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General George S. Patton with Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. during the allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943. Roosevelt later famously led the Normandy landings at Utah Beach, which earned him the Medal of Honour, only to die a month later from a heart attack.
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My grandfather during WW2
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German soldiers entering a Soldatenbordell in Brest, France (1940). The building is a former synagog (7105×4724)
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Russian book where Darth Vader comes to 1941 Earth and fights Nazis with Stalin. (2012)
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1936 cartoon by Adolf Hoffmeister criticizing Fascist Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia.
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Argentine military on a Soviet BELAZ dump truck captured from the British during the 1982 war for the Falkland Islands
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‘Come on, shtop pushin!’ — American postcard from the Second World War (1943) showing Stalin pushing Hitler down the toilet.
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US Marine contingent on the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) 1945. Nine of these men survived the sinking of the cruiser in July 1945.
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This is the last known picture of Gauleiter Karl Hanke. This was taken on May 3, 1945, few days before the surrender of Fortress Breslau to the Soviets, when Hanke addressed his staff standing on a supply crate, urging them to continue the fighting. Note that he is no longer wearing a Nazi uniform.
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Wehrmacht soldier holding a Panzerschreck on the Western front. Oct 27 1944
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German soldiers wait in their trenches before an attack, Soviet Union, 1941-43
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“March 16, we choose” — Pro-Russian annexation poster in Crimea depicting the rest of Ukraine as Nazis ahead of the Crimean status referendum (2014)
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A Soviet POW found hiding three years after the end of WWII
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A group of U.S. Marines, some wearing trophy Japanese gear, pose in front of a pile of dead Japanese soldiers following the bloody Battle of Tarawa. November 1943.
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4th Canadian Armoured Division Sherman tanks lined up awaiting the order to proceed with the infantry to clear German paratroopers from the town ahead of them, 11 April 1945.
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Union soldier Albert Dixon he was born Dec 29 1843 in Jefferson county ny he was killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg at the age of 19
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My grandfather Felix, age 16 with his pet crow in Charlottesville, Virginia 1937. That year he would lie about his age to join the service and later be part of the Allied invasion at Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944.
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American soldiers fighting near Monte Cassino, Italy 1944
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20 years old Jocelyne Khoueiry, a Maronite Christian, defending a building in Beirut against Palestinian fighters during the Lebanese Civil War (Mai, 1976)
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A soldier from the 1st Polish Armoured Division letting a Dutch girl ride on his BSA M20 motorcycle during the liberation of Breda, The Netherlands. October 1944
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General George S. Patton with Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. during the allied invasion of Sicily, July 1943. Roosevelt later famously led the Normandy landings at Utah Beach, which earned him the Medal of Honour, only to die a month later from a heart attack.

My grandfather during WW2

German soldiers entering a Soldatenbordell in Brest, France (1940). The building is a former synagog (7105×4724)

Russian book where Darth Vader comes to 1941 Earth and fights Nazis with Stalin. (2012)

1936 cartoon by Adolf Hoffmeister criticizing Fascist Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia.

Argentine military on a Soviet BELAZ dump truck captured from the British during the 1982 war for the Falkland Islands

‘Come on, shtop pushin!’ — American postcard from the Second World War (1943) showing Stalin pushing Hitler down the toilet.

US Marine contingent on the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) 1945. Nine of these men survived the sinking of the cruiser in July 1945.

This is the last known picture of Gauleiter Karl Hanke. This was taken on May 3, 1945, few days before the surrender of Fortress Breslau to the Soviets, when Hanke addressed his staff standing on a supply crate, urging them to continue the fighting. Note that he is no longer wearing a Nazi uniform.

Wehrmacht soldier holding a Panzerschreck on the Western front. Oct 27 1944

German soldiers wait in their trenches before an attack, Soviet Union, 1941-43

“March 16, we choose” — Pro-Russian annexation poster in Crimea depicting the rest of Ukraine as Nazis ahead of the Crimean status referendum (2014)

A Soviet POW found hiding three years after the end of WWII

A group of U.S. Marines, some wearing trophy Japanese gear, pose in front of a pile of dead Japanese soldiers following the bloody Battle of Tarawa. November 1943.

4th Canadian Armoured Division Sherman tanks lined up awaiting the order to proceed with the infantry to clear German paratroopers from the town ahead of them, 11 April 1945.

Union soldier Albert Dixon he was born Dec 29 1843 in Jefferson county ny he was killed in action at the battle of Gettysburg at the age of 19

My grandfather Felix, age 16 with his pet crow in Charlottesville, Virginia 1937. That year he would lie about his age to join the service and later be part of the Allied invasion at Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944.

American soldiers fighting near Monte Cassino, Italy 1944

20 years old Jocelyne Khoueiry, a Maronite Christian, defending a building in Beirut against Palestinian fighters during the Lebanese Civil War (Mai, 1976)

A soldier from the 1st Polish Armoured Division letting a Dutch girl ride on his BSA M20 motorcycle during the liberation of Breda, The Netherlands. October 1944

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Christmas of 1912 at the McCoy home. Robert, William Jr., and James McCoy pose near the decorated Christmas tree with their new toys nearby, Knoxville, Tennessee.