Columns of Studebaker, Ford and Chevrolet trucks supplied by the United States to the Soviet Union in Moscow, 1944.

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vI am hoping that someone could identify the uniform in this photo of my grandfather. He and his family all resided in Latvia and this photo was pre 1950. He died when my father was fairly young so I never heard much about him, and unfortunately don't have any other information.

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Churchill takes a bow and arrow. Traditionalist Lieutenant Colonel John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, or ‘Mad Jack’ as he was known, fought in World War II using a longbow and sword.

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US cavalrymen carry a wounded soldier to an evacuation zone. Ia Drang Valley, November 1965.

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Aerial photograph of French soldiers advancing across No Man’s Land in 1916.

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P61 Black Widow. One of the first stealth fighters I think, designed to fly at night with its notable dark paint and boosted radar. Documentary in comments.

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Chinese Nationalist M35 Stahlhelm (reissued for PLA use)

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Found in trash. Please help ID.

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March 9, 1945

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VE Day, 76 years ago today- A massive crowd celebrating the surrender of Germany in Times Square, New York City, on May 8, 1945. [736x949]

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Outbreak of WW1, freshly mobilized soldiers in Zagreb, Croatia (then Austria-Hungary), before being sent to the fronts, August 2, 1914

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Conquistador vs Aztecs. These two Aztec warriors, even though they outnumber this Conquistador, will have troubles overcoming the steel armor of the Spaniard with their weapons.

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A bicycle shop in occupied Denmark converted into a secret Sten gun factory by Danish resistance, one of whom has a Suomi. Plate by Mark Stacey for the book The Sten Gun, written by Leroy Thompson; part of Osprey Publishing's Weapon series. [1499x1064]

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This week, 924 years ago, on 3 June 1098, the mighty Byzantine fortress of Antioch falls after nine months of siege during the First Crusade. It's a fascinating story about one man's betrayal and his decision to let the crusaders in. A good reminder of how personal agendas literally shape history.

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TIL about the USS Indy

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President Richard Nixon visits South Vietnam 1969 [1024x688]

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What did my friend find?

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My grandfather's

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What are the handful of countries’s flags supposed to be doing on the side of his hat? (Story below of the 2nd meeting)

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Thanksgiving Dinner, 1917

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Soviet Naval Infantry armed with Lend-Lease M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns with 50-round drum magazine.

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Can anybody ID this bomber? It was flown by a family member.

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Marine Ordnancemen affix fouled bullets to a bomb to increase shrapnel from the blast, Bougainville, 1943. 💣

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Yard Sale find: 1934 dated West Point cadet trunk, whose owner Captain L.C Baldwin (USMA '38) was captured fighting in Corregidor in 1942 and sadly passed away in japanese captivity February 1945. His father wrote a very detailed obituary (link in comments). I will treasure and preserve this trunk

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Algerian troops marching against NATO back in the 60s

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A Black and Tan in Dublin, smoking and carrying a Lewis gun, February 1921

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When Hermann Goering surrendered to the Americans he was the 2nd most powerful man in Nazi Germany despite Hitler stripping his position less then a few weeks earlier, his reputation preceded him. The Americans gave him a press interview upon his surrender which is what this photo represents.

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Officers of the Polish Legion (Habsburg army), Russian front in Galicia, 1916

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Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900. Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia,India, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Japan.

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Please identify this hat (seen in the new All Quiet on the Western Front movie if that helps)

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Uniforms of Seven Years War 1756-1763

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U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum. Spanish American War Uniform 1898.

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Three Canadian soldiers in a German dug-out captured during the advance of Arras.

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This painting is on the wall of the restaurant I work at and people keep asking me what it is. Anyone happen to have any ideas?

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Two German soldiers 1970s

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Forgotten ally? China's unsung role in World War II . By Rana Mitter, Special to CNN

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Chilean Army Lieutenant, Nilo Floody, from the Chilean Olympic Pentathlon team, arriving in London to participate in the 1948 Olympic Games.

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Photo of the Invasion Beaches on Iwo Jima during the battle in 1945 compared to a photo I took in 2016. (Both are from the perspective of Mt. Suribachi’s peak)

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Grandfather in laws book, made multiple jumps in Korea

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Today I met a Korean War Veteran at Chick-fil-A

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Anybody know what these are

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This iconic photo is the centrepiece of the Vimy Memorial in Canada. My Great Grandfather Sgt Joseph J Sarginson is the one leading the troops. His coat is shorter because It was getting caked in mud from the trenches, he tailored it and was docked a weeks pay. He came home safe us.

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I hope this is the right place for this, trying to identify what I think is a West German patch on a uniform shirt that i was gifted

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I found this knife in my grandfathers attic with the case for it to,does anybody know what era this from?

