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Even decades after its end, WWII still strikes a chord in the hearts of people from all corners of the globe. For some, it was a time of epic heroism and ...

1. The famous World War 2 photo of a British milkman in the Blitz was faked. The photographer got his assistant to dress up to create a positive image that wartime censors wouldn't block.

Erwin Rommel "The Desert Fox"

What a weird world. The glorification of madness. From the website: Unter den Linden-Ecke Friedrichstraße 1937

Personal pictures taken by German soldiers in Soviet Russia during the Second World War.

LT Col Francis S. Gabreski of the 56th Fighter Group in the cockpit of his P-47 1944

1. At one point 90% of the world's needles came from a Worcestershire town called Redditch.

01. When surrendering during the American Civil war Robert E Lee dressed in an immaculate custom made uniform while Ulysses S Grant was dressed in a mud splattered general issue uniform. #history #civilwar #battle #america #unitedstates #usa #military

The East German secret police (Stasi) preferred not to arrest people, but rather use "biodegradation" to paralyze enemies of the state by organizing failures at their workplace, destroying their friendships, and ruining their reputation.

01. The boots worn by the actors portraying American soldiers in Saving Private Ryan were made by the same company that supplied boots for American soldiers during the WW2. #worldwar2 #ww2 #history #female #women #woman

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During the Cold War, escape attempts from East Germany were thoroughly reenacted

1. The amount of matter converted to energy in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was about 700 milligrams, less than one-third the mass of a U.S. dime.

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01. During the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact soldiers, road signs in towns were removed or painted over to confuse invading troops—except for those indicating the way to Moscow.

01. North Korea uses a different calendar than the rest of the world, with year 1 indicating the birth of Kim Il-Sung. #northkorea #korea #korean #girl #women #female #woman #shocking #travel #living #world #adventure #asian

An American soldier holds a wounded Japanese boy inside a Stinson L-5 Sentinel combat liaison airplane on Saipan as they await a flight to the nearest field hospital.