The Titanic before sailing.
The First McDonalds ever
Che and Fidel
Early construction of Brasilia, capital of Brasil
Papal Nuncio Cesare Orsenigo..
Elvis in the Army
The Beatles before they became famous
The Titanic in the bottom of the sea
Construction of Disneyland.
Berlin wall being torn down
Evolution of the Coca Cola
Cute Hitler
Black physicians treating in the ER a member of the Ku Kux Klan
Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro
Charlie Chaplin and Gandhi
The first Computer ever
Construction of the Cristo redentor in Rio de Janeiro
The Beatles in 1957
School grades of Albert Einstem
Google in 1999, when they started.
On March 10, 1869, railroad officials, political leaders and work gangs converged at Promontory Point, Utah, to drive in the last spike of the Pacific Railroad, the first of five transcontinental railroads built in the 19th century. The driving of the spike linked the Union Pacific line built from East to West with the Central Pacific, which had commenced construction in California.
moment when Geoge Bush was notified of the attack in the Twin Towers
Pope John Paul with Mehmet Ali Agca who tried to kill him.
Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee
First photograph in history. View from the Window at Le Gras 1826
14 Bis. he first officially witnessed unaided takeoff and flight by a heavier-than-air aircraft.
great fire and earthquake in San Francisco – April 18th, 1906
Hitler in Paris 1940
the first ever untethered free space walking, using the Manned Maneuvering Unit by Bruce McCandless – 1984
On January 28, 1986, after about 73 seconds into its launch, space shuttle Challenger exploded, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, which included the first teacher in space.
The first transcontinental telegraph line went into operation 149 years ago on October 24, 1861, when the gap between the country’s eastern and western networks was closed. The year before, Congress passed the Pacific Telegraph Act, subsidizing its construction and Hiram Sibley, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, organized crews to build west from Omaha and East from Carson City to Salt Lake City.
At a League of Nations conference in 1933, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels remains seated while speaking to his interpreter. German-born Alfred Eisenstaedt, later one of the founding photographers of LIFE, recalled that Goebbels smiled at him until he learned that Eisenstaedt was Jewish — a moment Eisenstaedt captured in this photo. Suddenly, “he looked at me with hateful eyes and waited for me to wither,” the photographer recalled. “But I didn’t wither.” Not only didn’t he wither, he managed to take perhaps the most chilling portrait of pure evil to run in LIFE’s pages.
For the 15,000 spectators at Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1962 — including LIFE photographer Bill Ray — Marilyn’s breathy, intimate rendition of “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy amplified the buzz about an affair between the two. But beyond the titillation, the moment Ray captured in this, his most iconic shot, went on to play a major role in both Marilyn’s and JFK’s biographies, coming as it did near the end of their short lives. You don’t even need to see her face to know who she is: There she stands in the spotlight, unbelievably sexy, in a fleeting moment that would forever
Gen. Douglas MacArthur (center) kept his famous promise, personally storming the beach at Lingayen Gulf on his way to retaking the Philippines in early 1945. (Accompanying him were, from left, Gen. Richard Sutherland and Col. Lloyd Lehrbas.) Tracking MacArthur’s progress was LIFE photographer Carl Mydans, who had been captured during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941 and had spent two years as a prisoner of war. Mydan’s picture has become one of the most famous — and unabashedly triumphant — images of the war.
In 1955, the same year he’d die in a horrible collision on a California highway, James Dean walks through Times Square on a rainy day. Dennis Stock’s photo is illustrative of the actor’s persona — a true rebel don’t need no umbrella — but also quietly speaks to Dean’s professional roots (in New York, where he studied at the Actors Studio) and his legacy (see the long shadow stretched across the slick street).
J.R. Eyerman’s peek inside the opening-night screening of Bwana Devil, the first full-length color 3-D feature, certainly is peculiar: Men and women, young and old all angle in the same direction, formally dressed but for those silly specs over their eyes. Funny as it is, with the audience members coming off like clones of an alien species, there’s also prescience in the photo — not just about the emergence of special effects in cinema but also, on a deeper level, about the hypnotizing nature of our entertainment.
