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Hostages in the Kikinda prison, 1941
’10 years of NATO’ — Swiss cartoon (May 1959, Nebelspatler magazine) celebrating the tenth anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty
This photo ‘Happiest Man in China’ was taken in 1901. The man didn’t know you’re supposed to be serious when posing for a photo
USS Salem (CA-139) on the evening of March 9, 2026
‘Endurance’ stuck in the ice 1915, Trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice, the crew of the Endurance survived nearly 500 days, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctica
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USS Oriskany (CV-34) is scuttled off Pensacola, Florida, 17 May 2006
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Mexico reconquers the Southwestern United States in Absolut Vodka’s ‘In an Absolut World’ ad campaign (2008)
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“Human Pyramid” (680×450) picture released in 2004 showing Iraqis being force into a human pyramid. Colorized
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February 1990 cover of National Lampoon, anticipating the inevitable Japanese takeover of the US
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My mom, 1936.
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A victim, tied in a tortuous position to the side of a truck, is about to be dragged to his death by Fascists during the Yekatit 12 massacre in Italian East-Africa (19 February 1937)
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Execution of Hisao Tani labelled the ‘Demon King’ of the Nanjing Massacre by the Chinese, 26 April 1947.
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‘Hail Caesar! Those who are about to die salute you’, Allied flyer dropped over Italy, quoting the ancient Roman gladiatorial greeting and depicting Mussolini as Hitler’s puppet while Italian soldiers march off towards Russia, Libya and death, 1942
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‘Why That Interpreter’. Cartoon by Reg Manning, 1965.
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My mom, 1930.
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Wounded French soldiers participating in drills inside the Grand Palais to prepare to return to active duty. (1916)
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PLAN ships commissioned in 2025
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‘These shameful deeds: your fault!’, US propaganda poster issued in occupied Germany immediately after WWII, meant to confront the population with Nazi atrocities and foster collective guilt as part of the denazification process, 1945
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15 year old Mary Vincent in 1978, spirit unbroken after she was brutally tortured by a Serial Killer who cut off both her arms and threw her off a 30 ft. Cliff. She packed her stumps with mud, climbed the cliff back up and walked for miles naked towards the nearest hospital.
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Orphaned Child-Soldier Hans Georg Henke after being captured by the allies in 1945.
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Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof. Fought the ottomans twice in the First Balkan War in Elli (1912) and Lemnos (1913). Today it’s a floating museum ship in Athens.
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Muamar Gaddafi and 2 of his elite Bodyguards from the all -female ‘Amazonian Guard’ in the early 2000s.
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Photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Andrew Johnson at Lincoln’s second inauguration on March 4th, 1865. A drunken Johnson had earlier delivered one of the worst speeches in history.
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28-year-old Jenny Joseph posing for the Columbia Pictures logo in 1992
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The American flying ace Lt Col Louis Edward Curdes, who shot down planes from all three Axis powers as well as one American. Philippines, 1945
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