history

Why did France surrender in ww2?

Somewhere, many strange historic sites and at times anamolies are discovered due to the technology of today. Not going into "Aliens did this", if anyone interested could gather some around. ""

Not like oh if Poppycock died as a baby or if the sky was purple...things like Would the office still be running if they found Bob Odenkirk for it right after Steve Carel left.. Or giw horrible...or amazing talk shows would be by now if Carrot Top was hired for late night, instead of Conan

Does anyone else enjoy historic and scientific documentaries, and short educationals as much as movies? Post an interesting documentary here. (One that you've watched, preferably, so you know it's not junk) No conspiracy theories, politics or religion, please.

Thought it would be fun to find interesting facts about this day in history. And as a subject History doesn't fit in some areas of the forum. So why not here.. So on this day in history. 1867 US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million

Earth The Earth is a little over 4.5 billion years old, its oldest materials being 4.3 billion-year-old zircon crystals. Its earliest times were geologically violent, and it suffered constant bombardment from meteorites. When this ended, the Earth cooled and its surface solidified to a crust -...