At the end of his shoot with artist Salvador Dali — a session that took six hours and 28 throws (of water, a chair, and three cats), “my assistants and I were wet, dirty and near complete exhaustion,” photographer Philippe Halsman reported. The resulting image, with a leaping Dali in midair amid the madness, is a portrait as kinetic and surreal as artist’s own work.
Then-U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy confers with his brother Robert F. Kennedy in a hotel suite during the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Looking at Hank Walker’s image today, through the filter of all we know now — that Jack would indeed win the nation’s highest office, with Bobby by his side as his most trusted adviser; that the brothers would navigate the United States through almost three years of magic and turbulence; that each man would be cut down by an assassin’s bullet by decade’s end — the poignancy is astonishing. And yet, even without the context of that history, the photo, with all its fascinating details and near-perfect composition, stands alone as powerfully
Backstage at the Academy Awards, two past Best Actress winners, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, await their turns to present. That Allan Grant could catch both supremely elegant, stylish icons together in a moment may have been a stroke of luck (Hepburn and Kelly never did work together, and very soon after this photo was taken the latter left Hollywood to become Monaco’s princess). But Grant’s use of composition and lighting — with the two women parallel and glowing in profile — is nothing short of masterful.
The bitter brutality of the Battle of Iwo Jima is brought home in W. Eugene Smith’s 1945 photo of Marines taking cover as explosives obliterate a Japanese bunker — one of the most violent pictures ever to make the cover of LIFE. Composed as if by a master painter (Hieronymus Bosch comes to mind), Smith’s picture perfectly encompasses the apocalyptic destruction inherent in modern warfare. It is also implausibly, unsettlingly beautiful.
For this 1949 portrait of Pablo Picasso in his studio in the south of France, the artist was inspired by Gjon Mili’s previous photos of ice skaters spinning through the air with small lights attached to their skates. Mili left the shutters of his cameras open as Picasso made ephemeral drawings in the air of a darkened room. This one was of one of a centaur. Mili caught the artist himself by using a 1/10,000th-second strobe light. This photo ranks among LIFE’s best partly because it actually captures the moment of creation by a genius.
A grizzled, weary American peers over his shoulder during the final days of fighting during the July, 1944 Battle of Saipan. The pivotal Allied victory there, 1,500 miles south of Tokyo, was earned at the cost of 3,000 American lives. This picture — easily among the most striking and immediately recognizable of LIFE’s countless war photos — was the 1940s equivalent of saying to the American public: We didn’t start this fight. But we’re going to finish it.
Promotional photo of Colonel Sanders for Kentucky Fried Chicken
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LizFor the people who are criticizing this list as being incomplete or being composed from the perspective of an American, read the title "31+ Great Iconic Photos from History". Not "31+ GreatEST" or "The Best Iconic Photos from History". It is just the authors opinion of great photography. I'm sure a person living in a different society or from a different culture would come up with a completely different list that would be skewed more to their background, it's normal, we are products or our environments. I think these photographs are wonderful, many of which I am seeing for the first time. If you think you can come up with a better list then do it!
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Rocky4I'm rather sad everyone just wants to fight about who's the best country. We are all people on one planet. I don't understand why it matters. Nothing could be done without the joint help of all nations in times of war. Enjoy the pictures and realize we're all human?
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Bobgo get a job!my flag is white and blue and red![no, not cuba]
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Dearest Bob,It is people like you who make people like me ashamed to be an American.Go get a library card. And use it.
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Phlan-Michelle Purss. Ya! I have a reallty check for you fella if it wasn't for the ANZACS covering your Arses when you get in to truble, you Americans would be fucked! Red, White & Blue more like Red, White & screwed! I can take my passport(Australian) & pretty much go any where in the World & now I'll get respect & yet in some countries you flash your Yank passport & you'd probblly get shot. Because every loves us Aussies & alot of the worlds Peoples hate Americans Why because you think your better than the rest of us & THAT'S A FACT JACK! & YOU CAN'T DISPUTE THAT! So go & use your little card & read history of conflic & war & it's the Aussies saving your Arse's
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LulaHoopiesNot all Americans think we're better than everyone else. I'm sorry for the Americans who give this whole country a bad name, but my ethics and values do not align with theirs. I love diversity, history, and far flung lands and I would love to respectfully visit them all and would welcome you into my home. I hate that I am hated simply because of where I was born. It's really not my fault! I think Australia sounds like a lovely place and hopefully one day I can see it firsthand.
