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US Strikes on Engebi, 1944
A February 1944 photograph showing the naval and air bombardment of Japanese defensive positions which preceded a US amphibious attack on the island of Engebi in the Marshall Islands. Part of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands...
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1946 Nuclear Test, Bikini Atoll
A July 1946 photograph of a US nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Known as the 'Baker' explosion, the condensation cloud released radioactive-contaminated water throughout the area. US Department...
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US Marines Attack Tarawa, 1943
A November 1943 photograph showing US Marines attacking the beach and Japanese defences at Tarawa Atoll during the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign (November 1943 - February 1944) in the Pacific War of WWII (1939-45...
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Wrecked Japanese Plane, Makin Atoll, 1943
A November 1943 photograph showing a wrecked Japanese seaplane and US forces on the beach at Makin Atoll, part of the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati). The battle of Makin was part of the Gilbert and Marshall...
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Map of the First Crusade, 1096 - 1099 - Routes, Campaigns & the Rise of the Crusader States
The First Crusade (1096–1099) emerged from Pope Urban II’s (reign 1088–1099) appeal at the Council of Clermont (1095), following requests for military assistance from...
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Map of Europe Before the Fall of Constantinople, c. 1450 - Political Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
Around 1450 CE, Europe and the eastern Mediterranean stood at the intersection of declining medieval powers and emerging regional states. The Byzantine Empire...
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Map of the Voyage of Aeneas from Troy to the Origins of Rome - The Mediterranean Journey in Virgil’s Aeneid
The voyage of Aeneas, Trojan prince and hero of The Aeneid, belongs to Rome’s foundation mythology rather than historical record. Composed by Virgil (70–19...
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E. P. Alexander
A photograph of E.P. Alexander (1835-1910), who was a Confederate officer, chief engineer, signal officer, and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War.
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War Cemetery, Guadalcanal
A 1945 photograph of a cemetery for those killed, both Allied and Japanese personnel, in the Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-3) of the Pacific War in WWII (1939-45). Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
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Sinking of USS Wasp, Guadalcanal
A photograph taken on 15 September 1942 showing the sinking by Japanese forces of the US aircraft carrier Wasp during the Guadalcanal Campaign of the Pacific War in WWII (1939-45).
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