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‘It’s Worth Repeating – ‘Really You Shouldn’t’, 1944.

Launch of the James Caird lifeboat from Elephant Island on April 24th 1916. Ernest Shackleton and five others would journey over 800 miles to rescue the 22 trapped on the Antarctic island.

Son of sharecropper washing hands, 1938

The inner city of the destroyed Würzburg, Germany. Autumn 1945

‘Now you’re safe from terrorist attacks’ (Chappate, 2006)

“Fate of the Rebel Flag” – New York, USA. 1861.

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“An American Marine, in foreground, still clutches the knife with which he killed the Jap, in background, in a duel on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll. A moment after finishing off his adversary, a sniper’s bullet killed the Marine.” ca. Feb 1944.
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A 1943 short film, titled “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” depicts Donald Duck trapped within the Nazi war machine, forced to work in a munitions factory assembling artillery shells
A photo of the aftermath of the Sétif and Guelma massacre. Immediately after the end of the war in Europe, the French embarked on a mass killing of Algerian independence protesters. Ironically, the massacre started on V.E. Day. Overall, 6,000 to 30,000 people were killed, 1945 .
‘Try to negotiate with THAT!’ — British cartoon from the Second World War (May 1940) criticising anti-war activists. Drawn by Philip Zec for the Daily Mirror.
“For Great Britain all races and peoples are equal”, Italy, 1944