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For thousands of years, naval battles have been some of the most decisive military conflicts. Controlling the seas allows victors to dominate ports, trade routes, and encircle opponents. With such...
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Nearly two years after the U.S. fully withdrew from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war at 20 years, some historical conflicts made that seem brief. Before modern weapons enabled remote...
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Certain sensational crimes grab the public’s attention and imagination, becoming infamous unsolved mysteries. To compile a list of the most infamous unsolved crimes ever committed, 24/7 Tempo...
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No sooner had World War II ended, then another conflict began. This was the Cold War – an ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union and its allies that would last...
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The Civil War is the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history. It’s estimated that roughly 620,000 soldiers lost their lives over the course of the conflict, and even though roughly half of those...
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Two recent surveys – one from the The Economist and YouGov and the other from the medical research distributor medRvix – suggest that as many as four in ten Americans believe a civil war...
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When hostilities commenced during the American Revolution in 1775 between Great Britain and the North American colonies, all the advantages seemed to be on the side of Great Britain, the largest...
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Photography was still relatively new in 1861 as the Civil War began, but when America’s bloodiest conflict ended four years later, it had become possibly the most photographed event of the 19th...
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Every state offers exciting cities, beautiful parks, and historic sites. But states can also be famous for other, less favorable, attributes – like shocking crimes. Sadly, each state is home to...
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Nations have been holding ostentatious military parades since at least ancient Mesopotamia, when its victorious armies returned from battles fought to expand the empire. It’s safe to say that...
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War is never pretty, but there can be levels even to the cruelty and ugliness of war, with some almost inconceivably horrendous. Such levels can be measured by one macabre metric: the number of...
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Since the founding of our nation – itself forged in warfare against our British colonial masters – American armed forces have fought countless battles on home ground and around the world....
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We’re told that freedom isn’t free, and for America, its cost has come not just in dollars but in the lives of our servicemen and women. To compile a list of the deadliest wars fought by the U.S....
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During its long history, the FBI has solved some of the most famous crimes in U.S. history. From terrorist bombings of airplanes and Nazi spy rings to massive white collar crimes, the FBI nearly...
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Violent crime spiked in the United States after the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, the nationwide homicide rate jumped by 30%, to the highest level since 1995, according to the Centers...
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