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FILE -- Chuck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confidence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties did as mu...

An undated handout screen grab from a video of Operation Hardtack-1 - Nutmeg 51538. Films of the tests conducted in Nevada and the Marshall Islands fr...

An undated handout screen grab from a video of Operation Dominick - Pamlico. Films of the tests conducted in Nevada and the Marshall Islands from 1945...

An undated handout screen grab from a video of Operation Teapot - Turk 28112. Films of the tests conducted in Nevada and the Marshall Islands from 194...

Gallant to his last breath. Mortally wounded while leading his men into an enemy trench, Basil Moon died of his wounds, but not before writing a note...

Bildnummer: 01395899 Datum: 10.07.1966 Copyright: imago/Sven Simon Albert Brulls (BR Deutschland) sitzt vertraumt im Gras; BRD, quer, Freisteller,...

In this photo provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, American Flying Fortresses from bases in England boomb the Marienburg Focke-Wulf factory in East...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by DixNoonanWebb/Bournemouth Ne/REX/Shutterstock (8521110e) Charles Robson Auction of medal belonging to Rorke's Drift defen...

In this 1984 photo, Dr. Thomas Starzl is asked for autographs prior to throwing out the first pitch for a Pittsburgh Pirates game in Pittsburgh. Starz...

FILE - In this Oct. 5,1996 file photo, government officers carry a portrait and a coffin containing South Korean Choi Duk-kun, a South Korean diplomat...

FILE -- President Gerald R. Ford, his daughter Susan and his wife, Betty, right, strolling with their dog Liberty at Camp David in Maryland, Aug. 7, 1...

In an undated handout image, boys play on the grounds of an incinerator and dump at Gravesend Bay in New York in May 1973. Many power plants in the ci...

In an undated handout image, old refrigerators at a construction site in New York in May 1973. Many power plants in the city were fueled with coal and...

In an undated handout image, pipes laid at a water treatment plant in New York in May 1973. Many power plants in the city were fueled with coal and he...

Soviet tanks outside the Reichstag. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final days...

Soviet soldiers inspecting discarded German medal cases. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin d...

Marshal Zhukov (centre) inspects the ruined Reichstag. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin dur...

Defeat for the Nazis. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final days of World War T...

Soviet tanks near the Brandenberg Gate. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final d...

The Brandenberg Gate and Unter den Linden after the Battle of Berlin. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichsta...

Celebrating the taking of the Reichstag. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final...

Victorious besiegers pose before their prize. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the f...

AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final days of World War Two has been made avail...

An aerial view of the Reichstag after the battle. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during t...

Soviet soldiers' inscriptions inside the captured Reichstag. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berl...

The Soviet flag over the Reichstag. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final days...

Inside the ruined Reichstag. AN EXCITING personal account by one of the Soviet soldiers to storm the Reichstag in Berlin during the final days of Worl...

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 1984. Portrait of Madonna. Foto: Kees Tabak / Hollandse Hoogte_ DALLE

The author, shocked to find himself saved by the Navy / THE FASCINATING TALE of a Vietnam fighter pilot who flew the American Air Force???s premier fi...

FILE-- Emmanuelle Khanh, the French fashion designer, with her husband, Nguyen Manh Khanh, at a reception in their honor at Macy's in New York, Feb. 1...

In an undated handout image, a polluted creek near John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in May 1973. Many power plants in the city were fueled with coa...

A rope ladder down to the excavation of a tunnel hidden in a disused building. STUNNING black and white images showing what life was like for prisoner...

Escapers all, recaptured officers in a room at Holzminden. Left to Right: Churchill, Lyon, Clouston, Robertson, Sharp, Bennet and Matlock. STUNNING bl...

Conditions in other ranks barracks were never comfortable but a stove like this in the summer could be a useful starting point for a tunnel. STUNNING...

The accommodation provided for officers was far more comfortable. This is a communal living space. STUNNING black and white images showing what life w...

The escape tunnel at Holzminden after its discovery. STUNNING black and white images showing what life was like for prisoners of war who attempted to...

The book's front cover. STUNNING black and white images showing what life was like for prisoners of war who attempted to escape during WW1 have been u...

Officers??? quarters were generally in pre-existing buildings like this new cavalry barracks that would become famous for the greatest escape of the w...

A failed escape tunnel that came to the surface too early. STUNNING black and white images showing what life was like for prisoners of war who attempt...

The sign on the wire between Belgium and Holland read ???Warning! High Voltage. Danger to Life??? with a guard house behind in case anyone successfull...

Tools confiscated by guards. They had been found in a tunnel under construction. STUNNING black and white images showing what life was like for prison...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il sits with Kim Jong Nam in a 1981 family portrait in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Jong-nam (seated front right) eldest s...

GREAT BRITAIN: The aftermath of the rioting at Kinmel, which cost five lives. SHOCKING photographs showing the devastating damage to Britain???s cobb...