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British soldier eating his midday meal in a snowy trench, the Netherlands, WW2, 1945

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Removing rubble in the aftermath of WW2, Warsaw, Poland, 1945

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US Army nurses liberated from a Japanese PoW camp, the Philippines, WW2, 1945

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Refugees returning in Austria after liberation from Nazi forces, WW2, 1945

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Two Soviet soldiers help a wounded comrade during urban combat in Vienna, Austria, WW2, 1945

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Finnish personnel in a rowboat disarming a sea mine, WW2, 1944

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A Soviet soldier stands on top of the parliament building in Vienna, Austria, WW2, 1945

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Elementary school children in a detention camp for Japanese-Americans, California, USA, WW2, 1942

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Gunner Hector Murdoch arrives at his new house, greeted by his wife and son. London, UK, end of WW2, 1945

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US Marine smiling as he reads his mail, Iwo Jima, Pacific Theatre, WW2, 1945

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Soviet anti-Nazi partisan, WW2, 1944

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Children being reunited with their parents after the end of air raid evacuations, London, UK, end of WW2, 1945

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Finnish troops with a Maxim machine gun during the Winter War against Soviet invasion, 1939-1940

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Polish cavalry riding to confront Nazi forces in the Battle of Bzura, WW2, 1939

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Cat being given a checkup before qualifying as a ship's cat for the US Navy, WW2, 1943

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HMS Barham explodes and sinks, WW2, 1941

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Chinese infantryman with an anti-tank suicide vest made of grenades, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1938

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Finished Bren gun by Veronica Foster, one of many women working in war industry during WW2, Canada, 1941

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Japanese surrender delegation, end of WW2, 1945

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USS Indiana returning from the Pacific, San Francisco, USA, end of WW2, 1945

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Engineers with a massive aircraft engine, USA, before 1946?

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American soldier taking a Nazi officer prisoner, France, WW2, 1944

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Mothers and children sheltering from German sniper fire, Paris, France, WW2, 1944

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An American and Soviet lieutenant meet in Germany, WW2, 1945

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Pilots of the "Night Witches", female Soviet pilots who fought against the Nazi invaders, WW2, 1942

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Soviet Fighter Ace Lydia Litvyak preparing to board her plane, Soviet Union, WW2, ~1942?

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Fighter pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen, highly-decorated African-American units in WW2, photo taken on the Italian Front, 1944

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Indian infantry dismounting from a vehicle during training, Italy, WW2, 1944

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Woman having a cuppa during the Blitz, London, UK, WW2, 1940

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Celebrations in free Paris after the fall of the Nazis, France, 1945

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Crew of the B-17 'Pistol Packin' Mama' during training, Ohio, USA, WW2, 1944

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Canadian soldier with a Bren Gun, the Netherlands, WW2, 1945

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Training of the Women's Home Defense Corps, Britain, WW2, 1940

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Polish cavalry on maneuvers a few months before the Nazi-Soviet joint invasion of Poland and the start of WW2, 1939

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American nurses on the beaches of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Leftist guerillas of EAM/ELAS who fought against the Nazis, Greece, WW2, 1944

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American soldiers displaying a German Panzerschreck and the small (but deadly) penetration hole resulting, France, WW2, 1944

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Finnish-occupied Nurmoila, USSR, Continuation War, WW2, 1944?

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Nazi forces invading the Soviet Union, colorized, WW2, 1942

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Female Soviet snipers, WW2, ~1943

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British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

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Nazi and Soviet troops meeting after their joint invasion of Poland, WW2, 1939

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British soldier with captured Nazi bicycle-mounted anti-tank troops, Germany, WW2, 1945

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Sniper Lyuba Makarova, Soviet Union, WW2, 1943

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Locomotive being retrieved from the sea, Finland, Continuation War, WW2, early 1940s

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Finnish soldier with a pack reindeer on the ice, Continuation War, WW2, 1941

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Smoky the Yorkshire Terrier in a soldier's helmet, WW2, 1944

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Polish insurgents taking positions behind rubble, Warsaw Uprising, WW2, 1944

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Mortar firing during the Warsaw Uprising, Poland, WW2, 1944

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Two US soldiers in an embrace in the snow, Austrian Alps, WW2, 1945

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Polish insurgents taking a brief break inbetween killing Nazis, Warsaw Uprising, WW2, 1944

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Narrow-gauge railway carrying shells and sea mines, the Netherlands, 1939

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Polish partisan against the Nazis, holding a radio and a submachinegun, WW2, 1944

