1941 — Firefighters putting out a blaze in London after an air raid during The Blitz. The bombing campaigns of World War II put a massive strain on firefighters. For British fire crews, the most intense period came during the Blitz of 1940 and the most intense bombing in London.
2022 — Ukrainian firefighters work in an apartment building after russian attack. On March 15, artillery strikes hit the Svyatoshynskyi district of western Kyiv, adjacent to the suburb of Irpin, which has seen some of the worst battles of the war.
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2022 — Ukrainian firefighters work in an apartment building after russian attack. On March 15, artillery strikes hit the Svyatoshynskyi district of western Kyiv, adjacent to the suburb of Irpin, which has seen some of the worst battles of the war.
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1941 — Northern Ireland woman Denise Weston Austin kept a baby elephant in her backyard. She took a elephant 🐘 named Sheila home everyday from Belfast Zoo to keep it from being destroyed during the Belfast Blitz. The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941, causing high casualties. Both would survive the bombs of the Luftwaffe and live long after the end of World War II.
2022 — Animal keeper Kyrylo Trantin comforts an elephant 🐘 named Horace at the Kyiv Zoo on March 1. With his enormous ears and sensitive disposition, Horace is particularly vulnerable to loud noises. So a staff member moves into the elephant’s enclosure with him each night, sleeping beside him to comfort him during any loud bangs. When he wakes up in distress, they feed him apples and chat to him until they sense he’s relaxed.
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2022 — Animal keeper Kyrylo Trantin comforts an elephant 🐘 named Horace at the Kyiv Zoo on March 1. With his enormous ears and sensitive disposition, Horace is particularly vulnerable to loud noises. So a staff member moves into the elephant’s enclosure with him each night, sleeping beside him to comfort him during any loud bangs. When he wakes up in distress, they feed him apples and chat to him until they sense he’s relaxed.
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1943 — Germany's mechanized infantry on a Sd.Kfz. 251 armoured half-track with swastika flag, at the eastern front. The Germans used swastika flag to identify armor for the Nazi German Air Force.
2022 — Russian army troops are seen atop of an armoured vehicle with the symbol of russian military invasion aggression "Z" painted on its side during the battle for Mariupol.
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2022 — Russian army troops are seen atop of an armoured vehicle with the symbol of russian military invasion aggression "Z" painted on its side during the battle for Mariupol.
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1940 — Reusel, like many other Netherlands 🇳🇱 towns, such as Rotterdam, was destroyed by German air force during World War II.
2016 — A man rides a bicycle near buildings damaged by a Russian airstrike in the rebel-held al-Sukkari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria 🇸🇾 on October 19.
2022 — A man rides a bicycle through the rubble after Russian attack in Mariupol, Ukraine 🇺🇦
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2016 — A man rides a bicycle near buildings damaged by a Russian airstrike in the rebel-held al-Sukkari neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria 🇸🇾 on October 19.
2022 — A man rides a bicycle through the rubble after Russian attack in Mariupol, Ukraine 🇺🇦
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1943 — Nazi German soldiers after the capture of Zhytomyr in north-west Ukraine during counterattack by the Wehrmacht towards Kyiv.
2022 — Russian soldiers walks along a street in Mariupol under occupation after a three-months siege and heavy shelling that virtually wiped out the city.
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2022 — Russian soldiers walks along a street in Mariupol under occupation after a three-months siege and heavy shelling that virtually wiped out the city.
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1940 — A soldier home on leave from the British Expeditionary Force, says goodbye to his baby son at the evacuation point in Greater London during World War II.
2022 — A Ukrainian police officer says goodbye to his son as his family flees from advancing russian troops, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, March 8.
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2022 — A Ukrainian police officer says goodbye to his son as his family flees from advancing russian troops, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, March 8.
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Nerves of Steel
1940 — Lieutenant Robert Davies of the bomb disposal unit stands on a 1200-pound German time bomb (to keep the point from the ground) as members of his unit hoist it up from the grounds of the hospital in London.
2022 — Ukrainian demining team defuse 500-kg Russian aircraft bomb that did not detonate when it landed on an apartment building in March 4 in Kharkiv.
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1940 — Lieutenant Robert Davies of the bomb disposal unit stands on a 1200-pound German time bomb (to keep the point from the ground) as members of his unit hoist it up from the grounds of the hospital in London.
2022 — Ukrainian demining team defuse 500-kg Russian aircraft bomb that did not detonate when it landed on an apartment building in March 4 in Kharkiv.
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1944 — Family stand over wreckage in London 🇬🇧 after random bombs of the nazi night raids during World War II.
2016 — Family look at a destroyed building in Aleppo's northeastern Haydariya 🇸🇾 neighbourhood as they head to check their house for the first time in four years on December 4.
2022 — Family look at the damage following a rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv 🇺🇦 on February 25.
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2016 — Family look at a destroyed building in Aleppo's northeastern Haydariya 🇸🇾 neighbourhood as they head to check their house for the first time in four years on December 4.
2022 — Family look at the damage following a rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv 🇺🇦 on February 25.
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History Matters
1940 — On the night of October 14, a bomb penetrated the road and exploded in Balham London Underground station. During 1940's Battle of Britain, Luftwaffe bombers tried to destroy British air power ahead of a planned invasion of the UK. When that failed, Hitler resorted to terror attacks on civilians, including the full-scale bombing of London and other UK towns. The attacks killed tens of thousands of Britons, but "The Blitz" fizzled: the invasion never materialized.
2022 — Tram depot in Kharkiv after shelling by the Russian troops. Russia states that in Ukraine, they fire only at military facilities and do not launch any missile, air, or artillery strikes on cities and villages. Russian troops are shelling residential areas, schools, hospitals, maternity hospitals, kindergartens, cultural monuments, etc. And these aren’t one-off incidents; such attacks are common.
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1940 — On the night of October 14, a bomb penetrated the road and exploded in Balham London Underground station. During 1940's Battle of Britain, Luftwaffe bombers tried to destroy British air power ahead of a planned invasion of the UK. When that failed, Hitler resorted to terror attacks on civilians, including the full-scale bombing of London and other UK towns. The attacks killed tens of thousands of Britons, but "The Blitz" fizzled: the invasion never materialized.
2022 — Tram depot in Kharkiv after shelling by the Russian troops. Russia states that in Ukraine, they fire only at military facilities and do not launch any missile, air, or artillery strikes on cities and villages. Russian troops are shelling residential areas, schools, hospitals, maternity hospitals, kindergartens, cultural monuments, etc. And these aren’t one-off incidents; such attacks are common.
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1943 — A huge explosion shakes the beach at Kwajalein 🇯🇵 during the combined US Marine-Army invasion of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Kwajalein was especially well fortified by Japanese.
2022 — Russia attacks chemical plant during an air strike near Ukrainian town of Rubizhne in the Luhansk region, on April 9. Plumes of toxic gas blow through sky. The wind blew the nitric acid back over Russian positions.
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2022 — Russia attacks chemical plant during an air strike near Ukrainian town of Rubizhne in the Luhansk region, on April 9. Plumes of toxic gas blow through sky. The wind blew the nitric acid back over Russian positions.
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