The Turks still consider their victory at Gallipoli to be a great, defining moment in the nation's modern history. Eight years later, the Turkish war of independence broke out, led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Ataturk was a commander at the battle of Gallipoli

This photo, entitled "Into the jaws of death", on the other hand, brings the event to life by offering the perspective of allied soldiers about to storm the beaches and make history

Dogs accompanied D-Day troops dropped behind enemy lines, sniffing out mines, traps, and troops. They were given two months’ intensive training, including how to angle themselves in the air — "forepaws up and rear legs down.” On the day of the drop some dogs had to be encouraged out of the plane with the aid of a two-pound chunk of meat

As it were – because on this day, a man named Edward Llewellyn broke the world record for the biggest sea bass ever caught. He single-handedly caught the Mammoth fish weighing a whopping 425 lbs

As the German passenger airship LZ 129, Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at naval air station Lakehurst in Manchester township, New Jersey, United States. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, raising the final death toll to 36

Gersnback, an inventor of such innovations as a combination of electric hair brush/comb and a battery-powered handheld illuminated mirror, is best known to science fiction fans as the founder of amazing stories magazine

More than 330,000 soldiers were rescued from Dunkirk in the mission code-named operation Dynamo

From Dresden's Muenzgasse street showing people working on the removal of debris in front of the ruins of the Frauenkirche (church of our lady). The church was reduced to rubble during world war II allied bombings

Eric Sykes, an English comedian, demonstrated the device on an unaired pilot for a TV series about 1800s innovations

This giant sea creature was caught off the coast of New Jersey in 1933. It allegedly weighed more than 5,000 pounds!

 Loaded with ammunition explodes after being hit by a bomb from a German plane off Gela, on the southern coast of Sicily, on July 31, 1943