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A young woman writing a thank you note to her boyfriend in the Navy for the skull of a Japanese soldier that he sent, 1944

November 20, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteA rare and disturbing picture, so much about this it’s still a mystery. We don’t know what became […]

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After the devastating World War II, 1945-1947

June 7, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAt the end of the war, millions of people were dead and millions homeless, the European economy had […]

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The propaganda posters that sold World War I to the American public, 1914-1918

May 18, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe United States entered World War I in 1917 as an associated power on the allied side of […]

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This Japanese-American fighting unit was one of WWII’s most decorated, 1943-1945

May 15, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteAfter the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, many Americans were distrusting and fearful of Japanese-Americans […]

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The Allied Invasion of Europe, 1943-1945

May 4, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteStarting with the Invasion of Sicily in July of 1943, and culminating in the June 6, 1944, D-Day […]

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The Invasion of Poland in pictures, 1939

April 20, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn September 1, 1939, the world was shocked as Nazi troops invaded Poland. Tensions soared in Europe, and […]

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Sleeping with the enemy: Collaborator girls of the German-occupied Europe, 1940-1944

March 29, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIt’s 1942 and the Germans occupy and dominate the vast majority of Europe. They were there, on the […]

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A stranded Dutch warship evaded the enemy by disguising itself as an island, 1942

March 24, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn February 1942, in the midst of World War II, the Japanese fleet completely wrecked a combined Dutch-American-Australian-British […]

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Germans at Stalingrad, 1942-1943

March 14, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn June 1941 Hitler ordered a surprise invasion of the Soviet Union, and for most of the next […]

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Tank factories of the Second World War, 1940-1945

February 22, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe story of the tank began in World War I, when armoured all-terrain fighting vehicles were first deployed […]

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The last days of the Nazi Germany, 1945

February 4, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteBy the beginning of 1945 the war which Germany had unleashed throughout the world had come back to […]

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The bloody battles of The Eastern Front, 1942-1943

January 4, 2018 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe battles on the Eastern Front constituted the largest military confrontation in history. They were characterized by unprecedented […]

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Technology and the Weapons of the First World War, 1914-1918

December 31, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteWorld War I was one of the defining events of the 20th century. From 1914 to 1918 conflict […]

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US Marine Colonel Francis Fenton conducting the funeral of his son Private First Class Mike Fenton, Okinawa, 1945

December 29, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis picture depicts one of the most heart wrenching moments to occur on Okinawa involved a family with […]

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Rare pictures of London in Dufaycolor, 1943-1945

December 23, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis collection of rare photographs of London, spanning from the dark days of the Blitz to the triumphant […]

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A concentration camp victim identifies a SS guard, 1945

November 10, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe picture depicts a liberated Russian inmate pointing an identifying and accusing finger at a Nazi guard who […]

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Yang Kyoungjong, the only known soldier to have fought on three sides of a war, 1944

October 23, 2017 Rare Historical Photos 0

This post was originally published on this siteHe was Korean – captured by the Japanese and pressed to fight the Soviets, captured by the Soviets […]

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