The Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814, marked the official end to the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. The war had been raging for over two years, resulting in significant bloodshed and economic losses for both nations. However, despite the fighting ceasing with the signing of the treaty, …
At 9:02 a.m. on September 2, 1945, the morning in Tokyo Bay felt like a held breath. The sea was pewter under an overcast sky, the air still with that strange quiet that follows thunder. Allied battleships and carriers crowded the water like punctuation marks at the end of a very long sentence, their decks …
