Apr 21, 2023 · In 1945, Berlin lay in ruins, and you can still see the scars and bullet holes from that period all over the city. Since 2018, a blog called Berlin Battle Damage has been documenting the remains. The bridges at Yorckstrasse show clear signs of heavy fighting.

2 hours ago · The ruins of the century-old Zenobia hotel overlooking the ancient city. Writer Agatha Christie and her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan were among the hotel's guests in the 1920s.

Aug 6, 2008 · Barboursville is one of the few remaining ruins of the American Civil War. The masion, on the grounds of the vineyards, was designed by Thomas Jefferson before being burned to the ground as Union forces passed through nearby Charlottesville.

Dec 30, 2019 · Historian and author Robert Grenville has immortalized some now-deserted sites of the conflict in his new book, Abandoned Cold War Places. In it, he compiles photographs of places built for or...

Feb 21, 2022 · World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. Here's what several infamous war-torn WWII spots look like today.

May 28, 2018 · But across France and Belgium, significant battlefields and ruins were preserved as monuments, and farm fields that became battlegrounds ended up as vast cemeteries.

Oct 28, 2024 · Beginning on the night of February 13, 1945, more than 1,200 heavy bombers dropped nearly 4,000 tons of high-explosive and incendiary bombs on the city in four successive raids. Although no German city remained isolated from Hitler’s war machine, Dresden’s contribution to the war effort was minimal compared with other German cities.

Although less central to modern conflict, vast areas of 20th-century cities such as Warsaw, Dresden, Coventry, Stalingrad, Königsberg, and Berlin were left in ruins following World War II, and a number of major cities around the world – such as Beirut, Kabul, Sarajevo, Grozny, and Baghdad – have been partially or completely ruined in ...

May 6, 2020 · Constructed when Hitler's armies threatened the future, many of these scarred structures across northern Europe represented a last line of defense against invasion. This photographer spent five...

Mar 12, 2015 · During the war, the Allies and Nazis fortified the coast of Northern Europe with pillboxes, gun emplacements and huge barriers meant to repel ships and tanks.