20th Century

How a Quiet Professor's Maps Helped Kill Millions

A quiet geography professor in London began redrawing maps in 1904 that would kill millions of people he would never meet.

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GeopoliticsBritish EmpireWorld War IWorld War IICold WarColonialismNazi GermanySoviet UnionMiddle EastHalford Mackinder

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