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Nazi Schwimmwagen entering water, WW2, 1942

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Colorized photo of Soviet AA gunner Elena Petrovna Ivanova after the fall of Nazi Germany, 1945

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General Eisenhower with a German over-under combination rifle/shotgun with a scope, General Omar Bradley looks on, Europe, WW2, 1945

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Able Seacat Gulpers of the British Navy onboard the HMS Barfleur, WW2, ~1943

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Soviet and American soldier share a 'socialist fraternal kiss' after the end of WW2, Germany, 1945

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Ship's cat 'Convoy' asleep in a hammock onboard a British military ship, WW2, 1941

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Ruth Lee, a Chinese-American woman, flying the flag of China while at the beach to avoid being mistaken for Japanese, Miami, USA, WW2, December 15, 1941

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Remains of Osaka after a night of American terror bombing, Japan, WW2, 1945

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'Captured' Nazi decoy guns and turrets, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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British SAS in a jeep, North Africa, WW2, 1943

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Allied troops crossing a river, Nissan Island, Pacific Theatre, WW2, early 1944

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US soldier in camo heating up some rations, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Smoky the cat saluting, UK, WW2, 1943

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Arado 232 transport plane, Nazi Germany, WW2, ~1943

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Mechanics working on a Nazi Stuka plane with a flat tire in North Africa, WW2, 1941?

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USS Iowa in a floating dry-dock, Pacific Ocean, WW2, 1944

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US Marine with a kitten under a destroyed Japanese tank, Tarawa Atoll, 1943

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Brothers Henry Old Coyote and Barney Old Coyote Jr posing for a photo, Absaroka ('Crow') Native American airmen of the US Army Air Corps, later also activists for indigenous rights, WW2, ~1942

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Soviet soldier with a makeshift Anti-Aircraft setup using captured Nazi machineguns, WW2, during or after 1941

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American M2 Halftrack with four 20mm autocannons and two .50 cal machine-guns, WW2, 1943?

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Burner Anna Bland, working on the SS George Washington Carver, USA, WW2, 1943

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Soviet anti-tank troops and a T-26, WW2, 1941-1942?

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Soviet anti-tank troops waiting in ambush, 2nd Baltic Front, WW2, 1944

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Soviet soldiers training with anti-tank rifles, Defense of Moscow, WW2, 1941

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HMS Penelope, nicknamed the "HMS Pepperpot", due to the damage suffered in missions during WWII, 1942

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Austrian ADMK 'Mulus' tankette, ~1939

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Civilian employees at Pearl Harbor training with fire hoses, Hawaii, USA, WW2, ~1942

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Three Canadian soldiers at Caen, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944 and 1988

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Three Canadian soldiers at Caen, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944 and 1988
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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944

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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944
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Soviet red star and hammer and sickle displayed alongside swastikas during a victory parade, joint Soviet-Nazi Invasion of Poland, 1939

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Soviet red star and hammer and sickle displayed alongside swastikas during a victory parade, joint Soviet-Nazi Invasion of Poland, 1939
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Soviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939

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Soviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939
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Japanese armored train, occupied Korea, WW2, 1945

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Japanese armored train, occupied Korea, WW2, 1945
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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944

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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944
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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?

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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?
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Janet Flanner, pioneering journalist and queer woman, during the Liberation of Paris, with Ernest Hemingway, WW2, 1944

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Janet Flanner, pioneering journalist and queer woman, during the Liberation of Paris, with Ernest Hemingway, WW2, 1944
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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944

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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944
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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945

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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945
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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943

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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943
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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?

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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?
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Kartseva Lyubov Iosifovna, Soviet combat medic and recon officer, WW2, photo from 1942, killed in action 1943

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Cat peeking out of a Nazi Sd.Kfz.222 armored car, date unknown, Interwar or WW2-era

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Cat peeking out of a Nazi Sd.Kfz.222 armored car, date unknown, Interwar or WW2-era
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Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger, British socialite, couturier, queer man, and combat veteran of the Second World War, photo taken late 1950s

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Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger, British socialite, couturier, queer man, and combat veteran of the Second World War, photo taken late 1950s
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British commandos practicing for an amphibious landing, WW2, 1939-1945

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British commandos practicing for an amphibious landing, WW2, 1939-1945
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American M4 Sherman tank disguised as a truck, WW2, ~1944

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American M4 Sherman tank disguised as a truck, WW2, ~1944
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Polish POWs captured by the Red Army during the joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland, WW2, 1939

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Polish POWs captured by the Red Army during the joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland, WW2, 1939
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Willem Arondéus, openly gay man and member of the Dutch Resistance, executed 1943 after an attack on a Nazi registration office, date of photo unknown?

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Willem Arondéus, openly gay man and member of the Dutch Resistance, executed 1943 after an attack on a Nazi registration office, date of photo unknown?
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British commandos watching a fish-oil factory burn as part of a joint British-Norwegian raid on Nazi-occupied Norway, WW2, 1941

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British commandos watching a fish-oil factory burn as part of a joint British-Norwegian raid on Nazi-occupied Norway, WW2, 1941
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Men of No. 51 Commando, a unit formed out of Jewish and Arab volunteers from the British Mandate of Palestine, WW2, 1941

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Men of No. 51 Commando, a unit formed out of Jewish and Arab volunteers from the British Mandate of Palestine, WW2, 1941
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British commandos train to make crossings under (simulated) artillery fire, Scotland, WW2, 1943

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British commandos train to make crossings under (simulated) artillery fire, Scotland, WW2, 1943
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British commandos coming ashore at Gold Beach, Normandy, D-Day, WW2, 1944

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British commandos coming ashore at Gold Beach, Normandy, D-Day, WW2, 1944
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British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, post-WW2

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British soldiers carrying an inflatable decoy tank, post-WW2
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American soldier inspecting a Nazi decoy tank, WW2, France, 1944

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American soldier inspecting a Nazi decoy tank, WW2, France, 1944
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