An unusual confrontation: A French cavalry troop managed to capture a Dutch fleet of 14 vessels in 1795
Reagan, inspired by film “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” asked Gorbachev to stop the Cold War in the event of an alien invasion, and the Soviet leader agreed
Spy Game: When Soviet schoolchildren presented Ambassador Averell Harriman with a replica of the Great Seal of the U.S. in 1945, there was a listening device inside
Because Stanislav Petrov reported a computer malfunction in 1983, we know him today as “The man who saved the world”
Vogelsang, East Germany: How a bucolic village became a Soviet nuclear missile base with warheads pointed at NATO nations
The medieval tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings is to leave France and head for England for first time in 950 years