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Peshmerga (Kurdish militants) around a destroyed government jet, Iraq, 1965

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Senegalese soldiers in the French Army on the Western Front, WW1, 1917

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An American and Soviet lieutenant meet in Germany, WW2, 1945

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Volunteer "Doughnut Girls" preparing treats for the troops in the trenches, Western Front, WW1, 1917 or 1918

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British troops receiving rations from a field kitchen, the Somme, France, WW1, 1916

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Sun Yat-sen, revolutionary and founder of the Republic of China, with military cadets, 1924

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Some of the first women inducted into the US Marine Corps, WW1, 1918

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American troops indulging our legendary sweet tooth during some down-time from the trenches, Western Front, WW1, 1918

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Crew of the B-17 'Pistol Packin' Mama' during training, Ohio, USA, WW2, 1944

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Man pretending to fire a 'quaker gun', a decoy cannon made out of a log, US Civil War, 1862

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Canadian soldier with a Bren Gun, the Netherlands, WW2, 1945

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Training of the Women's Home Defense Corps, Britain, WW2, 1940

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Polish cavalry on maneuvers a few months before the Nazi-Soviet joint invasion of Poland and the start of WW2, 1939

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American nurses on the beaches of Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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American soldiers riding atop French-made Renault FT tanks, Western Front, WW1, 1918

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Troops in gas masks, Mesopotamian Front, WW1, 1918

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British advance in France, WW1, 1917

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US soldier on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, WW1, 1918

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Interior of an armored train, Ukraine, 1918

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Mounted nomad warrior of the Bishari people, Southern Egypt, late 19th century

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Czechoslovakians fleeing their country and into Austria after the Soviet invasion, 1968

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Invading Soviet tank on a collapsed bridge, Czechoslovakia, 1968

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Hemp rope armor of the British locomotive "Hairy Mary", South Africa, Second Boer War, ~1898

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British commandos leaving a power plant they destroyed, Italy, WW2, 1945

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ARL-44 Tanks on parade, France, 1951

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British soldier with captured Nazi bicycle-mounted anti-tank troops, Germany, WW2, 1945

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Finnish soldier with a pack reindeer on the ice, Continuation War, WW2, 1941

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Revolutionaries posing in front of a bullet-ridden house after the Battle of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 1911

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Sergeant Josef Mambo (center) of the Imperial German Army, WW1, ~1916?

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West German soldiers disembark from a Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30 infantry fighting vehicle, 1960s

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Experimental British amphibious tank/personnel carrier, testing in London, just after WW1, 1918

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127th Ohio Infantry, the first African-American regiment raised in Ohio, US Civil War, 1863

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Two US soldiers in an embrace in the snow, Austrian Alps, WW2, 1945

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Armored car, WW1, Eastern Front, ~1917?

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US submarine crew plays ball at the North Pole, 1960

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Narrow-gauge railway carrying shells and sea mines, the Netherlands, 1939

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Simo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940

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Men of the Harlem Hellfighters decorated with the Croix de guerre by France in WW1 for valor in battle, photo taken postwar, 1919

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African-American troops taking up firing positions, US Civil War, 1864

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49th Hutsul Rifle Regiment of Poland, pic taken late 1930s?

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Autochrome photo of French Zouave infantry, WW1, 1914

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French soldiers in camouflage, WW1, ~1916

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German checkpoint guard, Eastern Front, WW1, 1915-1916

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Nazi Schwimmwagen entering water, WW2, 1942

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Member of the Albanian Legion in service to Austria-Hungary, WW1, 1916

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Swedish ski troops, lead with a BAR variant, 1940s?

