1943 — A woman weeps in front of her burning house during the nazi occupation of the Soviet Union in World War II.
2022 — A woman cries as she stands in front of a house that caught fire after being hit by russian shells in Irpin, near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
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2022 — A woman cries as she stands in front of a house that caught fire after being hit by russian shells in Irpin, near Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
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History Matters
1944 — The worst attack on Britain came on November 25, when a German V2 rocket bomb made a direct hit on a crowded Woolworths store in South London, killing 168 and razing the building to the ground. The V2 rocket was 14 metres high and carried a 910 kg of explosives.
2022 — The Russian military forces hit with a Kh-22 cruise missile Kremenchuk shopping mall in Poltava region on June 27, killed at least 20 civilians; dozens more are still unaccounted for. The Kh-22 missile has a length of 12 meters and a high-explosive cumulative mass of 960 kg.
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1944 — The worst attack on Britain came on November 25, when a German V2 rocket bomb made a direct hit on a crowded Woolworths store in South London, killing 168 and razing the building to the ground. The V2 rocket was 14 metres high and carried a 910 kg of explosives.
2022 — The Russian military forces hit with a Kh-22 cruise missile Kremenchuk shopping mall in Poltava region on June 27, killed at least 20 civilians; dozens more are still unaccounted for. The Kh-22 missile has a length of 12 meters and a high-explosive cumulative mass of 960 kg.
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1940 — Young boys swing from a lamp post in the midst of rubble left by a bombing raid on London during the Blitz.
2022 — Children play in front of a building damaged in fighting in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol, on March 23.
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2022 — Children play in front of a building damaged in fighting in the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol, on March 23.
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Evacuation trains from war zone
1940 — Millions of people were evacuated when Britain was bombed by nazi during World War II. The mass evacuations were intended to keep British children safe – or safer, theoretically – from German air raids, while their parents stayed behind to work and help out with war efforts.
2022 — Thousands of Ukrainians pour into train station fleeing war-ruined Kharkiv. Russian invasion of Ukraine has driven more than 6 million people out of the country.
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1940 — Millions of people were evacuated when Britain was bombed by nazi during World War II. The mass evacuations were intended to keep British children safe – or safer, theoretically – from German air raids, while their parents stayed behind to work and help out with war efforts.
2022 — Thousands of Ukrainians pour into train station fleeing war-ruined Kharkiv. Russian invasion of Ukraine has driven more than 6 million people out of the country.
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1944 — A woman fleeing the burning buildings of her French town, which German troops had set afire during their retreat on June 10.
2022 — A cyclist rides past flames and smoke rising from a fire following Russian artillery fire in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on March 25.
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2022 — A cyclist rides past flames and smoke rising from a fire following Russian artillery fire in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on March 25.
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1944 — A girl and her pet cat. A war orphan walks through the ruins of a house after the Germans had gone.
2022 — The 12-year-old boy holds a cat standing on the debris of his house destroyed by Russian forces shelling in the outskirts of Chernihiv, April 13.
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2022 — The 12-year-old boy holds a cat standing on the debris of his house destroyed by Russian forces shelling in the outskirts of Chernihiv, April 13.
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1940 — A man plays a piano amid the destruction wrought by Germany's bombs on the Blitz, London.
2022 — A man plays a piano outside a house damaged after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village, May 19.
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2022 — A man plays a piano outside a house damaged after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village, May 19.
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1940 — Nazi used symbol "V" during the occupation of France and Poland in the early years of World War II. Translate: “Germany is victorious on all fronts.”
2022 — Today the symbol "V" use by the Russian government as a war propaganda motif and symbol of support for Russia's invasion. Translate: "For Victory", "Our strength is in truth."
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2022 — Today the symbol "V" use by the Russian government as a war propaganda motif and symbol of support for Russia's invasion. Translate: "For Victory", "Our strength is in truth."
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