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A boy enjoys his ice cream atop a washed-ashore sea mine, Kent, UK, WW2, 1940

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Australian stretcher-bearers with a Japanese prisoner, Papua New Guinea, WW2, 1942

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Australian and Papuan forces building a bridge during the campaign against the Japanese Empire, Papua New Guinea, WW2, 1942

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Nazi Schwimmwagen entering water, WW2, 1942

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Colorized photo of Soviet AA gunner Elena Petrovna Ivanova after the fall of Nazi Germany, 1945

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General Eisenhower with a German over-under combination rifle/shotgun with a scope, General Omar Bradley looks on, Europe, WW2, 1945

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Able Seacat Gulpers of the British Navy onboard the HMS Barfleur, WW2, ~1943

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Soviet and American soldier share a 'socialist fraternal kiss' after the end of WW2, Germany, 1945

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Ship's cat 'Convoy' asleep in a hammock onboard a British military ship, WW2, 1941

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Ruth Lee, a Chinese-American woman, flying the flag of China while at the beach to avoid being mistaken for Japanese, Miami, USA, WW2, December 15, 1941

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Remains of Osaka after a night of American terror bombing, Japan, WW2, 1945

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'Captured' Nazi decoy guns and turrets, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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British SAS in a jeep, North Africa, WW2, 1943

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Allied troops crossing a river, Nissan Island, Pacific Theatre, WW2, early 1944

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US soldier in camo heating up some rations, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Smoky the cat saluting, UK, WW2, 1943

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Arado 232 transport plane, Nazi Germany, WW2, ~1943

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Mechanics working on a Nazi Stuka plane with a flat tire in North Africa, WW2, 1941?

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USS Iowa in a floating dry-dock, Pacific Ocean, WW2, 1944

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US Marine with a kitten under a destroyed Japanese tank, Tarawa Atoll, 1943

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Brothers Henry Old Coyote and Barney Old Coyote Jr posing for a photo, Absaroka ('Crow') Native American airmen of the US Army Air Corps, later also activists for indigenous rights, WW2, ~1942

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Soviet soldier with a makeshift Anti-Aircraft setup using captured Nazi machineguns, WW2, during or after 1941

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American M2 Halftrack with four 20mm autocannons and two .50 cal machine-guns, WW2, 1943?

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Burner Anna Bland, working on the SS George Washington Carver, USA, WW2, 1943

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Soviet anti-tank troops and a T-26, WW2, 1941-1942?

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Soviet anti-tank troops waiting in ambush, 2nd Baltic Front, WW2, 1944

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Soviet soldiers training with anti-tank rifles, Defense of Moscow, WW2, 1941

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HMS Penelope, nicknamed the "HMS Pepperpot", due to the damage suffered in missions during WWII, 1942

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Austrian ADMK 'Mulus' tankette, ~1939

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Civilian employees at Pearl Harbor training with fire hoses, Hawaii, USA, WW2, ~1942

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Three Canadian soldiers at Caen, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944 and 1988

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Three Canadian soldiers at Caen, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944 and 1988
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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944

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French civilians greeting an American soldier, Liberation of France, WW2, 1944
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Soviet red star and hammer and sickle displayed alongside swastikas during a victory parade, joint Soviet-Nazi Invasion of Poland, 1939

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Soviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939

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Soviet (right) and Nazi officers celebrating the joint invasion of Poland as their countries both embarked on a genocide of the Polish people, Brest, modern-day Belarus, 1939
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Japanese armored train, occupied Korea, WW2, 1945

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Japanese armored train, occupied Korea, WW2, 1945
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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944

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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944
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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?

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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?
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Janet Flanner, pioneering journalist and queer woman, during the Liberation of Paris, with Ernest Hemingway, WW2, 1944

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Janet Flanner, pioneering journalist and queer woman, during the Liberation of Paris, with Ernest Hemingway, WW2, 1944
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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944

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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944
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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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US medics with an injured dog, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945

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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945
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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943

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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated African-American unit, coast of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944
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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?

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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?
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Kartseva Lyubov Iosifovna, Soviet combat medic and recon officer, WW2, photo from 1942, killed in action 1943

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Cat peeking out of a Nazi Sd.Kfz.222 armored car, date unknown, Interwar or WW2-era

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Cat peeking out of a Nazi Sd.Kfz.222 armored car, date unknown, Interwar or WW2-era
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Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger, British socialite, couturier, queer man, and combat veteran of the Second World War, photo taken late 1950s

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Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger, British socialite, couturier, queer man, and combat veteran of the Second World War, photo taken late 1950s
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