Free French commandos, c 1943
(Source: loc.gov)
May 19, 2013, 1:00pm / 99
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French and British colonial troops photographed after becoming POWs
May 18, 2013, 2:00pm / 20
The women SS guards moving the corpses of the dead inmates under the watchful eye of the British at Bergen-Belsen, 23 April 1945
May 16, 2013, 2:00pm / 41
Private Tom McCormack of the 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders photographed while wounded. He was taken prisoner during the St. Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot) in March 1942.
He died of his wounds 11 April 1942 at the age of 25.
(Source: gallery.commandoveterans.org)
May 13, 2013, 10:57am / 104
The birthday parade and celebration of King George VI in Jerusalem, 14 June 1945
(Source: loc.gov)
May 06, 2013, 1:00pm / 13
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