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We are better. Get over it.
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better at fucking up the worlds morals maybe
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Good job Bob, you scored 3 out of 3 on your primary colours, but that guy is a hippy because he can recognize that a nation is actually made up of many, many individuals, and is essentially an imaginary thing. Nationalism trumps intelligent human rationality in your books, it seems.
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HayuitsmeGood list, but I feel you left out the most iconic, being the first pic of earth from space.
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Likely you mean "The first picture of earth from the moon"?
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Jim_rowan2003Your responses leave much to be desired. The photos are great in themselves. Please think before opening your mouths.
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Chris CravenI think the caption on 'The first Computer ever' should read 'The first American electronic computer'. Don't forget the computer built by Tommy Flowers and his team at Bletchley Park in the UK during WW2
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TragonWhich still came after the ENIAC.. The computer you're talking about, the first "Mark 2 Colossus" was put into service at Bletchley Park on 1 June 1944, while the ENAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), constructed in the US in 1943, which is widely regarded as the first functionally useful electronic general-purpose computer. And even before that, there was the ABC from Iowa State University in 1939 which the ENAC was based off of.The image in this collection is portrayed correctly.
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David LOr the Analytical Engine, constructed by Charles Babbage decades before that.
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Exactly...an Abacus...that's why it isn't Babbage or Seimens machine or the collossus decoder. ENIAC is the first.
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These are... Incredible. There aren't really words to describe seeing these photos. How amazing our history is...
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NochTypical bloody yank. Newsflash: IwoJima might be iconic to you, but:
1. No one else cares
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1. No one that matters cares that the rest of the world doesn't care.
2. The rest of the world is just jelly of US.
3. Posted from my iPhone.
4. I'm a bum that lives on the street that makes more money than you.
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Not proud to be an americanThanks for making Americans sound like we are all condescending idiots the UK did way more in WWII then America they are the reason Hitler was defeated what did we Americans do, just be the only nation to ever use an atomic bomb offensively against another nation, but I'm not surprised your mind is clouded by the media's perception of the US being so freaking vain seriously do you even pay attention to any other country you ignorant prick.
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AbcdThe Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany.
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tebigdaddy55Why don't you go live in England you undgreatful bastard
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REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADyh your right america provided the money. that's it! without money america would be nothing, just a bunch of hillbilly vain motherfuckers!
for example:
1. Britain had no money during wwII but still we managed to hold the germans away whilst the yanks faffed about trying to grow a pair of balls and decide weather to actually join the war or not!
2: The French fell like a sack of shit, put up no resistance during the initial invasion and even asked to join the nazi's but got rejected so the fate of half the planet was left in our hands. and what happened? we fucked them up!
then america grew a sack and joined with all the money and all the men and what? got beaten to berlin by the red army who were having a revelution just the year before, so they had no money! hahaha dont get cheeky because to be honest america is a joke!
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Youd be fucked without us1. Britain got all of their supplies and weapons from America in the beginning of the war dumbass. Without us you wouldn't have been able to hold the Nazi's off. Don't act like you were completely unaided in the beginning because you weren't.2. Last I checked they fucked you up. London was in fuckin shambles by the end of the war. We had a sack the whole time and knew it would be the best decision to stay the fuck out of the war and then Pearl Harbor happened. And news flash dumbass: we were still in the Great Depression. Just in case you don't realize what that means- we didn't have alot of money.3. We effectively ended the biggest conflict in the history of the world by "nuking random civilians". Im sure you Brits would have been fine with thousands of more Americans dying because of a war that was never theirs to fight, but we were not. We did what we had to do and ended the war.We fought and ended the war in the Pacific, pretty much by ourselves with some support from the Australians, while the British bitched and moaned with London in shambles. We didn't end the war in Europe single handedly but you guys sure as hell couldn't have done it own your own.
