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National Park Service Awards Grants to Restore Civil War Battlefields
“By restoring landscapes, grant recipients can preserve important historic sites.”
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The Maryland Town That Became One Big Civil War Hospital
No trip to Frederick would be complete without a visit to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Need a stiff drink afterwards? Hit up the local City Hall, which was converted into a brewpub.
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Be the First to See Cast Bronzes from the World War I Memorial
Sculptor Sabin Howard told HistoryNet about his methods and inspiration, and shared some never-seen images with us.
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Antony Beevor on How Russia’s History Explains Putin and the War in Ukraine
The acclaimed historian on why Putin may be leading his people toward another breakup of a Russian empire.
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Iran and Iraq Fought a War for 8 Years, Killed Millions and Achieved Nothing
The 1980-1988 conflict was a bloody stalemate — and possibly the last conventional war ever.
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The 10 Worst Fighter Planes of World War II
From the Brewster Buffalo to the Me-210, here are the fighter planes that belong in the WW2 hall of shame.
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Book Review: The Tank Corps in the Great War, Vol. 1
The tank was a British invention. Author Stephen Pope gives a highly detailed account of its earliest origins and development during World War I.
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How Did Castro’s Untrained Guerrillas Beat Batista’s War Machine?
Fidel Castro’s Cuban rebels lost their first battle against the government’s well-armed troops. It was all uphill from there.
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Famed ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ Painting Up For Auction
Got a cool $20 million to spare?