SZT2994162: Ready to fire 21cm mortar in Russia (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994168: German 60cm Mortar 'Karl' (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994177: Soldiers in Russia receive their rations (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994219: James Clerk Maxwell (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994246: German Panzer III at the tank battle of Kursk, 1943 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938714: U.S. Military mail orderlies. c. 1890-1901 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938726: Architect's drawing for the 2nd Bank of the United States chartered in 1816 with many branches throughout the states. It succeeded with a gap of 5 years First Bank of the United States whose charter expired 1811. Original design of north and south fro / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938750: AMERICANS ABROAD. Cartoon captioned 'Welcome to Europe old man I knew you'd follow me sooner or later ' The cartoon celebrates U.S. growing industrial exports in addition to the long established food exports to Europe and world markets. Louis Dalrympl / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938756: Local Afghanis ride a crowded taxi in Mazar-e Sharif a month after the Taliban were driven from their city by Northern Alliance troops under General Dostum's command. Dec. 15 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938771: U.S. Marine in a suspected enemy passageway near Now Zad Afghanistan Oct. 5 2008., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938777: U.S. Army soldier with covers his ear as a controlled detonation destroys an improvised explosive device in Badula Qulp Afghanistan on Feb. 23 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938795: New recruits of the Afghanistan National Army learn the fundamentals of the Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher in U.S. Army training class. Kabul May 22 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938801: U.S. Sailor and a Marine bring a wounded Pashtun fighter from Afghanistan aboard the USS Bataan for medical treatment in the first months of the U.S. fighting after the al Qaeda 9/11 terrorist attacks. Dec. 6 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938822: Fully geared U.S. Marines in helicopter about to be deployed in Afghanistan from the amphibious command ship USS Bataan. Dec. 14 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938837: A U.S. Army soldier rides an All Terrain Vehicle into a cave to search for munitions on the outskirts of Kabul Afghanistan. July 19 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938846: U.S. Army soldiers fortify an Afghan Highway Police checkpoint in Robat Afghanistan by placing razor wire around the perimeter on March 19 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938864: McDonald's restaurant in Shanghai China. By 2010 there were 100 McDonald's restaurants in the city. McDonald's Corp. photo., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938870: The U.S. Coast Guard made a record drug seizure of approximately 42 845 pounds of cocaine aboard the Panamanian flagged motor vessel GATUN off the coast of Isla de Coiba Panama on March 18 2007., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938879: U.S. Sailors and Coast Guardsmen question four suspected drug smugglers after their boat was intercepted in the eastern Pacific Ocean March 31 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938888: Northern Alliance troops under General Dostum's command in Mazar-e Sharif take a break on a wall in the median of the town's busiest street. The Taliban were driven from Mazir-e Sharif on Nov. 10 2001 by these troops., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938903: U.S. Army and Navy guards escort a detainee to Guantanamo Bay's Camp One recreational area where he could spend up to two hours a day., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938921: Islamic detainees pray at Camp Delta the military prison at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Jan. 24 2008., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938927: The leeward airfield at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba. May 6 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938948: Vice President Dick Cheney speaks to a crowd of soldiers on Balad Air Base Iraq March 18 2008., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938960: General Tommy Franks Commander of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan. Photo taken in his office in Tampa Florida on Jan. 4 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

ADV2964464: Thriller Magazine Cover, January 28th 1939 (colour litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994291: Lord Cushendun at the signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1928 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994354: Ludwig Heck with a monkey, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994357: Orville Wright before a flight in Berlin-Tempelhof, 1909 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ADV2964610: Goya Magazine Advert, 1950s (colour litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994393: German truck convoy on the Eastern Front, 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ADV2964622: Try and Get Me' Film Poster, 1950 (lithograph) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994411: Football match Scotland against Germany, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2994438: Goering and Kesselring on the Channel coast (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ADV2964722: Molyneux magazine advert, 1930s (colour litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

ADV2964725: Morris magazine advert, 1929 (colour litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images