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Parisian mothers cover their children from German snipers 1944
Soviets open the tomb of Timur in Uzbekistan, the Mongol founder of the Timurid Empire, which apparently started a curse a week before the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Timur was reburied a month before the Soviet victory at Stalingrad, which apparently ended the curse. (June 1941)(900×600)
Soldiers of the Swedish Landstorm guarding the coast, Furuskär, ca. 1916
One of the only known photos of Subha Talfah, the mother of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, taken sometime in the 1950’s or 60’s. Subha unsuccessfully tried to abort Saddam before he was born. (594×424)
Percy Fawcett, who disappeared 100 years ago today and was never seen again whilst on an expedition into the Amazon Rainforest looking for a lost city he referred to as “Z”. May 1925,.
Sophia Loren at the Cannes film festival, April 26 to May 10, 1955
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Motorcycle patrol by occupying German troops on Jersey, 1941.
September 1917 American Expeditionary Force parades in front of Buckingham palace. When the British paraded through the American capitol 103 years previous they burned it to the ground
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Dutch cyclist Piet Van Kempen circles the track at Wembley during a six day cycling event, London, 25th September 1936
Dismantled Soviet U-2 (Po-2) biplane near the Saint Catherine Church in occupied Vyazma. 1941. German color photo
Crowds in Algiers celebrating Algeria’s Independence Day in the city center, July 1962.
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