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Russian president Boris Yeltsin at the post-soviet funeral of the Romanovs, Tsar Nicholas II and his immediate family, 1998. Killed in 1918 & exhumed in 1991, their bodies were DNA tested and officially buried by the Russian government. (1366x710)
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German Luftwaffe Arado Ar 234 'Bltiz' (twin-engined) jet bomber, captured by U.S. Army forces, in a damaged hanger - Manching, Bavaria, Germany, c. late April 1945.
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Cpl Thomas Ellis- “The Weary Marine” photographed during the Battle of Saipan. He was later killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
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George Lawrence Prince was the last soldier of the British empire to be killed. The man with the hat in hand paying his respects is unknown, but may have been a fellow soldier or a family member. 1919/1920s (2048x1268)
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Clemens August Graf von Galen, the German Catholic Bishop who openly resisted Nazi rule (c. 1940)
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Wing Commander James 'Jonnie' Johnson with his Labrador Sally and Spitfire Mk IX at Bazenville Landing Ground, Normandy, July 1944
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From left to right, West German president Heinrich Lubke, French President Charles De Gaulle, Queen Frederika of Greece, King Boaduin of Belgium, Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie & Filipino President Diosdado Macapagal walk together during the funeral of US president John F Kennedy, 1963. (1013x547)
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Josephine Baker is photographed backstage by Ricardo Martin in San Sebastián, 1930
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A bullet-riddled Egyptair jet just landed at Luqa airport, Malta, after being hijacked by the terrorist group Abu Nidal. 1985. .
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