Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943. - History Education Network

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The Maiden, a child found frozen on the volcano Llullaillaco in Argentina, The photograph was taken shortly after her discovery in 1995

‘Our sea!’ – Turkish poster 1945

Pakistani dictator Yahya Khan dying under house arrest, late 1970’s. in 1971 Khan presided over the Bangladeshi genocide, in which the Pakistani military murdered & raped hundreds of thousands of its own citizens. After years of extremely heavy drinking, Khan had a stroke & died in 1980 (1300×852)

Competing posters in the New York City subway, circa 2012.

A photo taken of Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger shortly before he was sent to a concentration camp for child molestation. Dirlewanger was later freed due to his Nazi Party connections and placed in charge of a Waffen-SS unit composed mainly of convicted murderers and rapists (Germany, 1934) .

Two Japanese Imperial Marines who committed hari-kari by shooting themselves rather than surrender to a U.S. Marine. Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. 1943.

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