Interesting Historical Photos!

[RCA 252]

The assassination of Anwar Sadat, 1981

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The assassins’ bullets ended the life of a man who earned a reputation for making bold decisions in foreign affairs, a reputation based in large part on his decision in 1977 to journey to the camp of Egypt’s foe, Israel, to make peace.

 

Jesse Owens wins gold in Nazi Germany, 1936

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1936 Jesse Owens arrived in Berlin to compete for the United States in the Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany. Nazi propaganda promoted concepts of “Aryan racial superiority†and depicted ethnic Africans as inferior. Owens countered this by winning four gold medals.

 

Berlin at the end of the War, 1945

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Berlin as the capital and cultural center of the German Reich was bombed very heavily. With over 45,000 tons of bombs in two weeks the city was almost completely destroyed. The irreplaceable architectural gems of the Schlüter, Knobelsdorf, Schadow and Schinkel were annihilated. Palaces, museums, churches, monuments and cultural sites fell victim to the bombs.

 

 

Smart, beautiful and deadly, 19 year old Russian sniper Roza Shanina had 54 confirmed kills

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Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a marksman on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting moving enemy personnel and making doublets (two target hits by two rounds fired in quick succession). Allied newspapers described Shanina as “the unseen terror of East Prussiaâ€

 

 

Reichserntedankfest rally (Thanksgiving Celebration of the Reich), 1934

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This is the Reichserntedankfest of 1934 in Buckeberg. That year, 800,000 people participated. Even those who did not support Nazis were totally blown away and emotionally shaken. They had never experienced anything even remotely like this, there was no rock concerts back then. It created spiritual feeling of sublime and unity among people who were participating.

 

 

Child laborers, newsboys smoking cigarettes, 1910

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After the Civil War, the availability of natural resources, new inventions, and a receptive market combined to fuel an industrial boom. The demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20th centuries many children were drawn into the labor force.

 

 

The Fat Man on transport carriage, Tinian Island, 1945

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It’s so odd to see that an object roughly the same size as an SUV can destroy an entire city and leave radioactive damage for lifetimes afterwards. The Fat Man and Trinity were both implosion based plutonium devices, but they were very different weapons. Trinity’s “the gadget†was a massive unemployable bomb that would test the theories that Fat Man was based on.

 

 

Japanese soldiers surrendering to US Marines, Marshall Islands, 1944

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He is naked because he was probably ordered to strip so he wasn’t concealing a weapon or explosive. It was very rare for Japanese soldiers to surrender as it was deemed dishonorable. Those huge steel doors, and thick walls, must be a bunker of some kind. Probably a bunker with an artillery gun inside, maybe a coastal battery.

 

 

Margaret Thatcher in Falkland Islands after Argentina’s surrender, 1983

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Thatcher is surrounded by troops on a visit to Goose Green in January 1983, where the Parachute Regiment had secured a crucial victory seven months earlier. The war was a turning point in her premiership. The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges called the Falkland War: “The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a combâ€.

 

 

Preparing for an assault on a warehouse in Stalingrad, 1942

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By September 1942, a brutal hand-to-hand battle was being waged inside Stalingrad. As they fought from house to house and street to street, the Germans found that all of the tactical advantages they had possessed in fighting across the steppes were lost in the close confines of the city.

 

 

Residents of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961

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The building of the Berlin Wall in August 1961 divided families and neighborhoods in what had been the capital of Germany. The Wall represents a uniquely squalid, violent, and ultimately futile, episode in the post-war world. Life was changed overnight in Berlin.

 

 

Cathedral of Amiens

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Inside of Cathedral of Amiens during WWII Amiens Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens) is the tallest Gothic church and largest cathedral in France.

 

 

Edward Llewellen

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Edward Llewellen with the World's Record Black Sea Bass, which he caught, (425 lbs.), at Catalina Island, Calif., Aug. 26, 1903

 

 

Checkpoint Charlie

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Standoff between US and Soviet forces at checkpoint charlie Oct. 1961.

 

 

1993 Bishopgates Bombing

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Wormwood Street when a truck bomb exploded outside the Baltic Exchange on St. Mary Axe in London

 

 

Berlin Wall Rescue

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This German soldier from the East knew he shouldn’t let this child across the Berlin Wall, but he was separated from his parents. So, the guard lifts him across the barbed wire anyway, on the lookout for anyone who may catch him.

 

 

The Nagasaki Brothers

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Shortly after the bombing of the city, this photo was taken. The younger child in the picture is dead and the older boy is his brother. He carried his brother to a crematorium, watching him burn but refusing to cry.

 

 

Ruby Bridges, first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South (Nov. 14th, 1960)

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The SAS storming the Iranian Embassy to free hostages taken by terrorists. London. 1980

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Hiroshima - Before and After (1945)

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Bombs dropped on Kobe, Japan (1945)

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Hitler’s triumphant tour of Paris, 1940

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One day after France signed the armistice with Germany in June 1940, Adolf Hitler celebrated the German victory over France with a triumphant tour of Paris. Hitler surveying his conquest with his various cronies and became one of the most iconic photos of the 1940s and World War 2. 

 

 

An Afghan mujahideen aims a FIM-92 Stinger missile at passing Soviet aircraft, 1988

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A guerrilla soldier aims a Stinger missile at passing aircraft near a remote rebel base in the Safed Koh Mountains February 10, 1988 in Afghanistan. The end of Soviet military occupation, which began in 1979, has left the Afghan Army more vulnerable to these guerrilla forces, who are fighting the Russian-installed Afghan government.

 

 

A guard of honor passes out as Queen Elizabeth II rides past during the Trooping the Colour parade, 1970

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the strict world of British military protocol, there are even rules on how to faint with dignity. There are two main reasons why the guards of honor pass out: it can get pretty hot and they’ll lock their knees. Usually it’s the combination of both that gets you.

 

 

Testing football helmets, 1912

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In professional football, the only line of defense against head injury is the helmet. But the earliest football helmet looked more like a padded aviator cap than the high-tech crash-tested helmet used by today’s players. It is not certain who invented the football helmet.

 

 

1932 - Rebels playing golf on a skyscraper construction

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During the Prague Spring in 1968, a Soviet soldier chases a young Czech man who was throwing rocks at a tank.

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The Beatles meet Muhammad Ali.

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1898 - A child with artificial legs

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Maori Battalion haka in Egypt, 1941

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Underwater detonation of 15 kiloton nuclear weapon

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The Cologne Cathedral stands tall amidst the ruins of the city after allied bombings, 1944

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Gandhi in London

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1939 - Mt Rushmore construction

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1925 - Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona

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Painting the Eiffel Tower, 1932.

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Animals used to be involved in medical therapy as early as 1956.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton playing volleyball in 1975.

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Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is returned to the Louvre after WWII.

http://i.imgur.com/6vLHCJ3.jpg

[Acea 370]

Jesse Owens winning in front of Hitler is so funny ahaha...How to rekt a ret*** with Olympics games.

[Puddingsbane 1153]

The german athlete behind Jesse Owens "He can't be that tall, wtf?"

[Runny 850]

Very intresting nice.

[Bennoo 541]

Loved this, was interesting indeed :) ty Hawcity

[Finny 974]

Very interesting and educating, nice Hawcity :)