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War History

Navajo Code Talkers Tribute

Phoenix, Arizona

Navajo Code Talkers Tribute

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

Lieutenant Colonel "H" Jones Memorial.

Darwin, Falkland Islands

Lieutenant Colonel "H" Jones Memorial

It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.

Building front

Prosfygika

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

Falkland Islands

Blue Beach Military Cemetery

A small cemetery remembers the British troops who fell during the Falklands War.

Glenn Miller Memorial

Northamptonshire, England

Glenn Miller Memorial at King's Cliffe

This World War II airfield is the last place the bandleader performed before he disappeared.

The mausoleum of General San Martín.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mausoleum of José de San Martín

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

Vinho dos Mortos

Facing invasion, the small town of Boticas buried their bottles and gave birth to a unique style of wine.

Tower right

Tower of Markellos

This pink watchtower served as the seat of the Greek government after independence from the Turks.

U.S. planes dropping bombs during a 1943 training exercise above New Mexico.

military history

In World War II, Bombs Sent Shockwaves All the Way Up Into the Atmosphere

Devastation on the ground affected the sky, too.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 26, 2018

Polish graves at Newark Cemetery.

Newark-on-Trent, England

Polish War Graves of Newark Cemetery

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

The memorial.

Gestapo Interrogation Memorial

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

The Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars in Berlin.

Berlin, Germany

Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

Torpedownia

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Cambodia–Vietnam Friendship Monument

Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Permanently Closed

Storrington, England

South Downs WWII Churchill Tank

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

Street sign and plaque.

Nottingham, England

Standard Hill

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

The mark here is across the left cheek and the brow.

Lichfield, England

Damaged Faces of Lichfield Cathedral

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

Shlisselburg, Russia

Oreshek Fortress

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.