Bodies of victims litter the side of a road in Suwaida, southern Syria, after a conflict between Bedouin tribesmen and Druze fighters in Syria on July 15, 2025; on July 17, bodies were laid out for identification in a hospital yard.

　　On July 15, 2025, bodies, believed to be Druze Syrians, littered the side of a road in the Druze-majority city of Suwaida following a conflict between Bedouin tribesmen and Druze fighters in Syria.

　Deadly clashes between local Druze and Bedouin fighters erupted on July 13 and quickly worsened on July 14 after Syrian government forces were dispatched to the city. At least 203 people were killed in the conflict in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida, including 92 members of the Druze minority and 21 Syrian civilians killed in summary executions by Syrian government forces. Others included 93 Syrian government security personnel and 18 Bedouin Syrians.

　Shortly thereafter, on July 15, Israeli forces attacked the Palmyra-Homs highway in Syria, targeting a convoy of Bedouin fighters heading to Suwayda. On July 16, Israeli forces carried out a series of airstrikes against Syrian government command centers in the heart of the capital Damascus to protect the Druze community. The series of airstrikes killed three people and wounded 34 others. beginning December 8, 2024, and following the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces invaded and continued to occupy a buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights in southwestern Syria.

　On July 16, Syrian government forces withdrew from the Syrian Druze-majority city of Suwayda. Residents were left with looted stores, burnt houses, and bodies scattered and devastated in the streets after several days of violence on July 17, 2025.In the backyard of a hospital in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida, the bodies of victims of the clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribesmen that broke out were They were laid out.

Waring01: Bodies are seen by the side of a street in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on July 15, 2025, following clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Warning02: The bodies of victims of clashes between Druze and Bedouin factions are laid out for identification in a hospital yard in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida on July 17, 2025. (Photo: Shadi AL-DUBAISI / AFP)

KELOID FOLLOWING FLASH BURN; K. KIKKAWA, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, ÁPRIL 30, 1947.

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On June 13, 2025, at the funeral of her husband, Ukrainian soldier Dmytro Shapovalov, who had been returned from Russia, his wife Olena collapsed in tears in front of the coffin.

  The body of her husband, Ukrainian soldier Dmytro Shapovalov, who was returned from Russia, was laid to rest in a coffin, and his wife, Olena, collapsed in tears before it. The funeral took place on June 13, 2025, in the village of Yosypivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.Ukrainian military personnel carried the coffin of Dmytro Shapovalov, and a funeral ceremony was held at a church in the village of Yosypivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. 

   Ukraine announced on June 13, 2025, that it had repatriated additional bodies of soldiers killed in action, in accordance with an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul between delegations from Russia and Ukraine.The Ukrainian War Prisoners Treatment Coordination Headquarters revealed that Russia had returned 1,200 bodies. The handover was carried out with the cooperation of the Ukrainian military, the country's security agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other government agencies. Forensic experts will now work to identify the bodies.

     This repatriation marks the largest-scale return of bodies since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. Earlier in mid-June, Russia returned 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, while Ukraine returned 27 bodies of Russian military personnel. Russia and Ukraine also exchanged prisoners of war, including those seriously injured or ill, on June 13.

   The agreement to exchange prisoners of war and the bodies of fallen soldiers was the only concrete outcome of talks held in Istanbul on June 2. During the talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Russian and Ukrainian delegations agreed to hold direct peace talks on June 5, 2025. During discussions on a ceasefire, Russian forces launched a barrage of drones and missiles toward Ukraine for several days.On June 2, approximately 500 drones were recorded firing artillery, and on June 3, 315 drones and seven missiles were fired in a single night.Following the series of shocking attacks, hopes for an end to the three-year war were low. A memorandum outlining the terms of a ceasefire, including the exchange of prisoners and the bodies of fallen soldiers, was signed. However, the inclusion of clauses on non-starters makes the likelihood of an immediate ceasefire low.

Warning: Olena cries at the coffin of her husband, Dmytro Shapovalov, a Ukrainian serviceman, during his funeral ceremony in Yosypivka village, Vinnytsia region, Ukraine, on Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

In 1899, during the Philippine-American War, Filipino corpses were laid down where they had been killed.

