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Inside the Ukrainian military unit training fighters from China

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Despite the risks, a number of soldiers from the country seen as Russia’s biggest backer have found their way to Ukraine

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British engineers making a pontoon bridge to access Bayonne, France, 1814 AD Events or battles Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Selection of Chinese troops during the Warring States Period Dress or equipment

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Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin)

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Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin) Dress or equipment

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Army of the Qin Dynasty of China marching to battle, ~3rd century BCE Events or battles

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Two anti-fascist militia of the Spanish Republic marrying in Madrid, Spanish Civil War, 1936

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European pikemen of the 16th century AD Dress or equipment

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Frankish warriors of late antiquity and the early medieval period Dress or equipment

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The French Foreign Legion as it was ~1900 AD (Giuseppe Rava) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Portrait of an Uzbek archer (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, 19th century AD)

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Portrait of an Uzbek archer (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, 19th century AD) Dress or equipment

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Italian infantrymen of the Renaissance Dress or equipment

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Battle of Quebec, Seven Years War Events or battles

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Flemish militiaman confronting a French knight at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1302 AD Events or battles

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No harbors to liberate Europe from fascist scum? Bring your own! I just think they're neat $ GIVE WAR A CHANCE $

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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité! I just think they're neat

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Portrait of an Afghan warrior (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, ~1870 AD)

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Portrait of an Afghan warrior (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, ~1870 AD) Dress or equipment

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80mm French mountain gun with a mine-shell ready to be fired, Western Front, WW1, 1914-1918

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My Brother in Hirohito Life is truly noncredible Warcrimeposting

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"Health" is a lie concocted by Big Sad to make you sadder Life is truly noncredible

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Native American (Sioux?) weapons and equipment (Karl Bodmer, 1841 AD)

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Native American (Sioux?) weapons and equipment (Karl Bodmer, 1841 AD) Dress or equipment

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Battle of Curupaytì, Paraguayan War, 1866 (Giuseppe Rava) Events or battles

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British and German soldiers during the Christmas Truce, WW1, 1914 (Angus McBride) Events or battles

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Field trials for the AK-47, Soviet Union, 1948

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Portrait of Wahk-ta-Ge-Li, a Sioux warrior (Karl Bodmer)

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Portrait of Wahk-ta-Ge-Li, a Sioux warrior (Karl Bodmer) Dress or equipment

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Assyrian wardog and handler (Angus McBride) Dress or equipment

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Philip II of Macedonia presenting his son, Alexander, to the troops (Jesus Blasco) Events or battles

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Lorraine Hurdle (second from left), a gay woman who served during WW2, with fellow friends and veterans of the WAC, USA, photo taken in the 1960s

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Warriors posing for a photo, Africa, exact location unknown, between 1920-1950

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Mounted warriors in Cameroon, ~1905

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Portrait of a Greek soldier (Carl Haag, 1861 AD)

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Portrait of a Greek soldier (Carl Haag, 1861 AD) Dress or equipment

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British tanks arriving on Sword Beach, D-Day, WW2, 1944 (Richard Willis) Events or battles

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Warship of Alfred the Great, a 9th century AD monarch of England Dress or equipment

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Native American warrior of the Hidatsa people in ritual costume (Karl Bodmer)

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Native American warrior of the Hidatsa people in ritual costume (Karl Bodmer) Dress or equipment

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Two Assiniboine (Native American) warriors (Karl Bodmer, painted ~1840 AD)

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Two Assiniboine (Native American) warriors (Karl Bodmer, painted ~1840 AD) Dress or equipment

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Loyalty can't be bought, but it does sometimes have a monetary value I just think they're neat

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Canadian troops in an Armored Autocar, France, WW1, 1914-1918

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German troops during a gas attack exercise, WW1, ~1915?

