Nov
18
British Tanks Maneuvering Trenches During the Battle of Cambrai in 1917: The First Use of Tanks in Mass
When the British dispatched 400 tanks against the German army at the Battle of C…
Author: RHP
Nov
18
Two German Soldiers and Their Mule Wearing Gas Masks, 1916
Many animals were used during World War One. Horses, mules, dogs, and pigeons we…
Nov
18
Adolf Eichmann Walks Around the Yard of his Cell, 1961
Adolf Eichmann was a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and…
Nov
18
Executions of Kiev Jews by German Army Mobile Killing Units, 1942
Executions of Kyiv Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) nea…
Nov
14
The Soviet Flag Over the Reichstag in 1945: Backstory and Photos
The "Soviet flag over Reichstag" photograph is full of symbolism and represents …
Nov
14
Soviet Soldier in the Liberated Village: A Photographic Portrait, 1941
This soldier and his companions just arrived and liberated her village. She…
Nov
14
Einstein’s Desk Photographed a Day after His Death, 1955
Albert Einstein, whose theories exploded and reshaped our ideas of how the unive…
Nov
14
Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his Wife on the Day they Were Assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, 1914
In an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World Wa…
Nov
14
Lucky British Soldier Shows off his Damaged Helmet, 1917
A British soldier with a bandaged head smiles as he shows the cameraman his helm…
Nov
10
Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test: Underwater Detonation of 23 kiloton Nuclear Weapon, 1946
This detonation, known as the Baker Test, was part of Operation Crossroads in Bi…
Nov
10
The First Photograph upon Discovery of Machu Picchu, 1911
In the summer of 1911, the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham arrived in Peru …