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The ruins of a Russian post used to defend Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Circa 1854-1856.

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RAF personnel inspect the wreckage of a downed Messerschmitt somewhere in southern England during the summer of 1940. (Colourised)

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RAF Lancaster bomber in Lake Constance, Switzerland in 1944.

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October 14, 1944. Japanese fighter rises to confront American bombers targeting Kowloon Docks, Hong Kong (Colorized)

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Nazi film director Leni Riefenstahl accidentally witnessing German soldiers shooting Jews in the Polish town of Końskie. 12 September 1939.

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The ruins of the Natzweiler-Struthof barracks, the only concentration camp in present-day France. The museum was set on fire by Alsace separatist in protest against the lack of commemoration of the "victims of French Imperialism in 1945", they meant the hunt for collaborators. 13 May 1976

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Gump Worsley tends goal for the Minnesota North Stars, circa 1973; he was the last NHL goalie not to wear a mask

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Admiring each other's tractor. US M88A1 passing German farmer, Operation REFORGER 1982

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The men of 2 7 Commando Squadron enjoying a beer, near Wewak, New Guinea, early 1945

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Soldiers removing the body of one of the students killed during the Ma'alot school massacre (1975)

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French resistance fighters on La Canebière during the liberation of Marseille, 23 August 1944.

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An Inuit man teaches his son how to use a bow. A still from the 1922 film "Nanook of the North," a pioneering film in the documentary drama genre. At that time, firearms were already common in northern Canada and bows were becoming obsolete.

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