　　In 1899, the bodies of Filipinos who had been killed were left lying where they had fallen. Most of the photographs of the dead that circulated from the battlefield were of Filipinos. The vast number of Filipino non-combatants who were killed did not appear in the photographs, and there were no photographs of dead American soldiers.

　　In August 1898, the American military swiftly defeated the Spanish forces in the Philippines, bringing the conflict to an end in December 1898. The American military raised its flag on territory more than 12,900 kilometers away from Washington, D.C.The Philippine Army had been fighting Spain since 1896 and declared the independence of the Philippine Republic in June 1898. They refused to hand over the Philippines to the United States as spoils of war. The independence movement led by Emilio Aguinaldo, which began as opposition to Spain and shifted its focus to opposing American aggression after Spain's defeat, was referred to as a rebellion in the United States.The U.S. military modernized the Manila Police and established the Philippine Constabulary, a paramilitary organization, and developed identity cards to monitor the daily lives of Filipinos. The Philippines became a testing ground for colonial rule for the U.S. government. 

　　Following the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War was the second war fought by the United States outside the Western Hemisphere.The Philippine-American War was also one of the first wars extensively documented through photography, including images captured by Kodak cameras. Actual battlefield footage was filmed and later used to recreate combat scenes. The war in the Philippines was presented to audiences in the United States and its colonies. The extensive recording and recreation of battlefield imagery contributed to the tragic impact of World War I on millions of Americans in the early 20th century.

S. TAMURA, BURN SCARS ON THE LEGS CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA, PICTURE TAKEN FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION.

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The Feodosia Massacre was a war crime committed by the Soviet Red Army between December 29, 1941, and January 1, 1942, in which approximately 160 wounded German soldiers were subjected to unnecessary acts of cruelty, including freezing them to death in ice.

　　The Feodosia Massacre was a war crime committed by the Soviet Red Army during World War II, from December 29, 1941, to January 1, 1942, against approximately 160 wounded German Army prisoners of war, who were subjected to the unnecessary and brutal act of freezing them to death in ice. The Feodosia Massacre resulted in a relatively high number of German soldiers killed, many of whom were frozen to death while still alive.

　　On November 3, 1941, the coastal city of Feodosia in Crimea was occupied by German forces.On December 29, the Soviet Red Army landed on the coast of Feodosia and reoccupied the city. The German forces had already abandoned their wounded soldiers and retreated. An order was issued to kill all German soldiers in Feodosia, regardless of their injuries. 

　On January 18, 1942, the German forces reoccupied Feodosia.Approximately 160 wounded German soldiers were killed. Soviet Red Army troops threw wounded German soldiers out of hospital windows, several meters onto the coast. The seawater froze, and they froze to death covered in ice. Severely wounded German soldiers were doused with water and left to freeze to death. Twelve survivors who hid in basements and survived testified about the massacre in Feodosia.

On July 19, 1916, during World War I, the bodies of soldiers were scattered around British artillery positions in Frimel, northern France, following a German gas attack.

 　During World War I, on July 19, 1916, in the northern French town of Froomel, the bodies of British soldiers were scattered around a British artillery battery following a German gas attack. The German army launched a gas attack on the British artillery battery in Froomel, believed to have been using phosgene gas.By 8 a.m. on July 20, 1916, the Battle of Frelow ended, with Australian forces suffering 5,533 casualties. British forces suffered 1,547 casualties, while German forces had over 1,000 casualties.

　Phosgene and diphosgene gases were used as substitutes for chlorine gas. They had a musty, hay-like odor and irritated the nose and throat, causing coughing, difficulty breathing, and suffocation. The deadly aspect of phosgene gas was its delayed effect, which could take up to 48 hours to manifest, potentially leading to death by fluid buildup in the lungs.The first use of phosgene and diphosgene gas by the German army against British forces in the Battle of Ypres in December 1915 ultimately accounted for approximately 85% of gas-related deaths in World War I. Gas masks designed to protect against the effects of the gas were ineffective against phosgene gas, which was colorless and fired from high-powered shells. Detecting the gas and putting on a gas mask often took too long.

