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👑 Bronze head from an over-life-sized statue of Augustus, found in the ancient Nubian site of Meroë in Sudan, 27 - 25 BCE. On display in the British Museum, London.
📷 Photo by Carole Raddato
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Five Leading Causes of Death for Soldiers in Napoleon’s Army
“Only about a 30 per cent of all fatalities occurred in combat.”
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On this day in 1945, Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz. During the five years the camp was operational, 1.1 million people were murdered there. One out of every six Jews killed in the Holocaust died at Auschwitz.
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Today in 1671, the Welsh privateer Henry Morgan leads a buccaneer army against the city of Panama. The Spanish defenders burn the town rather than see it plundered. Although Morgan is arrested by English authorities to appease Madrid, he receives a hero's welcome in London.
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Today in 1944, the encircled city of Leningrad is finally relieved. More than a million Russians died in the nearly 900-day standoff, which began in August of 1941. Widespread famine, disease and continuous enemy bombardment made it history's deadliest siege.
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German soldiers, father and son, near Ypres, reading a letter from their wife/mother. WW1, 1915.
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In 1995, a man named Sonny Graham received the transplanted heart of a suicide victim. He then married the donor’s widow and later killed himself, in the exact same way as the donor did.
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Lt. Audie Murphy wears his Medal of Honor at the Hohenwerfen Castle in Salzburg, Austria. 🪖
He received that medal for his heroism 81 years ago today 🇺🇸
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81 years ago today, an American M5 Stuart tank passes a road side M4 Sherman in Amonines, Belgium. 🇺🇸
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In January of 1944, Captain Frederick Saam of the US 5th Army compares his helmet to an Italian dragoon helmet in Anzio, Italy. 🪖
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The USS Wyoming leaving New York harbor in 1915 was quite a sight. ⚓️
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In January of 1945, Pfc. John Wauthier of the 2nd Infantry Division is photographed with his BAR near Bütgenbach Belgium.🪖
He is less than a month away from turning 19 years old here. 🇺🇸
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On this day in 1965, Winston Churchill, 90, dies of complications from a stroke. "The great figure who embodied man's will to resist tyranny passed into history this morning," reports the New York Times.
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On this day in 1995, Moscow comes frighteningly close to ordering a nuclear strike on the United States after mistaking a Norwegian research rocket for an American submarine-launched ballistic missile.
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Today in 1968, North Korea seizes the American spy ship USS Pueblo in international waters. Pyongyang holds the 83 members of the crew for 11 months in appalling conditions that include beatings, starvation and torture. One sailor, Duane Hodges, dies before they're released.
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🎭 A section of the seating in the Roman amphitheatre of ancient Tarraco (Tarragona, Spain). 2nd century CE.
📷 Photo by Mark Cartwright.
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On this day in 1863, Lincoln's War Department authorizes the raising of the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Just 171 days later, the regiment will be in action in South Carolina.
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On this day in 1943, 58 American bombers from the 8th Air Force successfully strike the U-boat pens at Wilhelmshaven. It's the first bombing raid on Germany by the United States. Just three American planes are lost. Future raids will suffer far greater losses.
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On this day in 1871, Paris surrenders to the Prussian army after a four month siege. It takes just three days of shelling by heavy Krupp guns to finally force an end to the long-running standoff.
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Audie Murphy, one of the most highly decorated American soldiers of World War II, photographed on June 2, 1945, in Salzburg, Austria.
He is shown wearing his Congressional Medal of Honor and Legion of Merit, having earned every U.S. Army combat award for valor, along with additional honors from France and Belgium for heroism.
Color by colourisedpieceofjake
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Today in 1942, the first U.S. troops deployed to Europe in WWII arrive in Northern Ireland. The first down the gangplank is PFC Milburn Henke. “With all the attention I got, it looked as though the army’s plan was for me to win the war single-handed”
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In 1945, Lt. Audie Murphy is photographed after receiving his Medal of Honor for his actions 81 years ago today. 🇺🇸
Asked why he decided to take on an entire company of German infantry, he replied, “They were killing my friends.” 🪖
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On this day in 1934, Hitler signs a non-aggression pact with Poland. Under the terms of the treaty, both powers agree not to launch military hostilities against one another for a period of 10 years. In 1939, Germany invades Poland.
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81 years ago today, Pvt. Jose Valdez single-handedly held off 200 Germans for 15 minutes near Rosenkrantz, France with his rifle & grenades, allowing his 5 comrades to escape. 🪖
Mortally wounded, he crawled back to safety & died soon after-earning a posthumous Medal of Honor 🇺🇸
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81 years ago today, M4 Sherman medium tanks of the 7th Armored Division take up defensive positions in a field near St. Vith after retaking the village from the Germans. 🪖
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In January of 1944, Pfc. George Miller, a machine gunner with the 1st Marine Division, trudges wearily to the rear after 19 days on the line and the successful attack on Hill 660 during the fighting on New Britain. 🪖
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82 years ago today, British troops and US Army Rangers meet on the Anzio-Rome road in Italy. 🪖
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Today in 1915, Royal Navy warships led by five battlecruisers surprise a German squadron near the Dogger Bank and destroy the armoured cruiser Blücher. The ambush is made possible after the Admiralty's cryptanalysis section, Room 40, intercepts and decodes the enemy's signals.
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Today in 1870, Federal troops slaughter 200 supposedly hostile Blackfeet Indians in Montana. It's soon revealed that the wrong village has been targeted. The victims — mostly women, children & the elderly — are from a friendly band. The fiasco will be known as the Marias Massacre
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On this day in 1941, noted American aviator Charles Lindbergh appears before Congress to urge the U.S. government to negotiate a non-aggression treaty with Adolf Hitler.
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