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166th Infantry Regiment returning from raid, morning of May 3rd, 1918. St Maurice, France. Image
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Snipers of the 166th Infantry in a nest firing at Germans on the other side of Villers-sur-Fère, 30 July 1918. Image
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Milunka Savić was a Serbian war heroine who fought in the Balkan Wars and in WWI. Her brother got called to serve in the First Balkan War in 1912, but Milunka decided to take his place. Today, she is considered the most-decorated female combatant in the history of warfare. #WHM
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The week already feels a bit shitty, so I thought I should summon Winston Churchill in his swimming costume to brighten up your day.

You're welcome
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On February 22 1943, Sophie Scholl - an anti-Nazi political activist, was guillotined by the Nazis in Munich's Stadelheim Prison. She was 21.

Follow the thread and read her last words before being taken away to be executed.

"It is such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go.."
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