the most heavily militarized border the world has ever seen ...
Right after World War II, a crucial alliance between the two countries fell apart. We are still paying the price.
But what was it really like to live as an East Germany citizen before the fall of the Berlin Wall? Where there any positive aspects of living under communism, or was it all doom and gloom? In this ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign tourists are trickling back to China after the country loosened its visa policy to unprecedented ...
Manchester's own piece of Cold War history survives in the form of the Guardian telephone exchange. Also known as 'Scheme 567 ...
For the Chinese people, the July 7u Incident in 1937 remains as unforgettable an episode of World War II (WWII) as Nazi Germany's Blitzkrieg ...
On Saturday, July 14, 1945, Versailles was celebrating as it had not done in years. But the carefree spirit of some clashed ...
During the war, the Thuilliers’ yard became a makeshift studio. Eventually, they painted a backdrop featuring classical ...