　  During World War I, approximately 91,000 people died from gas attacks. Over 1.2 million were injured by exposure to gas. Injuries persisted long after the war ended, with many dying later from respiratory diseases. Poison gas did not significantly alter the course of the war in 1918. It accounted for approximately 1% of all casualties in World War I. Its use was banned under the 1925 Geneva Gas Protocol.

In November 1942, a Russian spy was executed by firing squad in Finland. The Russian intelligence officer was smiling as he was executed.

 In November 1942, a Russian spy was executed by firing squad in Finland. The Russian intelligence officer was smiling as he was executed.

The photo was taken in Lukajärvi, East Karelia, which was occupied by Russia and Finland in November 1942. The Finnish Defense Forces kept photos of Russian prisoners of war and their fates confidential.There were concerns that pro-Soviet elements in Finnish society might use the images. In 2006, the Finnish Ministry of Defense declassified the photos. In the final moments of his life, he had accepted his fate. There, he bled and his life came to an end. His smile was his final act of defiance.

The classification of the photo, which had been kept secret since 1942, was lifted. During the harsh Winter War between Finland and Russia, a young Russian man was killed in two separate incidents. He was shot before dying in the snow. When the revolver was pointed at his head, he looked straight into the camera and was shot dead in the cold snow, bleeding to death.

A rare historical photo shows a Russian spy smiling just before being executed in Finland.The Russian spy smiled. This photo was declassified by the Finnish Ministry of Defense in 2006. It is described as “An unidentified Soviet intelligence officer moments before being shot, Finland, 1942.” 

Finland was allied with Germany and at war with the Soviet Union. This was not the previous Winter War but the Continuation War.By 1942, Finland had been caught up in the Siege of Leningrad (which starved to death over 1 million civilians). Finland refused to directly support the siege, despite the front lines being only about 30 km away, and remained largely uninvolved. 

For Finland, World War II began when the Soviet Union invaded Finland during the Winter War, and Finland fought a bitter battle.In the Continuation War, Finland allied with Nazi Germany to reclaim the territory lost in the Winter War. When the Nazis betrayed the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union became one of the “good guys.” In the Lapland War, Finland conducted separate peace negotiations with its allies. The Soviet Union effectively became “the enemy of the enemy” and expelled the Nazis from Finland.

IKIMI KIKAWA RETAINS SCARS FOLLOWING HEALING OF BURNS DUE TO THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT HIROSHIMA. SHE WAS SEEN IN THE RED CROSS HOSPITAL THERE.

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HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR RETAINS SCARS FROM INJURIES:

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In April 1918, during the German spring offensive known as the Ludendorff Offensive, French soldiers advanced through the body of a French soldier who had fallen on the edge of a shell crater during the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in France.

1918年4月に、ドイツ軍の春のルデンドルフ攻勢中に、ドイツ軍はフランスでのヴィルル＝ブレトンヌ戦いにて砲弾の穴の縁で倒れたフランス軍兵士の遺体を通り抜けて、煙と炎の中を進軍した。

　第一次世界大戦にて、1918年4月24日から27日にかけてルーデンドルフ攻勢の第2次ヴィレール・ブルトンヌーの戦いが行われた。ロシア軍の撤退後、ドイツは東部戦線から最大100万人の兵士を西部戦線に移動させ、決定的な攻勢を仕掛けた。ヴィレール・ブルトンヌ周辺での戦闘の結果、連合軍の死傷者は以下の通りであった。オーストラリア軍旅団は2,473人の死傷者を出し、イギリス軍の死傷者は9,529人、フランス軍の死傷者は3,500人、ドイツ軍の死傷者は8,000～10,400人であった。

　1918年3月21日に始まったドイツ軍のルーデンドルフ攻勢は、第一次世界大戦中の西部戦線にて初めての戦車戦を伴って勃発した。ドイツ軍は、戦争を終結させるため、大規模な攻撃を命じた。わずか5時間の間に、ドイツ軍はイギリス軍陣地に100万発の砲弾を撃ち込んだ。イギリス軍は4月11日から、ドイツ軍の攻勢は停滞し始めて、23万人の死傷者を出した。ドイツ軍の最後の攻撃は7月15日に行われた。フランス軍は7月18日から大規模な攻勢を開始し、ルデンドルフ攻勢はドイツ軍兵士を避難させ、主導権は連合軍に移り、まもなく戦争を終結させる百日攻勢を開始した。

In May 1940, during the German invasion of France, the French mechanized forces collapsed and many French soldiers were killed at Amiens Cathedral in France.

