German soldier shooting a woman with a child in her arms, Ivanograd (1942) Executions of Kiev Jews by Nazi mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivanograd, Ukraine. The executioner in the photo appears to be standing over the body of an already executed person. You can see the gun barrels of other executioners at the left … Read more
Reshevsky, at age 8, giving a simultaneous exhibition in France, defeating several chess masters at once (1920) Samuel Reshevsky learned chess when he was only 4 years old. He became known as a child chess prodigy and was playing simultaneous games of chess against adults when he was 6 years of age. At age 8 … Read more
A brother’s love knows no boundaries. There’s also a caption that says: ‘The young boy’s sadness is expressed only in his gesture of biting his lips which are oozing blood.’ US Marine photographer Joe O’Donnell War photographer Joe O’Donnell, the man who took this photo at Nagasaki, was sent by the U.S. military to document … Read more
A photograph of the Japanese soldier Yasuno Chikao an instant before he strikes off Siffleet’s head was taken from the body of a Japanese casualty later in the war, 1943. Australian Special Forces radio operator Leonard Siffleet was sent on mission to Papua New Guinea to establish a coastwatching station. In September 1943, his patrol … Read more
War photographer Robert Capa took this iconic photo of an American soldier shot and killed by a German sniper in the battle for Leipzig on April 18, 1945. The soldier became known as the ‘last man to die’ in WWII after the image appeared in Life magazine’s Victory issue. [wp_ad_camp_1] During the final days of … Read more
“The War is going to be won by inventions,” wrote British Admiral Jacky Fisher in 1915. The World War I was that war. New weapons and technology were introduced, no small thanks to advances in radio technology, electrical power, and other latest technological advancement — greatly increasing the casualties of war in both the military … Read more