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LordwabbitThe rest of the war was already over, Germany etc. had already surrendered - you were still struggling with the Japanese who refused to surrender. You chose to kill innocent civilians - but to be honest fire bombings of Japanese cities had been ongoing for a few months before that, so the first nuke was simply an extension of that bombing (a large extension but anyways). However, the SECOND nuke was unforgivable. 3 days after the first, they were still trying to figure out wtf had happened and why their radios were not working, and you nuked them again. You brag that the battle for the pacific was fought solely by you, but all you fought was a small resource impoverished nation and they literally kicked your ass to the point you had to drop an atomic bomb on them. Yay America! Way to go, a bomb built by German Jews no less. I wonder how things would have turned out if Hitler had not forced all the German Jews out of Germany. London may have been 'fucked' but it still held, and how was the war 'never yours to fight' when your were directly invited by the Japanese? Are you saying you would not have bothered fighting even after the bombing of Pearl Harbour? And fuck your American spell checker that is how you spell harbour, you wankers are too fucken stupid to even spell properly!
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AbcdThe English have killed more civies throughout history than any other group save Genghis Khan's horde... y'all's victims are just spread out through the years and across the globe.
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InfoAnd I suppose "fucken" is how you properly spell "fucking". You're a fucken genius
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Tfischer2009Wankers is a stupid word, British people have shitty teeth, and who gives a fuck about how you spell harbor. Fag.
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Tfischer2009Still butt hurt about the Revolutionary War?
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duhwe know. you just re-posted this crap. get a life.
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Absolutely Certain, The real heroes of computing. Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tommy FlowersYou may be proud to have perfect teeth but your xenophobia is sickening. Hopefully you're account will soon be banned. Reported for racist comments.
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More Certain"but your xenophobia is sickening" .. and Noch's?
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duhseriously find something that's actually important to report about. are you really that insecure?
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Absolutely Certain, The real heroes of computing. Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tommy FlowersSorry, so you don't count Racism as important. Seriously? Jesus Christ. I take it Genocide is just a minor irritant to you. You really ought to broaden your outlook it's attitudes like yours that's allowed all of the wars we had in the Twentieth century.
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dstanMate, you wouldn't have won in Europe without us. The pacific was ALL us. Our morale was sinking before that image. It boosted morale tenfold. It doesn't matter if it was staged or not. It's one of the most iconic images of all time. And don't use "Noch" As a handle. Notch wouldn't be appreciative.
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PATRIOTHow about responding to the actual comment? "You wouldn't have won in Europe without us" ... A sweeping generalisation and disingenuous one. American involvement certainly aided Great Britain but the real powerhouse was the Soviet Union - with or without the USA, Germany would've lost the 2nd World War.America didn't get involved to protect anything but its own interests in the Pacific. We didn't wage war to protect democracy or thwart evil.As for the Iwo Jima image - no other country would recognise it. It has no global resonance whatsever and Noch is correct to point this out.
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Fruitsman4785Although you are right in some cases; that we DID do this war for our own interests, but just about any country did. And don't forget that the Soviet Union was once allied with the Axis. If Hitler would have kept them on their side we would have been screwed. As for protecting, what do you call Pearl Harbor? We were attacked and fought back because of it.Sir (or madam if that be the case), these photos are iconic to anyone who knows them. The 'fake' photo of the flag being raised in Iwo Jima was a tremendous picture. You should show more respect for the men who fought in this war, especially the U.S.We sent plenty out into the world to go die to help end it, and as I read your comment, I feel insulted for all the veterans who fought in it.
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Johnny_rebRussia was never allied with Axis... and the fact is Allies would never win the war if there were no Hitler's try to invade Russia.
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Annomynusin fact they just had a no actacking agreement.
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Peter GriffinHow about instead of all you fucks arguing about something so stupid, you make your own webpage with the pictures you feel deem worthy of being considered great.
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LordwabbitThat's probably because you Americans are arrogant assholes who eat fast food all day and are too fucken lazy to get your of your fucking chairs, are brainwashed to be so fucken pathetically patriotic of a system that is fucking you over that you sit and post fucking pictures of crap only you american assholes would find even moderately amusing. WTF is up with disneyland? Who gives a shit? The fucker was queer and probably a kiddie fiddler. ALA Michael fucken Jackson the king of fucked up. The fact that Hitler and Disneyqueer got more photo time just shows how mentally retarded you Americans are. I bet if there was an early photo of an American Indian dieing of smallpox it would have made the list! You sick fucks! The only reason Hiroshima is not there is cos you fucks never got close enough to take a picture before you fucken killed thousands of innocent civilians.1. When will you get it through your incredibly thick skull that NOT ALL AMERICANS ARE LIKE THAT?? Just because our government is screwed over doesn't mean every person in the country is the same, we have different views! WE didn't kill thousands of civilians, veterans from out MILITARY did, ordered to by our GOVERNMENT, because they thought that was the most effective way of keeping America safe. We ONLY got involved because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor-that is the ONE AND ONLY reason.
