World War II Photos Your History Teacher Didn’t Show You

Published on 05/14/2018
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Seeing The Truth

Many German soldiers claimed to have never been aware of the atrocities their own army was committing. But when the Allies captured these German soldiers, they made sure that they saw exactly what their comrades had done to the poor populations confined in death and labor camps. The Allies forced these soldiers to watch footage of the camps, regardless of how disturbing it might have been.

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Seeing The Truth

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Young Soldiers

As the city of Berlin was on the brink of total capture and conquest by the Allies, Adolf Hitler took to extreme measures. He called up the local population to fight until the final moments of the war. All the while the dictator himself secured himself in his basement while children, the elderly and women all took to the fight for him. This is 16-year-old Hans-Georg Henke, and he’s filled with despair and fear as the Allies have just captured him and his city.

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Young Soldiers

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