10 Civil War-era piers in Susquehanna River demolished by Amtrak, despite opposition over historical value
A contractor for Amtrak removed the final ruins of an 1866 rail bridge from the Susquehanna River last month, despite ...
Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
(THE CONVERSATION) During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and ...
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The Average American Is Stumped By These Simple Civil War Questions
As the deadliest war in United States history, the Civil War is a period many would like to forget. However, it’s impossible ...
How Syria’s rebels toppled the Assad regime, in 7 maps
CNN mapped how rebel groups captured several key cities, cutting off pro-regime forces and successfully toppling Assad’s ...
Fall of Assad puts Russia’s large military footprint in Syria at risk
The Russian military sites in Syria include a naval port on the Mediterranean Sea to berth submarines and an airfield to ...
Syria in maps: Who controls the country now Assad has gone?
A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of the country's civil war.
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Watch the Transformation of a Rusted Pre-War JEP Train
Dive into the restoration of a vintage pre-war JEP model train from the 1930s. With rusted and seized parts, the restoration journey was filled with challenges, including a surprising spring ...
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Rebel army seizes one of Syria's biggest cities as government forces retreat
Rebel forces entered the Syrian city of Hama and forced out government troops Thursday in a development that may have significant consequences in the country's 14-year-long civil war. Both the ...
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What Syria’s Revived Civil War Means for the Region
The primary group behind the offensive is believed to be Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (known as HTS or Tahrir al-Sham), which emerged at the outset of the Syrian civil war. It is an offshoot of an Al ...
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Gears of War: E-Day Might Have Caught One Lucky Break Long Before Release
Gears of War: E-Day's placement on the timeline gives the series as a whole a chance to explore more of the events leading up to the original game. Fourteen years before Gears of War, war heroes ...
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Key players in Syria’s long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensive
Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, left, looking at a map with senior officers from the Iranian military as they visit a front line in the northern province of Aleppo, Syria. (Syrian Central Military Media, via ...