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The war that cost countless millions of soldiers and civilians their lives. It was one of the darkest chapters in our history, a time of great heroics, and great cruelty. These photos document some of the moments of this epic yet haunting time in our history. I hope that future generations will not forget the lessons that war has taught us. These photos should help them remember. |
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| German SS soldiers |
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| Hitler during Wartime |
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| Fascist headquarters in Italy |
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| Himmler meets a soviet prisoner |
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| The battle of Britain |
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| Action |
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| Shell shocked reindeer |
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| Troop movements |
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| A french citizen cries as German soldiers march in Paris during the French Occupation |
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| Bombing of Reims Cathedral |
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| Buna Beach, New Guinea February 1943. The first picture of American Casualties to ever be shown in the newspaper back in the States. |
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| Japanese Zero shot down |
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| Pearl Harbor |
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| Norma Jeane Mortenson aka Marilyn Monroe |
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| Pilot sits on a Curtiss P-40 |
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| RAF Pilot gets a haircut |
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| Barmaley Fountain, battle of Stalingrad |
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| Chinese soldier guarding P-40 Warhawk fighters of the AVG 'Flying Tigers', China, circa 1942 |
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| Naval Action |
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| Cloud over Hiroshima... |
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| German Soldiers salute a Swiss Guard. |
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| Ike addressing the troops |
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| WW2 in color |
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| WW2 in color |
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| Hitler and officers in Paris |
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| WW2 In color |
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| WW2 Bombs falling |
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| Consolidated Liberator Aircraft |
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| Bombing |
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| WW2 in color |
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| American female plant worker |
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| WW2 in color |
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| Destruction |
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| WW2 bombs, D-Day |
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| WW2 Bombing run |
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| U.S. Aircraft carrier |
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| After the Dresden fire-bombing, 1945 |
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