The soldier says goodbye to his home - Mordovia 1914. only a few weeks after assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife at Sarajevo, and the whole of Europe is becoming embroiled in war.
In the year 1913, Josip Broz Tito (age 21), Adolf Hitler (24), Leon Trotsky (34), Joseph Stalin (35), Sigmund Freud (57) and Archduke Franz Ferdinand (50) were all living in Vienna. #history
The Hiroshima explosion recorded at 8.15 a.m. 6 August 1945 on the remains of a wrist watch found in the ruins. Almost as if that horrible moment was frozen in time!. #history
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War was the deadliest conflict since World War 2 with over 5 million people killed!. Most people have never heard of it despite it ending in 2003. #history
South Africa developed a small arsenal of nuclear weapons, approximately half a dozen, and possibly tested them (Vela incident). #history However, it is the only nation in the world to have acquired nuclear weaponry and then fully decommissioned.
'Wait for Me, Daddy' captures the image of the boy, five-year-old Warren โWhiteyโ Bernard, running out of his motherโs grasp to his father. Iconic photo taken in the 1940s. #history
