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Trinity Test Explosion, 1945
The 'Trinity' atomic bomb test at a remote spot in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on 16 July 1945. The test was part of the top-secret Manhattan Project. The explosion was equal to 18,600 tons of TNT, and it...
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Groves & Oppenheimer, 1942
Colonel Leslie R. Groves (later promoted to Lieutenant General), a military engineer who was put in overall charge of the secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb during WWII. On the right is the physicist Robert...
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Map of the Norman Conquest of England, 1066–1086 - From Hastings to Domesday – The Making of Norman England
The Norman Conquest of England began in 1066 after the death of Edward the Confessor (reign 1042–1066) without a direct heir, creating a disputed royal succession...
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Kamikaze Damage, USS Saratoga
A July 1945 photograph showing superficial damage to the deck of USS Saratoga after being struck by a Japanese kamikaze pilot during the Second World War (1939-45).
Imperial War Museums
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Japanese Baka Bomb
A Japanese Baka bomb, a self-propelled rocket guided by a kamikaze pilot during the Second World War (1939-45). The Baka bomb was taken close to its target by a mother plane and then released.
Imperial War Museums, London.
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Japanese Kamikaze Pilots
A group of Japanese kamikaze pilots in May 1945, during the Second World War (1939-45). Left to right, front row: Tsutomu Hayakawa, Yukio Araki, and Takamasa Senda. Back row: Kaname Takahashi and Mitsuyoshi Takahashi.
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Waving off a Kamikaze Pilot
Japanese schoolgirls waving off a kamikaze pilot in April 1945 during the Second World War (1939-45).
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Bronze Equestrian Statue of General George H. Thomas - Thomas Circle, Washington, D.C.
The bronze equestrian statue of Major General George H. Thomas by John Quincy Adams Ward, located at Thomas Circle in Washington, D.C. Photograph by David Reynolds, 2019.
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Battle of Mill Springs, January 1862 - George H. Thomas' First Victory
Battle of Mill Springs (fought 19 January 1862), newspaper illustration from Harper's Weekly, February 8, 1862 issue. The battle was the first Union victory in the Western Theater of...
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Woodcut of George H. Thomas by Thomas Nast
Print of General George H. Thomas, 1864, in uniform with tents, campfire, and sentinel in the background. "Geo H Thomas" (signature printed below image). Taken from a book published by Johnson, Fry and Co...
