World War II Photos: The Bloody War Spreads Around the Globe, 1940-1941
On April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, an…
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Vietnam War: Escalation and Withdrawal Through Rare Photographs, 1968-1975
The decisive year was 1968. In the early morning of 30 January, Vietcong forces …
Vietnam War: The Early Years Through Rare Photographs, 1965-1967
On May 07, 1954, Viet Minh forces won the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and ended Fren…
American Airman Dewey Wayne Waddell, Held Prisoner in Vietnam, 1967
Downed U.S. airman Dewey Waddell was taken captive by Vietnamese communist fight…
US Soldiers Pose with the Bodies of Moro Insurgents, Philippines, 1906
On March 7, 1906, US troops under the command of Major General Leonard Wood mass…
Simone Segouin in Photos: The 18-year-old French Resistance Fighter, 1944
Members of the French Resistance are photographed in the midst of a battle again…
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces with Gas Masks and Rubber Gloves during a Chemical Attack, Battle of Shanghai, 1937
Japanese marines landed north and south of Shanghai. This picture may have been …
Captain Nieves Fernandez Shows to an American Soldier how She Used her Long Knife to Silently Kill Japanese Soldiers during Occupation, 1944
Captain Nieves Fernandez, the only known Filipino female guerilla leader and for…
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…
Preparing For An Assault On a Warehouse in Stalingrad, 1942
By September 1942, a brutal hand-to-hand battle was being waged inside Stalingra…
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…