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What 25 historic battlefields look like today


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What 25 historic battlefields look like today



Universal History Archive/UIG // Getty images

Then: Trenton, New Jersey (1776)



Djmaschek // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Trenton, New Jersey



John Trumbull // Wikimedia Commons

Then: Saratoga, New York (1777)



Unknown // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Saratoga, New York



Hulton Archive // Getty Images

Then: Tripoli (1805)



MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP // Getty Images

Now: Tripoli



Bettmann // Getty Images

Then: Fort McHenry, Baltimore (1814)



Jeffrey Greenberg // Getty Images

Today: Fort McHenry, Baltimore



DeAgostini // Getty Images

Then: Palo Alto, Texas (1846)



Pi3.124 // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Palo Alto, Texas



MPI // Getty Images

Then: Sharpsburg, Maryland (1862)



Joe Raedle // Getty Images

Now: Sharpsburg, Maryland



Universal History Archive/UIG // Getty images

Then: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee (1862)



Shiloh National Military Park // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee



MPI // Getty Images

Then: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1863)



John Greim/LightRocket // Getty Images

Now: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania



Library of Congress

Then: Spotsylvania, Virginia (1864)



Auni Husted // Flickr

Now: Spotsylvania, Virginia



Photo12 // Getty Images

Then: Manila Bay, Philippines (1898)



Kateryna.Sokolova // Shutterstock

Now: Manila Bay, Philippines



Everett Collection // Shutterstock

Then: Saint-Mihiel, France (1918)



Everett Collection // Shutterstock

Now: Saint-Mihiel, France



Keystone-France // Getty Images

Then: Belleau Wood, France (1918)



U.S. 1st Marine Division Public Affairs Office // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Belleau Wood, France



Universal History Archive // Getty Images

Then: Normandy, France (1944)



François BIBAL // Getty Images

Now: Normandy, France



Tony Vaccaro // Getty Images

Then: Ardennes, Belgium (1944-45)



Arterra // Getty Images

Now: Ardennes, Belgium



Underwood Archives // Getty Images

Then: Iwo Jima, Japan (1945)



Lance Cpl. Juan Esqueda // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Iwo Jima, Japan



US Marine Corps // Getty Images

Then: Okinawa, Japan (1945)



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Now: Okinawa, Japan



Corporal Peter McDonald/USMC // Wikimedia Commons

Then: Chosin Reservoir, North Korea (1950)



Jiang // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Changjin, North Korea



Bettmann // Getty Images

Then: Khe Sanh, Vietnam (1968)



HOANG DINH NAM/AFP // Getty Images

Now: Khe Sanh, Vietnam



A. Parks/USMC // Wikimedia Commons

Then: Hue, Vietnam (1968)



Lưu Ly // Wikimedia Commons

Now: Hue, Vietnam



Bettmann // Getty Images

Then: A Shau Valley, Vietnam (1969)



Milosz Maslanka // Shutterstock

Now: A Shau Valley, Vietnam



PHC D. W. HOLMES II/US Navy // Wikimedia Commons

Then: Basra, Iraq (1991)



HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP // Getty Images

Now: Basra, Iraq



Warren Zinn/Army Times // Getty Images

Then: Takur Ghar, Afghanistan (2002)



JEWEL SAMAD/AFP // Getty Images

Now: Takur Ghar, Afghanistan



Wathiq Khuzaie // Getty Images

Then: Sadr City, Iraq (2004)



AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP // Getty Images

Now: Sadr City, Iraq



AFP // Getty Images

Then: Fallujah, Iraq (2004)



SABAH ARAR // Getty Images

Now: Fallujah, Iraq



Cpl. John McCall // Wikimedia Commons

Then: Sangin, Afghanistan (2010)



NOOR MOHAMMAD // Getty Images

Now: Sangin, Afghanistan


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