The Evacuation of Dunkirk as painted by Charles Cundall, Dunkirk, France, June 1, 1940. The British evacuated over 350,000 British, Belgian, French, and Polish troops from the path of the overwhelming numbers of the German Army. (Photo by Charles Cundall/Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
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German anti-tank gun (probably 50mm or 75mm) in Russia druing the invasion of that country during the Second World War. (Photo by Michael Nicholson/Corbis via Getty Images)