Images Dated 27th March 2014

Battle of Stalingrad - Aerial view of fuel stores on fire. The Battle of Stalingrad between Germany

Battle of Stalingrad - Aerial view of fuel stores on fire. The Battle of Stalingrad between Germany and the Soviet Union lasted from 17 July 1942 until 2 February 1943. The mosty brutal and bloodiest of engagements of World War II, it claimed almost 2 million casualties. It is considered to be a turning point in the war, with the Soviet union victorious

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The Awakening Conscience (1853), Holman Hunt 1827–1910

Holman Hunt 1827?1910 The Awakening Conscience (1853) Oil on canvas.
The Awakening Conscience was conceived as the material counterpart to Hunt's The Light of the World (1851-3, Warden and Fellows of Keble College, Oxford). Its inspiration was a verse from Proverbs: 'As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart'.The model is Hunt's girlfriend Annie Miller, an uneducated barmaid whom he met in 1850 when she was fifteen

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Gebhardt Lebrecht von Blucher (1742-1819) Prussian soldier. Created field marshal

Gebhardt Lebrecht von Blucher (1742-1819) Prussian soldier. Created field marshal after success at the Battle of Leipzig (1813). Made a significant contributiont to Wellington's victory over the French under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo (1815). Engraving

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