Considered one of the wonders of the modern world, the Panama Canal opened for business 100 years ago this Friday, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and providing a new route for international trade and military transport.
At the time it was built, the canal was an engineering marvel, relying on a series of locks that lift ships – and their thousands of pounds of cargo – above mountains.
But thousands of workers died during its construction, and its history has seen no shortage of controversy, including a contentious transference of authority from the US to Panama in the 1970s.
Work recently began on a substantial expansion effort that will allow the canal to accommodate modern cargo needs. hope that helped
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Tet offensive was the battle that showed that the war in Vietnam was not being won as easily as it was being portrayed. It was one of the largest millitary campaigns of the Vietnam War, it started in 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People´s army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the United States Armed Forces, and their allies.
This offensive was the largest military operation conducted by either side up to that point in the war.
The offensive had a huge impact on the U.S government and shocked the US public. Soon, the American public support declined and the US started a series of negotiations to end war.
