Georges Blind, a member of the French resistance, smiling at a German firing squad, 1944

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A US soldier guards a group of German prisoners of war captured on Omaha Beach: teenagers and old men. June 6, 1944.

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“Forest Brothers” – post-war anti-Soviet partisans in the Baltic states

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The Defiance: Himmler and a prisoner locked in a staring contest, 1941

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The Last Jew In Vinnitsa, 1941

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[Colorized] Members of the SS Division Totenkopf during the Battle of Kursk. (1943)

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On this day, 111 years ago, during World War I, enemy soldiers laid down their weapons, shared food and songs, and reminded the world of our shared humanity - the Christmas Truce of 1914.

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Political commissar Alexey Yeremenko leads his men into combat, he was killed minutes after this photo was taken, 1942

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The Warsaw Uprising in Color 2

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On this day 81 years ago Warsaw rose up against Nazi Germany occupation

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First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez (US Marine Corps) leads his platoon over the seawall during the Inchon Landings, September 1950. An iconic captured moment of the Korean War, Lopez would die in action just minutes later.

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In 1941, Himmler and a prisoner engaged in a gazing contest, The Defiance.

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The liberation of Auschwitz: 27/1/1945, 80 years ago today