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The Second World War presented a huge range of challenges to press photography both in terms of its execution and getting the results in print. Life on the home front was the main subject until the invasion of France changed everything in 1944. Photographers from The Times were part of a talented group who were there to capture the momentous events taking place from the moment the troops stepped ashore, as the Allies fought their way from the D-Day beaches all the way to Berlin. They captured thousands of images of the fighting and its aftermath: bombed out towns, tanks and the inevitable human death toll, but also troops moving through a scarred landscape, the civilian population in joy and fear, and the daily activities of the soldiers themselves. They were on hand to witness the surrender of German commanders and some of their subsequent suicides, and also when King George VI made history when he became the first monarch since Henry V to confer knighthoods on the battlefield.
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Internationally-recognized educator, speaker, and publisher Mark Barnes is the author of six books, including Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School, and Assessment 3.0, both of which debuted #1 on Amazon. Mark is regarded as a worldwide leader in the no-grades classroom movement, and he is the creator of the Hack Learning Series--books that solve big problems with simple ideas. Mark's education blog, Brilliant or Insane, has nearly two million readers and is consistently ranked in Teach100's Top 20. @markbarnes19 is one of the most influential educators on Twitter, where his tweets hit five million timelines monthly.