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January 1945. German fighter pilot Alfred Michel overlooks his damaged BF-109G with members of the American 455th anti aircraft battery who had shot him down while on his very first mission.

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Japanese officers with armour in Shanghai

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Old photo of German military units

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Adolf Hitler explains the German Military strategy to General Cemil Cahit Toydemir, Head of the Turkish Military Delegation. When Toydemir returned to Turkey, he presented a negative report on Germany to President Ismet Inonu. Year 1943. [1125x791]

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Need help identifying these pins. Found in my grandfathers military gear. 1Sgt in US Army

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🇫🇷 An unnamed French Partisan and American soldier Lieutenant Edwin E. Dowell crouched behind an automobile during the battle to liberate Marseille, France in August 1944. Credit: @sebcolorisation⁠.

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A Luftwaffe pilot wearing high altitude mask.

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RAR paratroopers with their packs and rifles, with RLI jump team, readying to board a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft, Rhodesian Bush War, c. 1975 - 1979. [1774 x 1115]

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A French Army tanker wearing a Tank Crew splash mask, 1918

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Panzergrenadiere of the West German Bundeswehr during training at Donauwohr, 1968. They wearing M56 Helmet (copy of the US M1 Helmet) and have G3 Battle Rifles slung over the shoulder.

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Can anyone help me identify which military this uniform is from? It’s a photo that has been in the family, but we’re struggling to identify (we’re from Quebec, but have roots all over Canada and beyond)

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Ten Largest battles in Europe in period from 1690-1790

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My grandfather's rifles, used in South Africa during one of the wars. Any help with an ID please?

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Thousands of 105mm shells from an allied bombardment all fired in a single day on German lines, 1916.

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Since y’all liked the photo of my German gr. Grandfather post WW1, here he is during WW1, about 19 years old before being promoted. He is on the left. I don’t have any info about where he served or what he did during the Great War, so if any of that can be seen in this photo, I’d love the help!

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Today is the 81st anniversary since when World War Two started when Hitler invaded Poland.

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Edwin O. Fisher, a pilot with the 377th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group, United States Air Force, in his P-47D fighter-bomber.

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Does anybody know the name of this painting depicting the end of WWI? And what are names of these men?

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Hiro Onoda Was an Imperial Japanese army officer who did not surrender in August 1945, unaware that the war had ended. Onoda spent the next twenty nine years holding out in the Philippines. Only when his former commander traveled from Japan to personally relieve him of duty in 1974 did he surrender

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What’s that thing on the illustration of the US paratrooper?

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American soldiers took a group photo at the summit of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.

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German POWs surrender their arms to the British in the Netherlands, May 10, 1945

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Can anyone identify this picture of my grandad (on the right)?

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Chinese soldiers belonging to a German-trained division of the National Revolutionary Army

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A Tunnel rat after clearing a Vietnamese tunnel during the Vietnam war. (Taken in 1969)

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Roman scutum shield, the only known surviving example in the world, used in battle in the tortoise formation, 3rd century AD. From Dura-Europos in Syria

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What information can be gleaned from this photo of my uncle in WW2? Thank you in advance!

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Old military footlocker. Trying to locate family member or the original owner.

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My Great Great Grandad during the Crimean War. Sadly we do not know the regiment.

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US 1st Infantry Div. soldier, Normandy, June 1944. Initially considered less effective than their allies, particularly the British, the GIs quickly built a fearsome reputation for aggressiveness, adaptability and resilience. (1379x1950)

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Camouflaged U.S. Army engineer with his flamethrower during a training exercise in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1942.

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East German and Russian soldiers inspecting some Kalashnikovs together, Cold War

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WW2 German Death Card for 3 Brothers. Details in comments.

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Argentine soldier with a captured British flag during the Falklands War.

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How does our guy look now?

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Israeli female tank instructor in a Sho't, the Centurion tank armed with 105 mm L7, 1984.

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Could anyone help identify the position held by my Great Great Grandad who fought for the nazi party?

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Two pipe-smoking French Foreign Legionnaires during the First Indochina war, 1950. (Photo by Harrison Forman)

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French Biplanes Strafing Enemy Position, WW1

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The Fall of the Third Reich- Thousands of German POWs march along an autobahn as Allied vehicles drive past heading towards the front. Giesen, Germany. April, 1945.

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Albina Mali-Hocevar , a member of Yugoslav Partisans.

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A true unsung hero

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Child soldier with a teddy bear backpack aiming his rifle to the cameraman in Monrovia during the second Liberian civil war, 2003. Pic by Georges Gobet [926×662]

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Here is another one from my dad's photos. He told me this one was kind of taboo, and the Navy would have been unhappy with him in them knew he took it. I dunno why.

