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Metrocosm: A Tangled Web of Alliances
Jefferson and Washington warned future Americans about entangling our country in too many alliances. Since WWII, we have largely ignored this advice. View our defense pacts, along with the rest of the world, on this map that resembles a...
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Country Reports: Tajikstan
This resource provides information on the following topics: government, economy, people, geography, military, communications, transportation, and weather.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Peru
If you're doing a research paper on Peru, this is a great place to begin. Has information about the history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view.
Hans Lohninger
Photo Globe: Bolivia
Presents many general country specific facts about Bolivia in a well organized chart form. This site is enriched by links to maps and an image of the Altiplano salt flats.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Bahamas
A complete profile of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas including highlights on its geography, climate, people, modern history, economy, communications, and military. Click on the maps to enlarge them.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Iraq
Has information about Iraqi history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view. The information covers up to 1993.
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North Georgia History: Chickamauga: River of Blood
A very vivid review of the Battle from North Georgia.com. Images and links to maps are also provided.
Curated OER
Map 45: The Korean Conflict 1950 1951
Detailed history of the Korean War from a larger work on U.S. military history: the decision to go to war, the military engagements, the stalemate, and the aftermath. [Maps included but photographs from the original publication are not.]
Curated OER
Map, First Army Zone 11 20 July 1944 (Map)
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
Curated OER
Niger Map
A two-part article that considers the role of the U.S. military in the war on terrorism in Africa, specifically Niger. Is it enough to train African forces in anti-terrorism tactics and then leave, or does the U.S. need to step up...
Curated OER
Map of Algeria
A profile of Algeria that includes facts about the country and information about its leaders and the media. Click on the Timeline by the flag of Algeria for a chronology of events since 1962. Click above the flag for a video of January...
Curated OER
Map 40: Southern Approaches to Europe
HIghlights the military strategy of the United States during World War II in fighting Germany and Italy.
Curated OER
Map 41: Northern Europe
HIghlights the military strategy of the United States during World War II in fighting Germany and Italy.
Curated OER
Map, Overlord Area 1944
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
Curated OER
Map, the Final Overlord Plan
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
Curated OER
Map, the Bocage Country 2 July 1944
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
Curated OER
Bbc: Military Coup Ousts Niger President Mamadou Tandja
This BBC article discusses the coup that took place in NIger, removing President Mamadou Tandja from power and installing a new leadership under the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD). (19 February 2010)
PBS
Nova: The Nazi Prison Escape Tunnel
Explore one of the three escape tunnels secretly engineered by Allied airmen imprisoned at the Nazi POW camp Stalag Luft III. Follow the escape of the 76 men through the 300-foot tunnel using this interactive map drawn by one of the POWs...
A&E Television
History.com: How Far Did Ancient Rome Spread?
Legend has it that Romulus and Remus -- twin brothers who were also demi-gods -- founded Rome on the River Tiber in 753 B.C. Over the next eight and a half centuries, it grew from a small town of pig farmers into a vast empire that...
Curated OER
Etc: American Rev War Operations in the West, 1775 1782
A map of the Northwest Territory between the Allegheny Mountains and the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes to the Tennessee River showing the military operations and extent of settlement in the area during the American Revolutionary...
Curated OER
Etc: Oregon Trail and Other Routes, 1832 1842
A map of western North America between the opening of the Oregon Trail in 1832 to 1842, prior to the establishment of the Provisional Government of Oregon by American settlers in 1843. The map shows the boundary of the Oregon Country,...
Curated OER
Etc: Theatre of War in the United States, 1861 1865
A map showing the extent of the Confederate territories east of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War (1861-1865). The map shows state lines and capitals, major cities, forts, battle sites, and rivers in the region. The map...
Curated OER
Etc: Development of the Northwest Territory in Us, 1790 1810
A map of the American Northwest Territory showing the boundary developments in 1790, 1800, and 1810. The upper left map shows the territory acquired by the United States from Britain after the Revolutionary War as established by the...