On the right in the photo is Ilyin Nikolai Yakovlevich, sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was killed in action on August 4, 1943. He finished with a totally of 494, making him one of the best snipers of WW2. GalleryOn the right in the photo is Ilyin Nikolai Yakovlevich, sniper, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was killed in action on August 4, 1943. He finished with a totally of 494, making him one of the best snipers of WW2.
South Vietnamese rebel troops take up positions in the yard of the presidential palace, residence of President Ngo Dinh Diem, in Saigon, South Vietnam, Nov. 1, 1963. Diem and his brother Nhu escaped the coup but were captured in the aftermath of the overthrow. (AP Photo/Horst Faas) GallerySouth Vietnamese rebel troops take up positions in the yard of the presidential palace, residence of President Ngo Dinh Diem, in Saigon, South Vietnam, Nov. 1, 1963. Diem and his brother Nhu escaped the coup but were captured in the aftermath of the overthrow. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)
Maria “Masha” Bruskina, a nurse with the Russian resistance, before her execution by hanging. The placard reads: “We are the partisans who shot German troops”, Minsk, 26 October 1941. She was 17. GalleryMaria “Masha” Bruskina, a nurse with the Russian resistance, before her execution by hanging. The placard reads: “We are the partisans who shot German troops”, Minsk, 26 October 1941. She was 17.
Jewish mothers walking with children past the barracks and the electrified barbed wire destined for the gas chambers at Auschwitz on May 27th, 1944. GalleryJewish mothers walking with children past the barracks and the electrified barbed wire destined for the gas chambers at Auschwitz on May 27th, 1944.
