War

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  A British soldier looks down at the burnt corpse of a German Fallschirmjäger killed during the first stages of Operation Mercury. 20 May 1941, Crete.

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  WW2 Nakajima Kikka in late 1945, 1st Japanese turbojet aircraft. Interestingly it was a IJN plane, although for pure metropolitan defense, the IJN had no operational carriers and barely experienced pilots. Still envisioned foldable wings (to hide in caves) and only 1 prototype flew on 7-Aug-1945

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  Bernhard Sindberg posing with Chinese soldiers during the Battle of Shanghai, 1937

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  Soviet soldier alongside his comrade in Afghanistan (1980s)

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  Question about this famous photo from the invasion of Algeria

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  An allied soldier takes advantage of the opportunity to have a bath in the port city of Tobruk Libya. 17 February 1942.

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  German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper embarking troops for the invasion of Norway, April 6th 1940

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  “Thank you Kiwis for defending our man rights.”, Guy Body, cartoon relating to the War in Afghanistan and New Zealand involvement, 2009.

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  A US Navy diver, covered in oil after returning from the USS Arizona after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 1941

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  US M1911 struck by a bullet from a Japanese MG during the Battle of Okinawa

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  Dead USN sailor, Naval Air Station Kaneohe, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Dec 1941

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  My great uncle with his girlfriend before he went to war and died in 1941.

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  A dead German soldier lies on a corner in Stavelot, Belgium, on 2 January 1945.

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  A Soviet poster from 1944 depicting legions of German soldiers fated to die in the Russian winter thanks to Hitler’s orders.

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  Final resting place of an Unknown English Soldier near Arnhem Bridge 1945.

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  These two WW2 propaganda posters, 1950s

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  The shape of the Statue of Liberty is formed by 18,000 soldiers standing in formation. Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Ca. 1918.

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  soldiers of the 1st Infantry division after dismounting from a Higgins Boat on Omaha beach on June 6 1944

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  Canadian soldiers land on Juno Beach in Normandy as part of the Allied Invasion of Europe on June 6, 1944, D-Day. (Colourised)

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  Chinese singer Peng Liyuan, wife of current President of China Xi Jinping, singing for martial law troops in Beijing in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre – 1989

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