- 2.Disneyland is a random amusement park, if I remember correctly you have some random one called Legoland, it's basically the same thing, except with characters, movies, entertainment and stuff to do. There is no reason to criticize how we entertain ourselves when you do the exact same thing, don't be a hypocrite. Walt Disney was NOT a queer, he took the Grimm Brother's stories and made them kid friendly. He used cartoons to put the stories on screen in movies and, even if they didn't have EVERYTHING from the original stories, he did a pretty good job.
3. Oh, and not all Americans are fat, lazy idiots who can't get off of their asses. That is the general stereotype, but, oh yea, WE ARE EACH OUR OWN PERSON. You're more likely to be lazier than I am, seeing as you've been commenting on this conversation at every chance you get.
4. MJ was amazing. You should stop judging people and get a life.
5. Hm that's odd. YOU'RE criticizing US of killing Native Americans with smallpox. Well you know what, back then "we" were BRITISH colonists. It is really YOUR country's fault that this happened. Try holding the stupidity in, it's very unbecoming of you.
6. Whatever personal grudge you have against America (please, tell us, I would just LOVE to hear about it) you should leave it out of these comments. These pictures are awesome, and I applaud whoever created it. Stop trolling, if you have a problem: suck it up, and don't be a douche! -
F U Lordwabbitooh hit em where it hurts. keep them coming numbnuts
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Moderatorproud to have perfect teeth, you are
a) a nutcase
b)a salty mouth
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Stumbleuponerso yeah i searched "iconic american images", and your right, I found 2 Iwo Jima photos, but at the same time I also found 2, if not more, of these:
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KrdrummerI think you'll find the answer in your own post '62 million while OUR population sits at around 307 million' therefore there are bound to be more images per se as a result of having more cameras.I, as many do, although it wasn't you that made the comment, respect the men and women who fought for our right to freedom of speech and the right to post our thoughts on message boards like these.Our two countries, in the past few months, have set about restricting our own citizens democratic right to freedom of speech which is much more of a disrespect to the war veterans than anything said on this board.Have a lovely weekend
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guestWhat I don't understand is why on earth do you care enough to waste your time looking all that shit up?
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Not proud to be an americanUSSR is the power house really?!? the only reason they even did relatively ok in the war was because they had so many people and the only they even affected the war is because they caused Germany to fight a 2 front war Britain and the US where the real powerhouses
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Johnny_rebQUOTE:
"USSR is the power house really?!? the only reason they even did relatively ok in the war was because they had so many people and the only they even affected the war is because they caused Germany to fight a 2 front war Britain and the US where the real powerhouses."LOL
this is probly one of the most embarrassing and most stupid and lamest statements on the whole goddamn internet. :))) -
LawlsMmm. no he's right. Russian's had everyone beat in size which is the reason but they had such high deaths. They also were crazy. When they rushed out to war, their was no such thing as surrendering. Soldiers who attempted to turn back were shot by their own people. Insaneee. Britain and US were the power houses.
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Fake QueueIf the UK and the US were such powerhouses, then why was it that the Russians were the ones shelling Berlin with mortar fire when Hitler shot Eva and himself? Was the UK and US out of ammo?
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BRITISH&PROUD!iwo juma one of the most iconic images of all time? dude are you actually being serious?
typical yank, thinking that everyone loves them! actually maybe you should do a bit of research from a foreign countries point of view because believe me when i say THE RAISING OF THE FLAG IN IWOJIMA is not iconic to any nation other the vain usa! i gaurentee that infact most non english speaking countries would not have a clue what it is! -
BobbysocalHmmm....nobody else cares. You'd be speaking German now if it weren't for the U.S. We fought on the European and Pacific war zones for a world that couldn't do it without the "bloody yanks". You're an ignorant fool and I pity your sorry ass. BTW, did the great Montgomery ever pose bent over while being fucked in the ass by Patton?