　　At Amiens Cathedral in France, in May 1940, the German invasion of France led to the collapse of French mechanized units, resulting in the deaths of many French soldiers. By the initial stage of the Western Front in World War II, 30 French divisions and 9 British divisions had already been rendered combat-ineffective, excluding Dutch and Belgian forces.

　　During World War II, the French city of Amiens, including its famous cathedral, suffered significant destruction, particularly during the German invasion of France in 1940. The cathedral itself survived both World War I and World War II. However, the city of Amiens sustained severe damage, with approximately 60% of it destroyed during World War II.In 1940, during the German invasion of France, tanks advanced rapidly and destructively, leading to the defeat of the French army and numerous casualties. The Battle of Amiens during World War I was a turning point. In the 1940 operation, the city of Amiens fell to the German army.In 1940, the German army's rapid advance, utilizing mobile units, led to the fall of France, including the city of Amiens. 

　　On May 19, the German army advanced again, breaking through French regional military units. The German army occupied Amiens and seized the westernmost bridge over the river at Abbeville. British, French, Dutch, and Belgian forces in the north were cut off from their supply lines.On May 20, a massive encirclement was formed around French, British, and Belgian forces belonging to the Allied First Army Group. The British and French forces, cornered during the German invasion of France from May 24 to June 4, 1940, evacuated 400,000 troops in the Battle of Dunkirk. 

In the Russian Civil War of 1917, White Army soldiers faced a tragic fate at the hands of the Red Army. The civil war lasted for more than five years and claimed the lives of millions of Russians.

 During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army killed White Army troops in Russia in 1917. In the 1917 Russian Civil War, White Army soldiers faced the tragic fate of being killed by the Red Army. The brutal reality of the Russian Civil War became the harsh reality faced by soldiers from both sides during this turbulent era. It signified the violence and chaos that engulfed Russia.

The Bolshevik Revolution, which erupted in 1917 and led to the Russian Civil War, triggered a civil war that lasted over five years and claimed the lives of millions of Russians. This civil war was primarily fought between the Red Army, which supported Vladimir Lenin's communist revolution, and a collection of militias known as the White Army.The White Army fought to restore the Russian monarchy or at least prevent the communists from taking control of the country. 

Red Army recruits swore to sacrifice their strength and very lives for socialism and the brotherhood of the people. In 1919, most of the millions of casualties were civilians, and two refugees boarded a two-story passenger car to escape the fighting.

Western Allied powers attempted to support the White Army during the civil war. This intervention was initially aimed at bringing Russia back into the Allied camp and re-engaging it in World War I. In late 1918 or early 1919, workers hanging from the entrance of a factory in Odessa were reportedly killed by French troops.

In March 1921, sailors from Kronstadt, near present-day Saint Petersburg, crossed the frozen Gulf of Finland and revolted. After openly opposing the Bolshevik political policies of the Red Army, Red Army units attacked the sailors.Thousands of sailors escaped to Finland during the fighting, but over 1,000 who surrendered were executed by the Bolsheviks. This was the last major uprising faced by the Bolsheviks in Russia before they established full communist dictatorship in February 1922.

In December 1946, the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) conducted investigations in a railway car tray used as a special laboratory for the 406th Medical Laboratory.

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A woman cries over the body wrapped in the flag of a loved one killed in Israeli attacks in the northwestern city of Tabriz, Iran - photo LaPresse.

