If you like history, especially military history, then you'll definitely enjoy this collection of rare historical photographs.
Covering topics like the Vietnam war, French resistance and much more, these pics offer a cool perspective from the past. Hopefully you not only enjoy these cool snaps, but learn a thing or two as well.
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If you like history, especially military history, then you'll definitely enjoy this collection of rare historical photographs.
Covering topics like the Vietnam war, French resistance and much more, these pics offer a cool perspective from the past. Hopefully you not only enjoy these cool snaps, but learn a thing or two as well.
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If you like history, especially military history, then you'll definitely enjoy this collection of rare historical photographs.
Covering topics like the Vietnam war, French resistance and much more, these pics offer a cool perspective from the past. Hopefully you not only enjoy these cool snaps, but learn a thing or two as well.
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Richard Bradley, dressed as a Union soldier, ripping down the Confederate flag San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein insisted on in 1984. It was torn down 3 times and replaced 3 times by Feinstein. April 15th, 1984.
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Panzer II and III in winter camouflage during Operation Typhoon, near Moscow, Soviet Union, November 1941.
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Fascine Trench Breastworks, Petersburg, Va. Union Fort Sedgwick, aka "Fort H**l," 1865.
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Young Cambodian monks smoking cigarettes, 1907.
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A group of young Somalis chant anti American slogans while sitting atop the burned out hulk of a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter. On October 3rd 1993, an American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu failed. 18 US soldiers and over 350 Somalis, including civilians, died.
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In November of 1909, 16 months before the infamous fire, the workers from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC went on strike for better working conditions; most notably being the fact that they were locked in by the foremen during the workday to ensure nothing was stolen.
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The Tlatelolco massacre against Mexican students, October 2nd, 1968.
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Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima is treated after being shot by a right-wing extremist. One year earlier, he had stated that Emperor Hirohito bore some responsibility for WW2, 1990.
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A Viet Cong base camp being burned during the Vietnam War. An American private first class stands by. April 5th, 1968.
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A young scout is taught how to handle a British made rifle, Vercors 1944.
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Newfoundland dock workers in 1905.
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Amelia Earhart with her plane, 1932.
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French civilians and servicemen inspecting the church of a French village, where women and children were shut in and burned, 1945.
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Anarchist black guard militia mobilizing in either Moscow or St. Petersburg in 1917.
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French schoolchildren learn German in Champagne, German-occupied France during the First World War, 1917.
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East Berlin policemen watching a photographer in West Berlin, 1961.
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1959, Mickie and Minnie on Main Street at Disneyland.
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A couple attends a Halloween party dressed as Sputnik and a soviet officer, 1957.
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As a result of the union of Egypt and Syria: A United Nations Council worker changing the name of Syria to the United Arab Republic, 1956.
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"Death to the kidnapper of generals." The headquarters of the Indonesian Communist Party, (PKI), in Jakarta, was destroyed by the rampage of the masses following the G30S incident in which 6 army generals were kidnapped and murdered during the abortive communist coup. October 8th, 1965.
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Penn Station, NY, 1943. A soldier's farewell to his wife before returning to war.
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Two U.S. soldiers hold three suspected members of the People's Revolutionary Army at gunpoint in St. George's, Grenada during the Grenada Invasion in 1983.
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Young French resistant taking a pose with his sten, 1944.
