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…
Author: RHP
Dec
2
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
2
Photo of a Luftwaffe Pilot in Africa, 1941
Luftwaffe Oberleutnant exchanges gifts with a native black Arab in North Africa.…
Dec
1
Ukrainian Askaris Standing Near Bodies of Murdered Jews, Warsaw, 1943
Two Ukrainian askaris peer into a doorway past the bodies of Jews killed during …
Dec
1
Preparing For An Assault On a Warehouse in Stalingrad, 1942
By September 1942, a brutal hand-to-hand battle was being waged inside Stalingra…
Dec
1
Photo of German Soldiers in the Flooded Trenches, 1943
The cheerful German soldiers in the trenches filled the autumn rains spread the …
Dec
1
Portrait of Austrian-Hungarian Soldier From 1918
It looks like a thousand-yard stare, it's like there's nothing there. The rank i…
Dec
1
Rare Photos: An Elongated Head Was an Ideal of Beauty Among the Mangbetu People
The Mangbetu people had a distinctive look and this was partly due to their elon…
Dec
1
Captured Italian Soldiers Are Escorted to the Rear by German Soldiers During the Battle of Caporetto, 1917
The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo or the B…
Dec
1
A Turkish Official Taunting Starving Armenians with Bread, 1915: The Real Story
In 2005 Oxford University Press published Donald Bloxham's The Great Game of Gen…
Dec
1
Photo of German Panzer III in The Western Desert in 1942
Panzer III design was composed of four sections – hull, turret, and front supers…
Dec
1
Marina Ginesta: A 17-Year-Old Communist Militant, Overlooking Barcelona During the Spanish Civil War, 1936
Marina Ginestà became famous due to the photo taken by Juan Guzmán on the roofto…
Nov
28
A Group of Black Soldiers Fighting in France in 1944: Photo and Backstory
Soldiers from the French African colonies holding a position at Boucle du Doubs,…
Nov
28
Photos of Hitler Rehearsing His Speech in Front of The Mirror, 1925
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, strikes a pose for photographer Heinrich…
Nov
28
Lady in a Litter Being Carried by Her slaves: Photo From Brazil, 1860
These two men are manumitted slaves. Manumission is the act of a slave owner fre…
Nov
27
The 2800 Years Old Kiss: The Iconic Photo of The Hasanlu “Lovers”
These human remains were unearthed in 1973 at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological s…
Nov
27
Erwin Rommel and His Staff, Western Desert, 1942
Love him or hate him, Edwin Rommel screams class in every photo. Rommel was a ga…
Nov
27
A Couple of Warriors Holding Hands, Vietnam: Photo From 1971
This picture is a demonstration of the soldier as a human. They’re using WWII-er…
Nov
27
Three Dead Americans Lie on the Beach at Buna: Photo From 1943
At a time when censors used a heavy hand to keep the American public from knowin…
Nov
27
Using a Traditional Blade, 17-year-old Yamaguchi Assassinates Politician Asanuma in Tokyo, 1960
The photo was taken directly after Yamaguchi stabbed Asanuma and is seen here at…