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Wounded Combat Dog During Action on The Orote Peninsula, 1944
In the late summer of 1942, the Marine Corps decided to experiment with the use …
Author: RHP
Dec
3
Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev Drinking Wine from a Drinking Horn in the Soviet Republic of Georgia,1963
The relationship between Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev began when Cuba beca…
Dec
3
A Young Hitler Cheers the Start of World War One, 1914
The photo was taken by Munich photographer Heinrich Hoffmann at a rally in suppo…
Dec
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Aleksandra Samusenko Was the Only Female Tank Officer in the 1st Guards Tank Army, 1943
Aleksandra Samusenko, born in 1922, was a member of the Soviet armed forces who …
Dec
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Hitler’s Personal Bodyguards Undergoing a Drill Inspection in Berlin in 1938
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler barracks in Berlin, the rifles are Mauser Kar98k. …
Dec
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Adenauer Returns to Cologne After Negotiating the Release of the Last Prisoners of War from Soviet Union, 1955
The mother of a prisoner thanks Konrad Adenauer upon his return from Moscow on S…
Dec
3
A Classic Photo of Flying Tigers over China, 1942
The Flying Tigers are flying in close formation. Every pilot in that picture is …
Dec
3
German Soldier Giving Bread to an Orphaned Russian Boy, 1942
Heartbreaking to think this soldier might have had a child the same age at home.…
Dec
3
German SS Troops Relaxing at The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin
These troops are members of Leibstandarte SS “Adolf Hitler”, at this time the re…
Dec
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James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King’s Assassin, Being Led to His Cell After His Arrest in London, 1968
The FBI put him in a bulletproof vest, they weren’t going to take any chances af…
Dec
3
Captain Paul Tibbets in The Enola Gay Minutes Before Takeoff to Drop The First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, 1945
The Enola Gay was a bomber, named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot…
Dec
3
Japanese Soldier Surrendering to US Marines, Marshall Islands, 1944
The soldier is naked because he was probably ordered to strip to be sure that th…
Dec
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Adolf Hitler Attending Memorial Service of The Polish First Marshall Jozef Pilsudski in Berlin, 1935
The head of Poland Józef Piłsudski died on May 12, 1935. His funeral was made a …
Dec
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A Young Private Waits on the Beach during the Marine Landing at Da Nang, 1965
Looking at who was around Da Nang around then, he must be part of 1/3 or 1/9 Mar…
Dec
2
Burst of Joy: The Sad Story Behind the Iconic Picture, 1973
After spending more than five years in a North Vietnamese camp, Lt. Col. Robert …
Dec
2
The Story Behind Iconic Female Viet Cong Guerrilla Photograph of 1972
Her name is Lam Thi Dep (Dep means beautiful in Vietnamese), the picture was tak…
Dec
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Soviet And German Officers Meet at the Polish City of Brest in 1939
On the left – Soviet officer, on the right – German officer, in the middle – Ger…
Dec
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Goebbels Congratulates a Young Recruit After Receiving the Iron Cross II, 1945
Joseph Goebbels awards the 16-year old Hitler Youth member Willi Hübner the Iron…
Dec
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Photo of a Luftwaffe Pilot in Africa, 1941
Luftwaffe Oberleutnant exchanges gifts with a native black Arab in North Africa.…
Dec
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Ukrainian Askaris Standing Near Bodies of Murdered Jews, Warsaw, 1943
Two Ukrainian askaris peer into a doorway past the bodies of Jews killed during …