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The Crimean War introduced trench warfare, nursing, and war photography — 250,000 died for a stalemate

Britain and France declared war on Russia on March 28, 1854, to prevent Russian expansion toward the Ottoman Empire and the Mediterranean.

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The Crimean War introduced trench warfare, nursing, and war photography — 250,000 died for a stalemate

March 28, 1854

The U.S. Navy was born because Barbary pirates kept capturing American merchant ships

March 27, 1794

Iwo Jima was declared secure after 36 days — Japanese holdouts kept fighting for months

March 26, 1945

Greece fought for independence and the Romantic poets of Europe rallied to its cause — Byron died there

March 25, 1821

NATO bombed a European country for 78 days to stop a genocide — without UN approval

March 24, 1999

'Give me liberty or give me death' — the speech that pushed Virginia into revolution

March 23, 1775

Patton crossed the Rhine before Montgomery — and called him to brag about it

March 22, 1945

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