War

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  A Supermarine Walrus amphibian airplane being catapulted from the RN light cruiser HMS Bermuda

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  Vapor trails over Kent, England after an aerial dogfight during the Battle of Britain, September 3, 1940.

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  U.S. Marines – “Soldiers of the sea” (Bruce Moore; between 1914 and 1918)

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  Nazi postcard depicting a global struggle between National Socialism and Communism. Text at top right reads: ‘Follow this sign and you will win’. (Germany, 1930)

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  Barracuda aircraft landing on HMS Formidable after attacking Tirpitz, Norwegian Sea, Aug 1944

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  Chinese propaganda leaflet dropped onto US troops during the Korean War

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  Israeli tankers stand on parade for the Red Cross officials on the eastern Israeli side of the Suez Canal, arriving at the spot where the body of the Israeli soldier who was kidnapped and killed by the Egyptian Commando unit would be returned, War of Attrition, 1969.

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  Group of soviet soldiers relaxing with one that has a German MP-40. 1941

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  Three German soldiers who froze to death in -40° temperatures, Stalingrad

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  M18 Hellcat of US 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion in support of 2nd Battalion of US 397th Infantry Regiment at Wiesloch, Germany, 1 Apr 1945

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  A Jewish family killed by German soldiers and Ukrainian militia. 1941, Miropol

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  He doesn’t look a day over 16- From the shelter of a wrecked building in Garapan on Saipan, a Marine communicator Informs his headquarters of the progress made by front line troops as they enter the town. (NARA photo, 1944)

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  New Guinea Campaign. 1 September 1942. Australian troops grab a quick bite at a forward area of the Kokoda Track. (640 x 494)

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  Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson quadruple turret with BL 14-inch Mk VII naval guns (355,6 mm) circa 1943

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  Battle of Crete. 20 May – 1 June 1941. Members of the New Zealand 5th Field Ambulance attend to German Fallschirmjäger casualties. (1200 x 1782)

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  Type VIID minelaying sub U-218 leaving Kiel for her 1st patrol in August 1942. She would survive the war and surrender to the Allies in Bergen, Norway, in 1945.

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  IJN aircraft carrier Zuiho seen under attack from a USN TBM Avenger during the Battle of Cape Engaño, 26-Oct-1944. A total of 55 Avengers, 65 Helldivers and 60 Hellcats from Task Force 38 attacked the IJN carrier sinking it that day.

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  German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940.

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  Soviet soldiers using a captured German PaK 43. 1943

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  Identification of the corpse , 2-6 May 1945. Photo by Morozov

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