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May 27
Members of the Polish Legion stationed in France as they prepared to fight against the German invasion in 1940. During World War II, hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers continued the fight in exile after Poland was invaded by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939.
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Jun 16, 2023
An avid history buff, Larry David, took his daughter to every one of the Civil War battlefields for a family vacation.
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Jun 5, 2023
During WWII, Jews in Budapest were brought to the edge of the Danube, ordered to remove their shoes, and shot, falling into the water below. Sixty pairs of iron shoes now line the river's bank, creating a ghostly memorial to the victims. This memorial is known as 'Shoes on the
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May 6, 2023
A German soldier returns home only to find his home and family no longer there in Frankfurt, Germany 1946.
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May 11, 2023
Four American veterans alive at the same time pose together.
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Mar 2, 2023
The flexibility of 15th century gothic armor developed in Europe
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Oct 26, 2024
A 116-year-old U.S. Civil War veteran on his deathbed with a cigar in his teeth. Houston, Texas, 1959.
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Despite his old age and appearance, the man in the image, Walter Washington Williams, was never verified. He claimed to be a foragemaster in Hoods Brigade. A journalist, Lowell K. Bridwell said he ''Couldn't find one single scrap" of evidence confirming this. Its Unlikely en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wi… civilwartalk.com/threads/the-la…
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Apr 21, 2024
Soldiers at the end of World War II, 1945
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This is not real footage recording the soldiers at the end of World War II, 1945. malumatfurus.org/2-dunya-savasi…
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Aug 20, 2023
Wild footage of Japanese planes being shot down over the Pacific during World War II
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Jun 24, 2023
Titanic's sister ship, Britannic, was the largest vessel lost during WW1. Today, its wreck site lies at a depth of only 390 feet. Britannic was the youngest among the three steamships of the White Star Lines' 'Olympic' class, following Titanic and Olympic. Originally designed as
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May 27, 2023
In 1945, amidst the aftermath of the German aerial bombing of London, a young boy, orphaned and clutching a stuffed toy animal, stood amidst the ruins of his house. The renowned photographer, Toni Frissell, described the poignant scene, stating, "I was informed that he had
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Jun 25, 2023
Sick of American racism, Eugene Bullard snuck onto a German freighter in 1912 and started a new life in Europe. By the time WWI broke out, he was living in France and eagerly signed up to join the army of his adopted country. He then became the first Black American fighter pilot,
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Jan 19, 2023
Ground to air rescue fly by using skyhook to pick up people without landing
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Aug 8, 2023
American soldiers in Vietnam smoking Marijuana from the barrel of a shotgun, 1970
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