1940s: Decades of the 20th Century

by Nick Yapp · 1998

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A divided decade - the world at war, its triumphs and tragedies, victories and victims. Peace, rest, recovery and rebuilding. Here are new hopes and new problems - the tumult of history through the eye of the camera.

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A collection of photographs from the Hulton Getty Picture Collection.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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artartMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismediamediaMore like thisLess of this
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World War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 400 pages

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