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On July 14, 1789, Parisian rebels stormed the Bastille prison. Its sudden fall kicked off the French revolution, an Earth-shaking event whose echoes we still feel today.

Mark Mancini








Arras Battlefield Tours

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 278th installment in the series.

Erik Sass
Library of Congress

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 276th installment in the series.

Erik Sass




The History Network 

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 273rd installment in the series.

Erik Sass




Chicago Tribune

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 272nd installment in the series.

Erik Sass




RT.com 

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war exactly 100 years after they happened. This is the 270th installment in the series.

Erik Sass




People from all walks of life—dentists, psychologists, journalists, and more—came together to come up with some crazy, unorthodox, and sometimes wildly successful weapons to win the war.

Austin Thompson