On Monday, June 16, 2025, an Iranian woman mourned at the body of Mohammadi Javad Naseri, who was reportedly killed in an Israeli attack in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz. In the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, an Iranian woman mourned the body of her beloved, who was killed in an Israeli attack, with the national flag draped over it.Following Israel's attack on Tehran, Iran retaliated by striking Tel Aviv. Israel warned Iran that it would pay the price for the planned killing of Israeli civilians and achieved air superiority over Tehran. Iran has not stated to the European Union (EU) that its goal is to destroy the State of Israel.The EU is irrelevant, as are other parts of the Middle East. Even if a conflict breaks out in Gaza, the EU will be unable to play any role. The EU is paralyzed by divisions among its member states and indifferent to the massacre in Gaza. Israel will continue to drop bombs on Iran, and Tehran will respond with missile attacks on the Jewish state.Donald Trump is preparing to intervene, bringing new instability. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's violations of international law have been brutally crushed. US intelligence agencies have insisted that Iran is not manufacturing nuclear weapons and that it would take years to build an atomic bomb.Since 2012, Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed that Tehran is months away from developing a nuclear warhead and has decided to launch air strikes against Iran. The EU remains silent, parroting Tel Aviv's right to self-defense. Conversely, as the world's attention is not focused on Iran, the level of fear in Gaza, Palestine, is increasing. Palestinians are being killed while begging.Every day, dozens of Palestinians are losing their lives at humanitarian aid distribution centers run by phantom organizations supported by the US and Israel. Hundreds gather at the distribution centers, only to be met with machine gun fire directed at the crowd. On the following Tuesday, June 17, 56 people were killed by artillery fire from Israeli tanks. The EU remains silent in the face of the piles of dismembered bodies. 

A woman cries over the body wrapped in the flag of a loved one killed in Israeli attacks in the northwestern city of Tabriz, Iran - photo LaPresse (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)

On April 27, 1945, Colonel Karl Biedermann was executed by the Gestapo and SS officers of the German Armed Forces in the suburbs of Vienna.

      On April 27, 1945, Colonel Karl Biedermann was executed by the Gestapo and SS officers of the German Armed Forces in the outskirts of Vienna. A sign reading “I made a pact with the Bolsheviks” was hung on the body. In the foreground lies the body of Lieutenant Colonel Karl Biederman of the 17th Military District of Vienna. He had joined a group of officers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Karl Sokol, who had attempted to prevent the Battle of Vienna and the destruction of the city. The conspirators established contact with the Soviet military headquarters and planned to open a corridor to allow Russian forces to quickly occupy the city. This plot was uncovered by the SS, and Karl Biedermann and the other officers were arrested and sentenced to death by hanging by a military court.

   On April 13, 1945, Soviet troops on the Ukrainian Front completed the conquest of Vienna, the Austrian city where Hitler had spent the six years prior to World War II. By April 3, 1945, when Soviet troops approached the outskirts of Vienna, the city had already withstood over 50 Allied air raids. The Allied attacks destroyed more than one-fifth of the city's residential buildings, estimated at 80,000 apartments. Dictator Hitler issued an order from his underground bunker in Berlin to his commanders to defend Vienna at all costs. When the Soviet Army launched its attack on the southern outskirts of Vienna, the German forces defending the city consisted only of the exhausted 2nd SS Panzer Corps, anti-aircraft units, members of the Hitler Youth, and convalescing soldiers. The German forces retreated quickly to the city center without delaying the well-equipped Soviet forces. Intense fighting continued for about a week, resulting in the destruction of many of Vienna's historic buildings and severe damage to all bridges except those spanning the Danube River.

      German commanders struggled to maintain control over their scattered units, and officers relied on holding isolated positions. The Ukrainian Front cut through Vienna and advanced toward Linz and Graz. The remaining German forces retreated northward. By April 13, the Battle of Vienna had ended. Following the occupation of Vienna, large numbers of Soviet soldiers brutally treated residents and engaged in repeated looting. A state of general lawlessness persisted until Allied forces from other countries arrived to begin the joint occupation of Vienna, at which point the situation began to improve. In the Vienna offensive, approximately 30,000 German soldiers were killed, while 129,279 Soviet soldiers were killed.