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British Surrender of Singapore, 1942
British surrender of Singapore to Japanese forces in February 1942 during WWII's Pacific War. A major naval base, its loss was a significant blow to Allied ambitions in the Pacific region. Imperial War Museums...
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Japanese Bombing of Darwin, 1942
The bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese bombers in February 1942 during the Pacific War. During the war, Australia provided vital supply routes to US forces deeper in the Pacific.
Australian War Memorial.
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12 Blue Riband Ocean Liners, 1838–1938 - A Century of the Transatlantic Speed Race
The Blue Riband of the Atlantic was the unofficial distinction awarded to the passenger liner achieving the highest average speed on a regular transatlantic crossing. Emerging...
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Abraham Lincoln Writing the Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln, writing the Proclamation of Freedom, lithographic print on wove paper, Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., after David Gilmour Blythe, 1863. This imaginative rendering of Abraham Lincoln...
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Reading the Emancipation Proclamation
Reading the Emancipation Proclamation, print from a steel engraving by James W. Watts after Henry Walker Herrick, 1863. On 1 January 1863, in the midst of the American Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation...
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Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer - Commander at the Battle of Mill Springs
Portrait of confederate General Felix Zollicoffer, photograph, c. 1860s.
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Shooting of Confederate General Zollicoffer by Colonel Fry
Death of the Confederate General Zollicoffer, in the Battle of Mill Spring, KY, January 19th, 1862, illustration appearing in Frank Leslie's Scenes and Portraits of the Civil War, 1894.
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Mill Springs Battlefield Visitor Center - Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
The visitor center at the Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, Nancy, Kentucky, photograph by C. Bedford Crenshaw, 12 May 2009.
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Map of the World War I in Europe, May 1917 - Front Lines, Occupation and a Continent in Crisis
By May 1917, the First World War (1914–1918) had transformed the political and military geography of Europe. The Western Front remained entrenched across France and...
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Map of the European Colonization of North America, 1492–1750 - Voyages, Claims, Settlements & Imperial Rivalries
European colonization in North America developed gradually between the late 15th century and the mid-18th century, beginning with maritime exploration...
