The Falling Soldier is a photograph credited to war photographer Robert Capa, reportedly taken during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, depicting a Republican militiaman at the instant of being fatally struck. It became one of the most widely published war photographs of the twentieth century and helped establish Capa's reputation, though the precise circumstances and even the full authenticity of the image have been the subject of sustained scholarly and journalistic dispute for decades. The Falling Soldier is frequently cited as one of the earliest and most influential images to shape the modern practice of combat photojournalism.
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The Falling Soldier (full title: Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936) is a black-and-white photograph by Robert Capa, claimed to have been taken on Saturday, September 5, 1936.
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during the Battle of Cerro Muriano of the Spanish Civil War
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The Falling Soldier (full title: Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936) is a black-and-white photograph by Robert Capa, claimed to have been taken on Saturday, September 5, 1936.
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The Falling Soldier (full title: Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936) is a black-and-white photograph by Robert Capa, claimed to have been taken on Saturday, September 5, 1936.
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The Falling Soldier (full title: Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936) is a black-and-white photograph by Robert Capa, claimed to have been taken on Saturday, September 5, 1936.
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