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"I might prefer slavery. How many followers you got?" Just having fun

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A selection of Maori weapons Dress or equipment

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Austro-Hungarian troops crossing a ford during the 12th Battle of the Isonzo, WW1, 1917

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Kyiv militia fighting against nomad raiders (Richard Hook) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Medieval Pagan Slavic villagers being 'converted' by the sword (Richard Hook) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Manchu soldier of Qing China, 1874

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Imperial German biplane with armor plating, WW1, 1918

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Knight in armor, ~13th century AD (Pat Nicole) Dress or equipment

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Swiss troops manning an observation post in the Alps, sometime between 1914-1918

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US troops with a French 37mm gun, France, WW1, 1918

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Soldier in the English Civil War, 1645 AD Dress or equipment

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Training military dogs, Japanese Empire, WW2, some time between 1940-1945

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Hannibal's war elephants crossing the Alps, 218 BCE Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Horse archer of the Eurasian Steppe Dress or equipment

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Mercenary artillerymen with British guns, Qing-dynasty China, ~1880

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Revolutionaries and colonial troops during the Mexican War of Independence (Ron Embleton) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Normans and Anglo-Saxons clash at the Battle of Hastings, England, 1066 AD (Peter Dunn) Events or battles

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

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Cavalry charge in the Battle of Pavia, Italy, 1525 AD (Albert Robida) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Happy Funny Beach Day to all antifa supersoldiers! o7 Just having fun

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Swiss militia repelling Burgundian cavalry in 1476 AD Events or battles

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Pakistani troops manning a 106mm recoilless rifle during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

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Female soldiers in service to the anti-fascist Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, 1936

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Soldier of the Sacred Band, a professional force of all male-male lovers who defended the democratic city-state of Thebes in Ancient Greece (Giuseppe Rava) Dress or equipment

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Iraq Levies in training, British-occupied Iraq, between 1939-1945

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A skirmish between Native American and US cavalry (Severino Baraldi) Events or battles

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English troops burning the French town of Bar-sur-Seine during the Hundred Years' War, 1359 AD (Pat Nicolle) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Le Chauchat Just having fun $ GIVE WAR A CHANCE $

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French knights charging under longbow volleys at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415 AD (Ron Embleton) Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Maasai warriors, East Africa (Andrew Howat) Dress or equipment

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US Marine at Khe Sahn, Vietnam, Vietnam War, 1968

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Parliamentary cavalry during the English Civil War, 17th century AD (Angus McBride) Dress or equipment

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You can't even loot captured towns and sell the population into slavery anymore, smh Warcrimeposting

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Assault on a medieval castle Events or battles

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A trio of Bronze Age warriors - possibly Celtic, Middle-Eastern, and Greek? (Amedee Forestier) Dress or equipment

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Examples of Ancient Greek Thorakitai (left) and Thureophoroi (right), utilized as both infantry and skirmishers (Alessandro Lonati) Dress or equipment

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, father of the US Army, democratic revolutionary, immigrant, and a gay man. Happy Pride Month! Dress or equipment

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Remembering a queer anarchist martyr of Ukraine at the start of Pride Month

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Portrait of Frederick the Great of Prussia, a brilliant reformer, patron of the arts, one of the greatest military leaders in history, and a gay man. Happy Pride Month! Dress or equipment

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Soldier of the Sacred Band, a professional military unit of male-male lovers in the democratic city-state of Thebes, Ancient Greece Dress or equipment

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Ancient Macedonian troops, plus a Persian archer (Giuseppe Rava) Dress or equipment

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Hammurabi going to war in a chariot drawn by donkeys (Roger Payne) Dress or equipment

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Pharaoh Ramses II with his army (Giuseppe Rava) Dress or equipment

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"Waoh but we beat the British with our American spunk!!!!" Just having fun

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Model 43 military bicycle, USA, ~1896 AD Life is truly noncredible

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Imagining of the Battle of Bach Dang during the Third Mongol Invasion of Vietnam, 1288 AD Events or battles

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Song-dynasty Chinese Junk (ship) of the 13th century AD Dress or equipment

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Soldier of late Qing China (William Alexander) Dress or equipment

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Soldier of the Achaemenid Persian "Immortals" unit (Giuseppe Rava) Dress or equipment

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"I CANNOT RULE THIS LAND WITHOUT THE ARTIFACT" - The British Empire, apparently Life is truly noncredible

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Roman legionary in combat stance (Alessandro Lonati) Dress or equipment

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Imagining of Vercingetorix, leader of the Gallic coalition against Julius Caesar and the Roman Republic (Georges Conrad) Dress or equipment

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Irregulars with Mustafa Kemal (later known as Ataturk), Turkish War of Independence, ~1920

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Maasai warriors and migrants (Angus McBride) Dress or equipment Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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Hand-colored photograph of samurai in armor, Japan, late 19th century

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