When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.

Predictably, the world map of GDP is dominated by North America and Europe, while Africa almost disappears. The population cartogram gives greater prominence to India and China, and makes ...

Meredith Hindley talked about her book, [Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II], in which she recalls the events leading to Operation TORCH, the ...

American Forces in North Africa during World War II. Keith Huxen gave a tour of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, and talked about the North Africa campaign.