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Although the Indian governments crackdown in Punjab has largely crushed militant activity for the time being, arms are still widely dispersed among the populace. This weaponry could facilitate and fuel future conflict and abuses of human rights

The central Government dismissed the Punjab state government Thursday night and took direct control of the state in an attempt to halt more than a year of religious and political violence.

Jewish parachutist Hannah Szenes with her brother, before leaving for a rescue mission.

Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women from Palestine who had volunteered to join the British army parachuted into German-occupied Europe.…

A Soviet soldier walks through a mound of victims' shoes piled outside a warehouse in Majdanek soon after the liberation. Majdanek, Poland

Cartoon showing women constructing the word "Women" and working on a jeep.

A photograph of Ann Caracristi, a cryptanalyst who worked as a code breaker during World War II. She later became the first female deputy director of the NSA.

The USS Utah is depicted as it's wreckage has come ashore in the hours following the bombings of Pearl Harbor. A desolate tone is set by the overturned vessel.

Japanese people finding time for extracurricular entertainment at the internment camps following Pearl Harbor.

Gives updates on what is happening in the war