The 12-Year-Old USN Sailor Who Received the Bronze Star for His Actions During the Guadalcanal Campaign

It wasn’t unusual for boys to lie about their age to enlist in World War II . Many tried to persuade recruiters they…

The Real ‘Dad’s Army’

World War 2 » | The Home Guard List » | Introduction In May 1940 Britain stood in danger of her life. The…

Four ways that Queen Elizabeth II contributed to WW2

At the age of 19, Queen Elizabeth the II (then Princess Elizabeth) became the first female member of the Royal Family to join…

Minneapolis II (CA-36)

Minneapolis (CA-36) firing her 8/55 main battery guns during battle practice, 29 March 1939. Taken from a floatplane of her embarked aviation unit,…

Spitbank Fort – The Fort That Became a Hotel –

Spitbank Fort, located in the Solent near Portsmouth, is a historic sea fort constructed in the 19th century as part of Britain’s coastal…

14 July 1936 | Willy Ronis

One million people marched in Paris on July 14 1936, to celebrate the Bastille holiday and celebrate the victory of Front Populaire in the general…

The Coffins, 2004

. In 1991, when his gruesome photo of a dead Iraqi soldier burnt in tank during the Gulf War was published, Ken Jarecke…

Dovima With Elephants, Paris, 1955

When Richard Avedon photographed Dovima at a Paris circus in 1955 for Harper’s Bazaar, both were already prominent in their fields. She was…

Michael Jordan, 1984

It may be the most famous silhouette ever photographed. Shooting Michael Jordan for LIFE in 1984, Jacobus “Co” Rentmeester captured the basketball star…

The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death, 1855

While little is remembered of the Crimean War—that nearly three-year conflict that pitted England, France, Turkey and Sardinia-Piedmont against Russia—coverage of it radically…