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In 1962, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed false flag attacks to justify an invasion of Cuba. The plan was never executed, but the documents were revealed…
On September 11, 1973, the Chilean military overthrew President Salvador Allende. The coup ended the experiment of democratic socialism and paved the way for…
In 1974, the CIA built a giant ship disguised as a manganese mining vessel to raise a sunken Soviet submarine from the Pacific Ocean. The operation became one of…
The Vietnam War claimed millions of lives and altered US politics. The conflict stemmed from colonial divisions, not just the Cold War.
Gorbachev's reforms opened up freedoms but also unleashed uncontrollable forces. By the end of 1991, the Soviet flag was lowered for the last time.
During the Cold War, several Western European countries maintained a secret network to counter Soviet invasion. When its existence was acknowledged, questions arose…
An armistice was signed in 1953, but no peace treaty was ever made. The Korean Peninsula remains divided, and the war still shapes East Asian politics.
Aerial photos revealed Soviet missile silos in Cuba. For thirteen days, Kennedy and Khrushchev faced off in a crisis that brought the world closest to nuclear war.
A report about a torpedo attack that was later found to be erroneous became the basis for a resolution that gave President Johnson the power to escalate the Vietnam…
For two decades, the CIA ran a secret program to control the human mind, including administering LSD without consent. Files that were supposed to be destroyed…
The Marshall Plan, worth around $13 billion, helped Western Europe recover after World War II. It also served as a political tool in the early Cold War.
After World War II, the United States secretly brought over a thousand German scientists and technicians to the country. The program led to rocket and space…
