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Execution by the SS Einsatzgruppen command, 1942 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia A naked Jewish woman with folded hands led to a mass grave. The picture was probably made near the Jaegala concentration camp in today's Estonia, where in 1942 about 6,000 Jewish women and children were murdered by the SS Einsatzgruppe A with the help of Estonian auxiliary policemen. Einsatzgruppen (German: [ˈaɪnzatsˌɡʁʊpm̩], lit. 'deployment groups'; also 'task forces') were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The Einsatzgruppen had an integral role in the implementation of the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish question" (Die Endlösung der Judenfrage) in territories conquered by Nazi Germany, and were involved in the murder of much of the intelligentsia and cultural elite of Poland, including members of the Catholic priestho...

Dead Japanese soldiers lie on Edson's Ridge near Hill 123 after the Battle of Edson's Ridge, Guadalcanal, 1942. - The Battle of Edson's Ridge was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Imperial Japanese Army and Allied ground forces. It took place from 12–14 September 1942, on Guadalcanal and was the second of three separate major Japanese ground offensives during the Guadalcanal campaign. In the battle, U.S. Marines under the overall command of U.S. Major General A. Vandegrift repulsed an attack by the Japanese 35th Infantry Brigade under the command of Japanese Major General Kawaguchi. The Marines were defending the Lunga perimeter that guarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Kawaguchi's unit was sent to Guadalcanal in response to the Allied landings with the mission of recapturing the airfield and driving the Allied forces from the island. Underestimating the strength of Allied forces on Guadalcanal (about 12,000 men) Kawaguchi's 6,000...