Germany, 1934
The Reichserntedankfest rally, otherwise known as the Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, was an enormous Nazi German celebration of the peasantry and German farmers. The celebration was used by Nazis as a propaganda tool to display the connection between Hitler and the German people. The festivals ran from 1933 to 1937 on the Bückeburg hill.
August 9, 1945
This image depicts the aftermath of the Nagasaki bombing. The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. Between 39,000 and 80,000 people died instantly, but many succumbed to the horrific effects of radiation poisoning over the years.