War

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  ‘Alcohol kills more men than war and kills them all dishonorably’ — American anti-alcohol flyer, ca. 1932.

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  ‘We aim to please, you aim too, please.’ An American soldier reads a sign intended for directing U.S. troops to not waste ammunition, by warning of an ammo shortage. Likely somewhere in France, February 20th 1945

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  Palestinian Christians throwing stones at Israeli soldiers while flying a flag bearing the Cross of Jerusalem at the northern entrance of Bethlehem, 2000 (1003×1084)

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  Jan 1941 — My Uncle (Hal Ascherin) and 4 other U.S. Sailors Tear Down Nazi Flag from German Consulate in San Francisco

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  USS Midway (CV-41) underway in the Indian Ocean, June 5, 1993

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  American soldier from the 29th Infantry Division armed with a bazooka runs past a knocked out German Hetzer. Aldenhoven ,Germany, 1944

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  Twin sisters watch out a porthole of the SS St. Louis Jewish refugee ship, not permitted to disembark in Cuba or the U.S. after escaping Nazi Germany. Havana, Cuba. May 1939.

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  British submarine HMS Artful alongside in Faslane. The boat has not sailed for more than three years, having last left Faslane in mid-2022.

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  Stern view of Courageous-class battlecruiser HMS Furious in 1917, showing one of the ship’s two 18-inch guns.

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  “Gays & Lesbians Against Nazis!” Germany, 1989

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  ‘Please!’ – Japanese leaflet intended for American soldiers, circa 1943.

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  ‘To the German mothers!’, 1920s leaflet by the Reich Federation of Jewish Frontline Soldiers

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  Serbian mobster, warlord, & paramilitary commander Željko Ražnatović, aka ‘Arkan’ holding a baby tiger, 1991. Ražnatović’s unit, the Serb Volunteer Guard, was notorious for its war crimes & he was one of the most feared men in Serbia. He escaped from jail twice & was assassinated in 2000 (3677×2500)

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  Soviet Poster about US Importing Germans After WWII

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  ‘Greater Germany in the future’. Nazi German poster promoting the colonization of Eastern Europe, 1943.

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  A day after his execution on this day in 1967, Che Guevara’s corpse was displayed to the news media in the laundry house of the Vallegrande hospital, Bolivia.

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  For almost 70 years, the young girl in this post-war photograph was unidentified. Research traced her identity to Teresa Adwentowska, from Warsaw, who was severely affected by wartime trauma. In a residence for disturbed children, she drew a picture of ‘home’ on the blackboard. 1948.

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  Colonial chief Waruhiu Kungu (Kenya)lies dead in his Hudson car after being shot by Mau Mau, Oct 7th,1952 ,the first shots of the Kenyan independence war

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  In 1970, troops from the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed people at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others

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  U.S. soldiers posing with the bodies of Moro men, women & children following the Bud Dajo massacre on Jolo Island, Philippines, March 7, 1906

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