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Historical photographs and pictures taken in the context of a verifiable, historically significant event.

Canadian and German wounded help one another through the mud during the capture of Passchendaele. November, 1917

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The Soviets opening the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp after liberating it exactly 73 years ago. January 27, 1945

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A little Russian girl touches her dead mother just after the liberation of the Ozarichi concentration camp in Belarus; c. March 1944

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An one-armed RAF commanding officer, standing beside his all-black Hawker Hurricane. The Hurricane is sporting his personal emblem showing his amputated arm waving a ‘V’ sign, West Sussex, England. Circa 1941-1943.

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The aftermath of the Dutch train hijacking crisis (May 23 – June 11): The wreckage of the train carriage shootout at De Punt, where it was estimated that over 15,000 bullets were fired, 1977

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German soldiers screwing around, c.1930s

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