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Austro-Hungarian soldier as the Krampus, WW1, 1917

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Machinegun motorcycle, 39th Tomsk Infantry Division, Russian Empire, WW1, 1916

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National Army troops on a ship, Irish Civil War, 1923

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Austro-Hungarian troops in a trench on the Eastern Front, WW1, 1915

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Signalmen of the Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces during the Battle of the Isonzo (1915–1917) installing an antenna and a hand-cranked generator for a radio station high in the mountains. (Colorized)

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'Captured' Nazi decoy guns and turrets, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Imperial German soldier next to an artillery shell, WW1, 1916

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British SAS in a jeep, North Africa, WW2, 1943

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US soldier in camo heating up some rations, Normandy, France, WW2, 1944

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Arado 232 transport plane, Nazi Germany, WW2, ~1943

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PLA solder during the Chinese invasion of Vietnam, Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979

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USS Iowa in a floating dry-dock, Pacific Ocean, WW2, 1944

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Bahram Afzali, Iranian admiral, executed in 1984 by the Islamic Republic for membership in the communist Tudeh Party, picture taken 1980

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Soldiers of Qing China, ~1900

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Soldiers in Qing China demonstrating their weapons and shields, late 19th century

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US Marine with a kitten under a destroyed Japanese tank, Tarawa Atoll, 1943

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Frame of troops in the First Balkan War, 1912

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French soldiers with a Chauchat Light Machine Gun, Western Front, WW1, 1918

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Japanese officers and French military advisers, Boshin War, Japan, 1868-1869

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Imperial German soldier poses in the barrel of an artillery piece, WW1, ~1918

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Cavalryman watching a biplane, Germany, ~1910

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Makeshift armored car, Ukrainian War of Independence, ~1918

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Soviet anti-tank troops and a T-26, WW2, 1941-1942?

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Soviet parachute troops jump off of a TB-3 bomber (yes, OFF of, not out of), 1937

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Soviet anti-tank troops waiting in ambush, 2nd Baltic Front, WW2, 1944

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Soviet soldiers training with anti-tank rifles, Defense of Moscow, WW2, 1941

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HMS Penelope, nicknamed the "HMS Pepperpot", due to the damage suffered in missions during WWII, 1942

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Austrian ADMK 'Mulus' tankette, ~1939

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Autochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913

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Autochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913
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Makeshift Anarchist militia armored car, Spanish Civil War, 1936

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Makeshift Anarchist militia armored car, Spanish Civil War, 1936
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American M60 tank (left) and Soviet T-62 tank (right), 1960s or 70s?

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American M60 tank (left) and Soviet T-62 tank (right), 1960s or 70s?
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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944

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US soldiers and a dog, Germany, WW2, 1944
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Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII Bomber, Germany, 1919

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Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII Bomber, Germany, 1919
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CNT-FAI Anarchist militiawomen, Spanish Civil War, 1936

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CNT-FAI Anarchist militiawomen, Spanish Civil War, 1936
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Swiss soldiers with a flamethrower, 1964

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Swiss soldiers with a flamethrower, 1964
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US hovercraft on patrol, Vietnam War, 1968

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US hovercraft on patrol, Vietnam War, 1968
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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?

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British Miles M.39B Libellula experimental bomber, WW2, 1943?
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Confederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864

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Confederate railway gun captured by Union forces, US Civil War, 1864
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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944

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British forces during the Normandy Invasion, WW2, 1944
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American B-25 with an experimental nose-mounted rocket launcher, ~1946

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American B-25 with an experimental nose-mounted rocket launcher, ~1946
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US infantryman laughing at his comrades wearing gas masks, 1918

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US infantryman laughing at his comrades wearing gas masks, 1918
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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945

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US soldier during the Battle of the Bulge shaking hands with a local, Luxembourg, WW2, 1944 or early 1945
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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943

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US soldier in training with M1 Garand and bayonet fixed, 1943
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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?

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American T92 240mm howitzer, WW2 era, 1945?
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Kady Brownell, the only recognized woman officially discharged from the Union Army at the end of hostilities, US Civil War, ~1865

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Kady Brownell, the only recognized woman officially discharged from the Union Army at the end of hostilities, US Civil War, ~1865
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Kartseva Lyubov Iosifovna, Soviet combat medic and recon officer, WW2, photo from 1942, killed in action 1943

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Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos, WW1, 1914-1918

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Austro-Hungarian Jagdkommandos, WW1, 1914-1918
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British commandos practicing for an amphibious landing, WW2, 1939-1945

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British commandos practicing for an amphibious landing, WW2, 1939-1945
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LGBT protest in front of a US Army office, New York City, 1964

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LGBT protest in front of a US Army office, New York City, 1964
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