5 Once-Thriving Places Destroyed By War

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14 May 2024

War, a relentless force throughout human history, has left its mark on countless locations

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Once-thriving cities and cultural havens stand as haunting reminders of the devastation conflict leaves behind

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Let's explore five such places, where the echoes of the past linger amidst the ruins

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Palmyra, Syria was ravaged during the Syrian Civil War. The UNESCO World Heritage Site was a major crossroads for trade and culture on the Silk Road

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During World War II, a devastating Allied bombing raid in 1945 reduced Germany's Dresden to ashes

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Japan's Hiroshima and Nagasaki were reduced to ashes by atomic bombings in 1945 

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Cambodia's Angkor Wat, once a Khmer Empire jewel, suffered heavily during the Civil War and Khmer Rouge rule

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Warsaw, once a cultural gem, rose from the ashes after WWII destruction by Nazi Germany in revenge for the Warsaw Uprising

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