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1944.2.29

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Wilhelm met his end on the Eastern Front in 1944. Despite assuring Erika he'd return unharmed, the war abruptly claimed him with a fatal bullet to the chest.
A Soviet soldier discovered a poignant memento tucked away in his pocket, a picture of Erika.

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A detail from my new illustration showing men of 1 Suffolk advancing on Chateau de la Londe in late June, 1944.

You can see the full illustration here: https://t.co/oIsnb9azcP

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21 March 1944. First operational use of the Japanese Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (Cherry Blossom). A rocket powered man-guided anti-shipping kamikaze attack aeroplane/missile.

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(Poor quality, but nevertheless.) 17 September 1944. Operation Market Garden. Reading a book, in the air, on the way to the battlefield.

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All done! HK Models 1/48 Avro Lancaster B.1. R5868/PO-S, 467 Sqn. (RAAF), Waddington, UK, May 1944. More photos here: https://t.co/uHBPWJ9N5h

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Women's Land Army Reclaiming Land for the Buckinghamshire War Agricultural Committee, by Henry Trivick (1908-82), 1944.

© IWM Art.IWM ART LD 4055
https://t.co/nNvS8FE7kQ

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in 1944. A Spitfire Mark IXC from Polish 302 Squadron.

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Un'opera d'arte è come un cristallo. Come un cristallo deve possedere un'anima e il potere di continuare a brillare. Edvard Munch. 12 Gennaio 1863 23 Gennaio 1944. Donna con papaveri.

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Odd Nerdrum. Svezia nato nel 1944.

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el mural “Cuauhtemoc contra el mito” originalmente fue pintado por Siqueiros en una casa de la colonia Condesa que era propiedad de su familia? La dirección, av. Sonora Fue pintada en 1944. En la actualidad se encuentra en el Tecpan de Tlatelolco. Mi fotografía

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[작가] 오늘은 러시아의 화가 『바실리 칸딘스키 (Wassily Kandinsky)』가 태어난 날 입니다.
1866.12.16 - 1944.12.13
● Artist CV: https://t.co/5NC0Ayr8AB

순수한 색과 추상적인 형상들로 이루어진 작품을 창조하는 데 초점을 맞춘 그는, 추상의 탄생이라는 미술사의 혁명을 이루어냈다...

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16 December 1944. Beginning of the Ardennes Offensive (also known as the 'Battle of the Bulge' and the Von Rundstedt Offensive). To support the offensive, the Luftwaffe had assembled some 2,460 combat aircraft, including 1,770 single-engine fighters.

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"Each colour lives by its mysterious life."

🎨 Russian-French abstract painter, 13 December 1944.

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Anti-submarine Class: "HMS St Modwen". Petty officer instructor and four pupils, by Stephen Bone (1904-58), 1944.

© IWM Art.IWM ART LD 4152
https://t.co/xrZLH1vsuE

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in 1944
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur. Written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 408, 3 December 1944.
‘On a balcony by the sea the elders are talking to their queen: -

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🎂
Pablo Picasso (25 Oct 1881 - 8 Apr), Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer.

📷 Working on 'Guernica,' 1937.
📷 Lee Miller and Picasso in his studio, Liberation of Paris, Rue des Grands-Augustins Paris, France, 1944.

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Hannah Arendt (14 Oct 1906 - 4 Dec 1975), German-born American political scientist and philosopher.

"Known for her critical writing on Jewish affairs and her studies of totalitarianism."

📷 Fred Stein, 1944. Corbis.
📷 Jewish Chronicle Archive, c. 1963.

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Salvador Dalí. The Seven Lively Arts. The Art of the Opera. 1944.

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