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Frib435253The UK would not "be speaking German now if it wasn't for the US" because Germany never had any real intention of invading Britain. In fact, they were constantly trying to make peace with Britain so they could focus on their real war efforts in the east. Britain was thrust into the war without preparation; it had to fight against superior tactics in France as the British military had not been updated since WW1 (and Hitler could have easily wiped out the BEF at Dunkirk, but let them evacuate because he had no desire to be at war with the UK). Britain was also fighting in North Africa, Norway and Asia. It is a small island with limited resources that was blockaded throughout much of the war, bombed on a daily basis, and all for being in a war it didn't need to be in. Unlike the USA, Britain went to war with Germany to help out another nation when there was never really anything in it for themselves (except stopping a rival European nation matching them in power). The western front was just for a year, when all the real fighting, death and destruction had been taking place in Eastern Europe and Germany was already on the backfoot.The USA didn't "save Britain's ass" in world war 2, it fucked it in the ass. Even before Pearl Harbor, the US only "helped" Britain by severely screwing it over. Britain has never properly recovered, not from the German bombing, but from the US financial ass raping.Still, it is Britain's fault for starting an unnecessary war.
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tebigdaddy55What the hell is with all the anger towards the US, if it wasn't for this nation, Hitler would have conqurered the world, have you bloody limeys forgotten that so quickly
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Bobamerica is an empire on the collapse. the rest of the world has a right to attack your pride and your arrogance. on top of that, america is a bully and uses brute force and thousands have been needlessly killed, a STILL you strut around planting flags in weird places.
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HyweltUnfortunately there are people like British and Proud in every society, and, as a Brit, he's just another embarrassment we have to bear. As a Brit myself (Welsh actually) I hugely appreciate the sacrifice the US made in the war - many young lives were lost far away from homes and we are very grateful. Having said that, I would suggest that most Brits are more in tune with the European mentality and feel very uncomfortable with the American prediliction for trying to do 'good' around the world. I also feel very uncomfortable with any country who's kids are required to put their hand on their heart every morning; my ability to take the piss out of my own country is the reason I love it. Each to their own I guess.
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Youd be fucked without usHaha. You do know that we don't have to say the pledge if we don't want to. Thats the whole freedom of speech in play there. I feel uncomfortable with any country that has cameras that spy on their citizens everywhere. Talk about Big Brother.
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HyweltYes, I can see lots of little children refusing! You're right about security cameras, the closest to me is in a village about 5 miles from here. Outrageous.
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CaptainEarlobeIt's a still shot from the television program E.R.
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TlniehoffAs long as we're bringing up past wars...didn't we beat your "superior british army" with a bunch of pitchforks and muskets?
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KrdrummerActually the first computer was built in Manchester, UK. Just another US distortion of the facts. You know it's OK not to have come first.
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does it say anything about it being in the US?
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AndyNo. But it does say it was the first computer - and it wasn't. That was built in the UK - as Krdrummer says. I think we understand the difference between 'iconic' and 'greatest'. Do others understand the difference between 'first' and 'early example of...'? Apart from that - great pictures! Thanks for posting.
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DannigrlPlease view the below link regarding the first computer ever to be built.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/com...
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FazIf you call that an example you might as well bring the abacus into it.
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RobertI always thought it was the code breaker at blechley park.Greetings Robert Rotterdam NL
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Calm DownYes, it's a picture of Eniac, which was not the first computer ever. The caption over the photo is incorrect. However, your comment drips with a seething hatred of America, revealing a profound ugliness in your soul and the transparent insecurity you feel when comparing your culture to ours.
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tebigdaddy55I agree completely and if you can't deal with it, then you can just bite me dumb ass
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Absolutely Certain, The real heroes of computing. Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Tommy FlowersIf you mean Electronic Computer, it was a man called Alan Turing from Cambridge UK, who was drafted in to Bletchley park secret base where they worked at cracking the WWII enigma codes that the Germans used every day. The Germans changed their Enigma machines to a four digit code maker. However, Because what went on at Bletchley Park the computer made from thousands of valves was kept top secret up until recently. The computer, named Colossus was smashed to pieces at the end of the war. The buildings have now been restored as a tourist center.
The Collosus Mark I 1943, the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices... its follow up the Mark II was used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German Enigma codes during World War II (notably D Day)Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_...
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