British Commandos storm a enemy position at Maaloy, their silhouettes shown clearly by a burning phosphorous grenade.
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All images courtesy of David Gilkey and the WHNPA. Cpl. Andrew Collins springs into action seconds after a rocket is fired at the outpost in Charkh, Afghanistan on April 19, 2011. Combat Outpost Charkh sees as much action as anywhere in Afghanistan, but it’s in Logar province, not far from the capital, Kabul.
“While units of the U.S. Far East Air Forces Combat Cargo Command made an all-out effort to aid embattled units of the First Marine Division and Seventh Infantry Division, the men fighting in Korea were trying desperately to link up in their battle for survival. This marine is shown just as he reached the crest of the ridge at the link-up point. Wet, stinging snow and ice made the operation the most difficult sort, as unleashed hordes of communist troops charge again and again into the United Nations forces.”
Soldiers of the 3rd SS Division “Totenkopf” break for a meal beside the wreck of a Soviet T-34 somewhere in Romania, 1944.
Soviet counter-attack during the battle of Moscow, December 1941.
The February 1942 Fall of Singapore saw 80,000 Allied soldiers captured and enslaved by the Japanese.
Soviet soldiers attack a house during the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943.
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German SS troops load victims of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp into trucks for burial, in Belsen, Germany, on April 17, 1945. British guards hold rifles in the background. (AP Photo/British Official Photo)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945: Bomber Command
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During WWI, Carrier Pigeons Were Used to Send Urgent Messages.
The British Western Front in France: Tanks kept in touch with the infantry by carrier pigeons which were released and carried messages back. Photo: Courtesy of Nationaal Archief
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