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Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. USS Arizona could be seen burning intensely.

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Found this picture of my great grandfather. From my small amount of research, he was enlisted in German army around WW1. Do those flowers mean he was going to the front line? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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Picture of my grandfather as the commander of a tank in the Korean War. He is the man on the ground holding a shell above his head. He had no idea it was even taken until a year ago, when we found this picture on the cover of a history book and he recognized himself and his vehicle.

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Early Canadian Uniform... does anyone know what the 4 crossed rifles signify?

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Douglas MacArthur as a West Point cadet.

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Harry S. Truman as a captain during WWI, 1918. [679x1024]

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Anyone tell me what this is?

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Does anyone know what this spear/Lance type weapon is? The image is supposedly of an arditi soldier from WW1 if that helps.

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101st Airborne paratroopers pose with captured flag St. Marcouf, France 8 June 1944 (2869x2293)

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On This Day: March 10th, 1864: General Ulysses S. Grant is named Commander of the Union Armies.

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This is how a Landsknecht mercenary might have looked during the peasant's war. Imaging fighting a whole bunch of this peacocks.

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I'm curious about which time this British Army uniform is from?

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Need help identifying what type of military uniform/medals my great grandfather was wearing here!

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British paras from the 2nd Battalion enter Port Stanley, 1982.

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Does anyone know who this is?

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My dads old rum ration card from the Canadian Navy.

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A mate of mine working for a museum found this in storage and even the museum doesn't know what it is, any ideas?

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4th Infantry Division soldiers on patrol in Vietnam in 1967

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German soldiers celebrate Christmas in their trench on the Eastern Front, 1914.

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US Marines on Hill 484. Picture by Larry Burrows, 1966.

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The war-torn centre of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Spring of 1995.

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My great grandfather’s WWI AEF Citation.

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Identity card of Captain Harry Truman.

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World War Two soldiers with a Panzerschreck.

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Can you guys identify the meaning of this military pin? It was my brother’s, who was a marine who died in Nam.

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Yevgeny Rodionov, a Russian soldier in the First Chechen War. He was captured and beheaded by Chechen militants for refusing to renounce his Orthodox faith, aged 19. Although he has not been canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church, his religious icon is popular among the faithful.

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A soldier from the 1st Field Force with a cut down carbine in Vietnam. 1970

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Dec 17 1941: US Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is named commander-in-chief Pacific Fleet , replacing Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command. [1125x1102]

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This veteran told me about his time in Vietnam

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One of my prized possessions: My grandfather’s patches from WWII

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can Someone identify this rifle?

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Need help identifying pins on ‘Nam hat

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Can anyone identify the shoulder patch on the man on the right?

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Lt. George Custer with ex-classmate, friend, and captured Confederate prisoner, Lieutenant James Barroll Washington, an aide to General Johnston, at Fair Oaks, Virginia in 1862

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Hessian troops advancing at the Battle of White Plains, 1776

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Does anyone know who this is? And are there any movies about him?

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A little discussion. My father’s photo, he was an Marine ACE and flew Corsairs in WWII.

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Wester German Army (Bundeswehr) Mountain Troops in 1959. They are armed with FN FAL Rifles (Designated as G1 in German Service)

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The Battle of Prestonpans was fought on the 21st of September, 1745. The Jacobite army full of Highland warriors charged against the British lines of muskets with their swords and shields. The highland charge tactic managed to break the British line and ended the battle in less than five minutes.

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I don’t know if this is the right subreddit to post this on, but I found an old envelope from Vietnam with photo negatives inside. Turns out it was a BUNCH of pictures of my Uncle during his time in the Marines. This is only a few of the photos.

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Image of one of the mock executions of Georges Blind - a member of the French resistance who was interrogated using a false firing squad by German soldiers. He gave no information, and can even be seen smiling in the image. Blind eventually died in a concentration camp around November 1944.

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US paratroopers in Normandy, June 1944

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Much is known of the meeting between Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. They met again four years later when Lee, then president of Washington College, was invited to the White House by President Grant. Their brief meeting was cordial.

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Looking to identify time period for a glass negative. Has uniform, weapon and a type of airplane.

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Shoutout Dan Carlin

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I bought this photo a today, and was wondering if anyone knew when it might have been taken based on the man on the lefts uniform.

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What is this? Currently deployed to Eastern Europe and training next a column of these plus what looks to be t-55. They appear to be self propelled artillery and I would assume they’re Soviet but I can’t find them anywhere.

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Queen Elizabeth II (at the time Princess Elizabeth) inspects an honour guard of the 2nd (Armoured) Battalion, Grenadier Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, 17 May 1944.

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