
Etiket: forces
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Victims of the Viipuri prison massacre during the Finnish civil war, 1918. As the city fell to anti-communist forces, fleeing Red Guards slaughtered over 30 political prisoners rather than let them be freed. The White Guards murdered over 400 Russians in response after capturing the city (4955×3576)

![German prisoners-of-war captured by British forces during “Operation Goodwood.” Normandy, France, 19 July 1944 [2480 × 1706]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/l812mc6wx6eh1.jpeg)
![Motorists, south of the iconic Kuwait Water Towers, celebrating the liberation of Kuwait from invading Iraqi forces during the First Gulf War. The white banner reads ‘Congratulations on the liberation of Kuwait.’ (1991) [3500×2318]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sj7m6oybrxeh1-scaled.jpeg)

![Photo of notorious Confederate Bushwacker William T. Anderson shortly after his death at the hands of Union forces under Lieutenant Colonel Samuel P. Cox on October 27, 1864 in Richmond, Missouri. Taken by Robert B. Kice. [1187 × 1966]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/9oiocr71i1fh1.jpeg)

![Ruins of the ‘Walled City’ (Intramuros district) in the completely destroyed city of Manila – months following the Battle of Manila between U.S. against Japanese forces – photo May 1945. [1600 x 959]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/os2pwrs2kxch1.jpeg)

![Chinese soldiers crossing the Salween River by means of temporary suspension bridge. The bridge was blown up two years ago by retreating Chinese forces. 15 July 1944 [5090 × 4145]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/qgv63yfukfdh1-scaled.jpeg)

![Paratroopers from the 5th paratrooper battalion (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 5) of the Land Forces of the National People’s Army, of the German Democratic Republic – marching in the May Day Parade across the Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin May 1st, 1964. [735 x 485]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sqfbfyvf3dbh1.jpeg)

![Russian special forces storm Beslan School No. 1 after Chechen extremists seized more than 1,100 hostages inside, while injured hostages take cover nearby. Explosions, fire, and the ensuing firefight killed 334 hostages, including 186 children. Beslan, North Ossetia. September 3, 2004. [1135×739]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fm6msea6glbh1.png)

![Member of the Peruvian Special Forces using an HK MP5A3 SMG with an AN/PVS-4 night vision scope: during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima, Peru, c. December 17th, 1996 – April 22nd, 1997. [1440 x 1800]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/2yan15heuybh1.jpeg)

![Cheering children surrounding a U.S. soldier as he walks down a street in Seoul, following the re-entry of U.N. troops into the South Korean capital after fierce fighting to recapture the city from communist forces during the Korean War. (1950) [1391×1049]](https://wp.rifat.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/15jfsxcwks9h1.jpeg)
