Seventeen Words That Made a Nation
On August 17, 1945, Sukarno and Hatta proclaimed Indonesia's independence in Jakarta, birthing the world's fourth-largest nation.
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The Dawn Attack That Started the Korean War
At 4 a.m. on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops stormed across the 38th parallel, igniting a war that still shapes the world today.
A Night of Shots on the Lugou Bridge — and the War That Followed
A missing soldier, a midnight standoff, and gunfire on an ancient stone bridge pulled China and Japan into eight years of devastating war.