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Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

author:Shizhou Afeng
Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is a scene in 1972 on the streets of Ireland, England, where two IRA women are searching a man who, under the threat of a rifle, has to cooperate with their search.

The IRA was formed in 1919 in the Republic of Ireland in the United Kingdom, and the ultimate purpose of their organization was to gain Ireland's independence from the British, because they were anti-British government organizations, so they were also defined as terrorist organizations by many countries, and the members of the IRA were mainly active in the north and south of Ireland.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is the streets of Afghanistan in 1972, and you can see several fashionably dressed Afghan women walking towards each other, and you can see that these women are living happily.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is a scene that happened in Tokyo, Japan in 1972, and it can be seen that Japan is already quite developed at this time, and the attendants of the subway station are helping passengers to squeeze into the car.

Because the population density of Tokyo, Japan, is so large that people can only crowd together when they go to work, and from the photos, the subway in Tokyo, Japan, is really a crowded subway.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is a photograph taken in Tokyo, Japan, in September 1945, showing General MacArthur, an American, on the left and Emperor Hirohito of Japan on the right.

At that time, many Japanese people were deeply poisoned by Japanese militarism, and after Emperor Hirohito had announced his surrender, many Japanese soldiers were still unwilling to admit the fact of Japan's defeat, so MacArthur took a group photo with Emperor Hirohito to prove that the Japanese emperor was just an ordinary person.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is a photograph taken in December 1941 at the British Prime Minister's Official Residence at Ten Downing Street in London, England, and the person who gestured victory was Churchill, then the British Prime Minister.

Many years after the outbreak of the world war, the neutral United States finally officially declared war on Germany, Japan, and Italy, which meant that the world anti-fascist war ushered in a turning point, and the defeat of Germany, Japan, and Italy was already at hand.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

Churchill, who was working in the Prime Minister's residence, had it not been for Churchill's strong support for fighting Germany to the end, perhaps the anti-fascist war in Europe would have gone to a different situation.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

The nun walking on the streets of Africa, dressed in a white robe, is particularly eye-catching in Africa, and the African women behind her are in stark contrast to her.

Nuns are mainly female practitioners who assist Catholic, Orthodox, and Christian priests in mission, and in order to become a formal nun, they have to go through many years of testing to become a qualified nun, and after joining the nuns, they will not be able to marry for life, and the beautiful woman in the photo may be doomed to be unable to marry for a lifetime.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

The photo was taken in 1959, and a woman is showing Volvo inventing the three-point seat belt, the world's first car to use a three-point seat belt, which Volvo opened up to car manufacturers for free after inventing this seat belt.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

Photographed in 1959, two men shaking hands are U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Cuba's first head, Fidel Castro, at a time when U.S.-Cuban relations are still in their honeymoon period.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is a photo taken at the scene of the debate in Chicago, USA in 1960, and the two people in the photo are Kennedy and Nixon, kennedy won the competition with Nixon, only unfortunately on November 22, 1963, Kennedy was killed by gunmen.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

In the photo taken in Vienna, Austria in March 1961, the two people preparing to shake hands were Khrushchev from the Soviet Union and Kennedy from the United States, which was the period of bipolar hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, and although they felt that they had a very pleasant conversation with each other after meeting, they were still not ambiguous about what they should do after returning home.

Old photos: Subway in Tokyo, Japan, nuns in Africa, Churchill at the british prime minister's residence

This is a photo taken in Taiwan on July 23, 1973, sitting in a chair is the elderly Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling, which is also the last photo taken in Chiang Kai-shek's life, two years later, on April 5, Chiang Kai-shek was dying of illness in Taipei.

When this photo was taken, Chiang Kai-shek's body was already dead, or Song Meiling ordered someone to fix Chiang Kai-shek on a chair with tape to take a picture, and the men and women standing next to them were Chiang Kai-shek's grandson Jiang Xiaoyong and granddaughter-in-law Fang Zhiyi, and that day was the wedding ceremony of Jiang Xiaoyong and Fang Zhiyi.

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