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Shocking Historical Photos!World ExplorerPresents

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The priest and the dying soldier, 19621

Manly Presidential Pitch2President George H.W. Bush throws out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers opening night game in 1991, Arlington, Texas.

Boy And Dead Brother3This heart-wrenching 1945 photograph shows a young boy standing at attention after having brought his dead brother to a cremation site.

USSRs Kalinin K-74The Kalinin K-7 was a heavy experimental aircraft designed and tested in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s..

Anthony Biddle5This famous colonels name was Anthony Biddle. He was a hand-to-hand combat expert and dared his soldiers to try an kill him after surrounding him. They were never able to and he managed to disarm them all every time!

WWI Trench Warfare6Trench Warfare captured by a British photographer during World War I. These are mortar rounds firing back and forth. [c. 1917]

General Sideburns Burnside7Ambrose Burnside Civil War General who coined the term sideburn

The Unsung Beatle8Jimmie Nicol filled in for Ringo Starr when he had tonsillitis. Here he is photographed after the tour, departing Melbourne Airport, on the cusp of returning back to his bland, normal life. [1964]

The B**C* Of Buchenwald9Ilse Koch, the bitch of Buchenwald, in captivity. Her atrocities involved making human skin lampshades. 1941

First Dog In Space10Laika, the first dog in space, has her capsule built around her. No provisions were made for her return, and she died in orbit. [1957]