DescriptionTexan servicemen putting up a playful 'Texas Embassy' sign in Ginza, Tokyo, just weeks after Japan's surrender in World War II, as U.S. forces occupied the city and began overseeing Japan's postwar reconstruction.
DescriptionA street scene in Sükhbaatar Square in central Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, during the mid 60s. In the background, the hills feature a prominent display of the Soyombo, Mongolia's national symbol of sovereignty and freedom that also appears on the country's flag.
LicenseDigital ID: fr422746, From the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
DescriptionGerman troops marching through Südermarkt square in Flensburg, Germany, during the withdrawal of German forces ahead of the Schleswig plebiscites - two post-war referendums mandated by the Treaty of Versailles to determine whether the region would remain part of Germany or become part of Denmark.
LicenseHolger Damgaard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
DescriptionPro-Israel demonstrators gathered outside the French Consulate in Chicago to protest France's decision to sell fighter jets to Libya while maintaining an embargo on aircraft previously purchased by Israel, reflecting France's increasingly pro-Arab policy in the Middle East during the ongoing conflict that followed the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.