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SS soldiers behead a prisoner with an axe. Idrija, Slovenia. June 11, 1944. .
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German soldier hanged for desertion, 1945. Thousands of germans were executed for defeatism by rampaging Nazi fanatics in the last weeks of war
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A man poses for a photo in-front of Soyuz rocket, (1980s), Baikonur, Kazakh SSR.
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Six Polish men immediately before their deaths by German firing squad. Bydogszcz. September 9, 1939. .
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Lieutenant Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan toward the end of WWI. Donovan later went on to become regarded as the founding father of the CIA. Hazavant, France. September 6th 1918.
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American actress Jane Fonda in ‘FTA (Free The Army)’, an anti Vietnam War theatre production, April 1970.
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A helicopter carrying Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu flies off the roof of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Romania as demonstrators occupy the building. The escape happened literally at the last minute because they almost got stuck in the elevator. 22 December 1989
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These men of the 823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion are responsible for knocking out four attacking King Tiger German tanks. Belgium, 1944. (US Army Signal Corps photo)
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Nixon greets Apollo 11 astronauts after they returned to Earth, as they quarantine for "extraterrestrial pathogens." August 1969
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Kidnapped South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is welcomed by her new captor Kim Jong-il. Nampo Harbour, North Korea. January 1978.
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