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Hitler Waves Bon Voyage

Hitler Waves Bon Voyage

Hitler waves goodbye from aboard the Robert Ley. Six years later, on April 30, 1945, Hitler and his mistress (and, reportedly, as of April 29, his wife) Eva Braun committed suicide in a bunker beneath Berlin as the Allies crushed his army and took control of Europe. Many historians put the number of deaths attributed directly to World War II at about 70 million. Most of those killed were civilians.

Photo: Hugo Jaeger./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Jan 01, 1939
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