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Private Raymond Roth of the 69th Infantry Division- "I was scared to death." 4 March, 1945. Near Ramscheid, Germany." - US Signal Corps Archive
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Two Croatian boys selling cigarettes and alchohol in Croatian enclave in central Bosnia in 1993. Photographed by James Mason
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An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land between Loos-en-Gohelle and Hulluch in France, taken at 7.15 pm, 22 July 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line is a pre-war railway track.
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ROK Military Police, KPA POW's, and civilians recovering the bodies of dead Koreans that were massacred by retreating KPA troops in Hamhung during the Korean War, 1950
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Serbian paramilitary commander Ratko Mladić distributes food to Bosnian women. While journalists were taking this photo of him, his men were slaughtering 8000 men and boys, relatives of those same women. Srebrenica, July 1995.
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1920s Portrait of the Maharaja of Alwar, known for his flashy, eccentric & violent behavior. He believed he was a reincarnation of the god Rama, often used children as hunting bait, held a number of gay orgies in which people were murdered, & once lit his horse on fire for disobeying him (2048x1533)
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“The Lion of Munster”, Clemens August Graf von Galen, the German Count and Roman Catholic Bishop who stood up to Hitler (c. 1940)
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Bodies of suspected communists massacred by the South Korean troops and police. Between 60-200 thousand people were executed under watch of US troops. The event remained tabboo for 40 years. Bodo League Massacre, South Korea, 1950
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A U. S. tank carrying the bodies of fallen Marines moves out, following hand-to-hand combat with North Vietnamese troops near Con Thien, July 1967
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In 1936, fire consumed Great Britain's massive Crystal Palace, a cast iron and plate glass structure built for the Great Exhibition of 1851
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Members of the Hells Angels, invited to provide stage security at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in 1969, beat several concertgoers with weighted pool cues.
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