Photos Partisans

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Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague, was assassinated by Czech agents trained in Britain in the spring of 1942.

 

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Members of the Free French Army following he capture of Chartres in north-central France.
Robert Capa

 

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Fighters of the French Resistance guard a German military train, knocked out and captured by US troops.On the flat cars are PzKpfw VI “Tiger” Ausf. H1 (E). The steam locomotive has a direct artillery hit in the engine cab. September 8, 1944

 

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Three PEKEK soldiers gather around a light machine gun to receive instruction on its use and operation from T/Sgt. Paul Anderson (Antitank Co., 161st Inf. Regt., 25th Div.), from Spokane, Wash. These PEKEK men, which means "Storm Troopers" in Chinese, were students, storekeepers, businessmen, and merchant seamen. They were trapped in and around Manila, Luzon, P.I., when the Japanese took the islands. They will fight with various units of the regiment

 

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24-year old Roger Savin during the liberation of Paris. He would not live to celebrate. Killed during a German attack, his body was found on 26 August 1944.

 

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Resistance fighters from the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) on captured German Panther tank - from the Zośka Battalion, under the command of Waclaw Micuta – during the Warsaw Uprising on August 2nd, 1944.