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Soviet Troops, Stalingrad
A photograph of Soviet Red Army troops moving forward during the battle of Stalingrad (July 1942 - February 1943) during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)
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Soviet Embassy, Tehran
A photograph of the Soviet embassy in Tehran, Iran. This was the location of the Tehran Conference in late 1943 when the leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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Soviet Anti-Aircraft Gunners, Sevastopol
A May 1942 photograph of Soviet anti-aircraft gunners of the Zheleznyakov armored train used during the Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 in the Second World War (1939-45).
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Union Soldiers at the Battle of Rich Mountain
Battle of Rich Mountain, illustration by Alonzo Chappel in History of the War for the Union, 1863. Union soldiers at the Battle of Rich Mountain (11 July 1861), from the American Civil War, climbing over...
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Miklós Horthy
Miklós Horthy (1868-1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who served as regent for the Kingdom of Hungary from 1920 until his forced abdication in 1944. During the interwar period and for most of World War II, Horthy played...
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Stonewall Jackson - General Lee's Lieutenant
Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863), better known as Stonewall Jackson, was one of the most famous Confederate generals of the American Civil War (1861-1865). A veteran of the Mexican-American War and a former...
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Atlanta Campaign - The Bloody Struggle for Georgia During the US Civil War
The Atlanta Campaign (7 May to 2 September 1864) was a major military campaign in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It saw a large Union force under Major...
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Franklin-Nashville Campaign - The Twilight of the Southern Confederacy
The Franklin-Nashville Campaign (September-December 1864) was the last major military operation in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). After the Southern stronghold...
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Consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution
The long-term goal of the Bolsheviks, who took power by force in Russia in November 1917, was a fairer society where workers and peasants were not exploited by wealthy capitalists. The more immediate consequences...
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The Union as It Was
The Union as it was, wood engraving by Thomas Nast, 1874. Illustrated here by Thomas Nast are two clasping figures, members of White supremacist paramilitary organizations, standing astride a shield depicting a terrorized...
