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

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My current wife when we were dating in 1971

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Rommel inspects the fortifications on the beach that would soon become the Utah landing zone. Normandy, 1944.

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'The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi' — Allied sticker (or gummed label) from the Second World War, ca. 1943-44.

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My great grandmother in her early nineties in the late seventies.

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A boy eating ice-cream while sitting on an underwater mine. England, 1945.

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German and Japanese military attachés pose with Finnish officers in Uhtua, April 5, 1943. Colorized by me.

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My Nana in the dress her mom made for her prom 1963

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John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg, 1946.

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An American punches a Vietnamese man in the face as the last, overloaded helicopter during the evacuation from Nha Trang, 1975 departs.

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My mother, 8 years old, in 1944

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"Here it is, your counter-offensive" — a 2023 Russian propaganda video.

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Jeffrey Epstein during his visit to Cuba. From left to right, Ghislaine Maxwell, unknown, Fidel Castro, Andrés Pastrana and Jeffrey Epstein. 2003 (1090×595)

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