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A man demonstrates a steel cap, splinter goggles (vision is obtained through thin slits in goggles), and a steel dagger gauntlet, manufactured for the British military during World War I.
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British and Canadian soldiers prepare their defences - Arras, France, April 1917
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A British patrol makes its way through the village of St Mauvieu during Operation Epsom - June 1944
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A group of Japanese American soldiers in France, December 1944. Nisei soldier's caption: "Mule skinners. Charlie Co. were really in the hills. All supplies being brought up by mules went up to operate our radio and lead one of these critters. But halfway up I had the mule drag me. Lucky that my animal was tame enough not to mind."
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Soviet self-propelled guns SU-85 and a T-34 tank cross the Dniester near the city of Khotyn, Chernivtsi region, Ukrainian SSR. The photo shows German equipment: the Sd.Kfz.250 armored personnel carrier, the Sd.Kfz.9 half-track tractor. April 1944
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A Soviet flamethrower in the ruins of the STZ plant, Stalingrad. October 1942.
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Austro-Hungarian officers from the technical company of the k.u.k Infantry Regiment Nr. 32 on the Italian Front in 1918.
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Approaching an enemy patrol on the beach, Teikansaari, September 28, 1941.
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German MG08/15 water-cooled machine gun.
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Indian infantry in the trenches preparing for a gas attack. Fauquissart, France 1915
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A Fallschirmjaeger and his horse in North Africa.
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Major Lord Lovat gives orders to his men before setting out on a commando raid on the French coast near Boulogne, in the Pas-de-Calais - France, 21st April 1942 Operation Abercrombie was an Anglo-Canadian reconnaissance raid on the area around the French coastal village of Hardelot in the Pas-de-Calais. It had been scheduled for the night of 19/20 April 1942 but was delayed until 21/22 April. The raid was largely unopposed but the benefits were thought not to have been worth the effort. Due to a navigation error the Canadian detachment lost their way and had to abort.
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Entryway to a WWI underground city
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A US 7th Armored Division 3-inch M5 antitank gun covers the approach road near the railroad crossing at Vielsalm, Belgium - 23rd Dec 1944
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"Semper Fi Skies" by John D. Shaw. Archie Donahue of VMF-112 becomes an Ace-in-a-Day in the skies near Guadalcanal in May 1943. #WWII #WW2
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1918 Fokker DVII strafing - by Michael Turner
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Canadian machine gunners positioning themselves in shell holes during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 1917 (WW1).