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  Poster from 1999 when Serbia shot down the new NATO stealth bomber with outdated anti air tech

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  Brazilian street in Rio de Janeiro, then capital of Brazil, in 1940. (LIFE Magazine)

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  “Not ready for these shoes.” The Montreal Star’s portrayal of the Congolese people, 1960

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  Traudl Junge, Adolf Hitler’s private secretary, relaxes on the terrace at the Berghof, Hitler’s vacation home on the Obersalzberg, 1943.

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  Gay Bob dolls. 1977

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  An unauthorized photo of Stalin, taken after he was informed that the Germans were about to capture Kiev (Kyiv), 1941. Photograph taken by the editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda.

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  The car used for the 300 Million Yen Robbery. It was a robbery that occurred on 10 December 1968 in Tokyo. A man posing as a police officer stopped bank employees transferring money and stole 294m yen. It is the single largest heist in Japanese history. The case remains unsolved (1969)

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  B-17 ball turret gunner Alan Magee, who fell 22,000 feet without a parachute, landing on the glass roof of St. Nazaire train station, breaking it through. He suffered multiple injuries, including a broken leg and a badly cut arm, but he lived. January 3, 1943.

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  Totally Straight Navy sub recruitment, US, 1943

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  “We will finish off the Nazi invaders in their den!” USSR, 1944

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  Fritz Loew, a 41-year-old German prisoner of war who was captured at Metz. January 1945.

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  The astonishing Mrs. Highfield for Rinso’s soap. Australia, 1953.

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  “From Matewon, West Virginia to the shores of Okinawa, this cake — baked by his mother — was delivered intact to Marine Private First Class Arcen Young shown here in a foxhole on Okinawa,” 1945 (National Archives and Records Administration photo)

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  Charles Winters (right) was an American businessman who assisted Israel during the 1948 war. He helped Al Schwimmer, who is sometimes called the father of the Israeli Air Force, smuggle three B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers to Israel. Winters flew one of the bombers himself .

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  “Don’t fight! Trade!”, USSR, 1960s

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  Young Ho-Chi-Minh, 1921

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  “NO!” ‘USSR Anti-Drinking Propaganda’ ARTIST: Viktor Govorkov 1954

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  75-year-old Mary Parish lights a cigarette for her 101-year-old mother, Mary Ann Parish. Walworth, London, 14 February 1946

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  Various Ads from the back of Teen Magazine, 1960

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  “It Will Be A Great Day..” USA 1970

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