Napoleon Bonaparte, the military genius who eventually established a “dictatorship for life” in France, grew up in a setting that could...

In February 1945, Churchill, FDR, and Stalin met up at Yalta to discuss postwar plans. Though it seemed friendly, that wouldn’t last.

Ever since the Holy Roman Empire dissolved from Napoleon’s conquest, the German region in Europe had never been truly unified until 1871.

The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was created by Truman in 1947, but Eisenhower expanded the CIA’s duties during the Cold War.

The Wars of the Roses encapsulated the conflict between the major noble families (Lancasters and Yorks) vying for the English throne.

After Napoleon's downfall, conservatism hits the European mainland and the major European powers gather to stabilize the balance of power.

The French Revolution (1789-1799) was perhaps one of the greatest turning points in European history.