#39. U-118, a World War One submarine washed ashore on the beach at Hastings, Sussex, England.

#38. A Russian adjustable mobile shield that could protect against small arms fire and shrapnel captured by the Germans, 1914.

#37. Testing a bulletproof vest, 1923.

#36. The Messerschmitt Me 264, its objective: being able to strike continental USA from Germany, 1942.

#35. Russian soldiers prepare chlorine cylinders for a gas attack against German positions near Ilukste, 1916.

#34. Gas masks for babies tested at an English hospital, 1940.

#33. Nazi raising the swastika over the Acropolis, Athens.

#32. German soldier dives for cover as shell explodes behind him at an artillery position, Western Front, 1917.

#31. Stalin in an off-record photo by Lt. Gen. Nikolai Vlasik, the Soviet dictator’s bodyguard.

#30. Control room of the UB-110 German submarine, 1918.

#29. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel inspecting the Omaha beach defenses, 1944.

#28. A V-1 flying bomb “buzzbomb” plunging toward central London, 1945.

#27. Maori Battalion in North Africa, 1941.

#26. Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

#25. Ovation for Hitler in the Reichstag after announcing the successful Anschluss, March 1938.

#24. Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920.

#23. Joseph Stalin mugshot held by Okhrana, the Tsarist Secret Police, 1911.

#22. The Eiffel Tower during the Nazi occupation, 1940.

#21. Young German SS soldier. Date and location unknown.

#20. The Cologne cathedral stands tall amidst the ruins of the city after allied bombings, 1944.

#19. Laughing at Auschwitz – SS auxiliaries poses at a resort for Auschwitz personnel, 1942.

#18. A German child meets her father, a WW2 soldier, for the first time since she was 1 year old, 1956.

#17. Using banknotes as wallpaper during Hyperinflation, Germany 1923.

#16. Opium den, Singapore, 1941.

#15. Using a traditional Japanese blade, 17-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi assassinates socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma in Tokyo, Japan.

#14. The face of war: The first press pictures of dead U.S. soldiers that was presented to the public,Papua New Guinea, 1942-43.

#13. A couple of warriors holding hands, Vietnam, 1971.

#12. Erwin Rommel and staff, Western Desert, 1942.

#11. The 2800 year old kiss.

#10. Lady in a litter being carried by her slaves, province of São Paulo in Brazil, 1860.

#9. Hitler rehearsing his speech in front of the mirror, 1925.

#8. African American fighting at the Ardennes Counteroffensive, 1944.

#7. Marina Ginesta, a 17-year-old communist militant, overlooking Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, 1936.

#6. German Panzer III in the Western desert, 1942.

#5. Turkish official teasing starved Armenian children by showing bread during the Armenian Genocide, 1915.

#4. Captured Italian soldiers are escorted to the rear by German soldiers during the Battle of Caporetto, 1917.

#3. To have an elongated head was an ideal of beauty among the Mangbetu people, 1930.

#2. German stormtrooper officer portrait,1918.

#1. German soldiers in trench, Soviet Union, October 1943.

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