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Monster Submarines of WWII: A photo of Japanese Submarine, Sen Toku I-401, 1945.

The Sen Toku I-401, flagship of the Tokugata class of Submarines.

Japan’s human torpedoes: A photo of Japanese submarine I-361 with a Kaiten torpedo, 1945.

Submarine I-361 loaded with a Kaiten suicide torpedoes sails for the battle of Okinawa, 23rd May, 1945.

The ship that delivered the atom bomb: A photo of the USS heavy cruiser Indianapolis, 1945.

The USS Indianapolis five days prior to embarking for Tinian Island, 10th July, 1945.

I am death, destroyer of worlds: A photo of the mushroom cloud at Trinity, 1945.

A frame from the reel of a motion picture camera reveals a rapidly building mushroom cloud at Trinity in 1945.

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The death of Charlotte Chambers during the Mutiny of 1857.

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