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Explore fresh reads on battles, biographies, culture and lesser‑known moments from history.

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"We are part of a great Russia." Russia. School. 2017.

Posted 17 days ago
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The first photograph of Chernobyl was taken 14 hours after the explosion on April 26, 1986. It was taken from a helicopter assessing the radiation levels in the accident zone.

Posted 17 days ago
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Ali Khamenei in trench during Iran-Iraq war (1980s)

Posted 17 days ago
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1967, California. My mom at 7 years old in her Girl Scouts uniform, receiving a pin from her mom.

Posted 17 days ago
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Smoking marijuana with a shotgun, Vietnam, 1968.

Posted 18 days ago

John Denver and Johnny Cash sing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" in their only ever performance together, 1978

Posted 18 days ago
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An image of the most lethal sniper in history, the White Death. It is estimated that Simo Häyhä killed more than 500 enemy soldiers during the winter conflict. (1940)

Posted 18 days ago
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My Grandfather on the beach in Papua New Guinea, 1943.

Posted 18 days ago
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British Army Private Carl Hineatt, 19, leaves his IFV after it was set ablaze by petrol bombs in Basra, September 19, 2005. He suffered burns to almost 40% of his body and underwent 25 operations over five years.

Posted 18 days ago
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Thanks to the low crime rate, i feel so free here in Singapore (1996)

Posted 18 days ago
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Skeletonized corpse of a German soldier outside a trench dugout near Beaumont Hamel, November 1916.

Posted 19 days ago
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My grandpa and grandma on their wedding day August 1940

Posted 19 days ago