Fascinating Photos Collected From History

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American soldier offers water to a wounded VC. He had been fighting for three days with his entrails been held in place only by a cooking pot tied to his belly. (1968, Vietnam)

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British Army Officer Jack Churchill (far right) leading a charge with a Scottish broadsword in his hand in Inverary. (circa 1940)

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A decapitated statue of Joseph Stalin’s head on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

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Lenin after his third stroke, 1923. This picture was prohibited in USSR at the time

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Ancient Roman surgical instruments found buried in a physician’s home in Pompeii, Italy, 1897

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Military officers and politicians climbing over furniture to watch the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in the aftermath of World War 1 – June 28th, 1919

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a Nazi DJ spins records at a trade show to promote the German record industry in 1932

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US and Soviet Tanks having a stand off at Checkpoint Charlie during the Berlin Crisis of 1961

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Residents of West Berlin showing their children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, May 9th, 1961

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SS prison guards forced to load victims of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp into trucks for burial, 1945

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The Death of an Iraqi soldier, Highway of Death, 1991

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The ruins of Dresden, 1945

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Women protesting forced Hijab days after the revolution, Iran, 1979

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Soldiers advancing through morning mist at the Battle of Somme, July 1, 1916

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Shell shocked soldier, 1916

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Unboxing The Statue of Liberty, 1885

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Ruby Bridges, the first African-American to attend a white elementary school in the deep South, November 14th, 1960

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British Troops marching through the Great Pyramids of Egypt, 1941

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Biggest Nazi Rally outside of Germany – Buenos Aires, Luna Park, 1938