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Harsh Conditions of War

Black and white photos depicting soldiers in snowy environments, engaging in military drills and operations under harsh conditions, showcasing resilience.

Vintage photograph. Gun crew manning a 40mm anti-aircraft gun during a field problem

Amsterdamsche Ysclub Hardrydery January 7, 1891, Samuel Herz, 1891, The Netherlands.

The Greely expedition, 1893.Artist: BW Kilburn

World War I. German Soldiers Firing A Heavy Howitzer Cannon

Route from the second hunt of the 4th Army Command.

These 8th Air Force Boeing...

Serbian vanguard at the Bosnian borders, Serbia, photograph by S Tchernoff, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 51, December 20, 1914.

Transportation of a long-range camera. Men carrying the complete equipment; Schlichtl, Carinthia, Slovenia; photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

An overhead view of Navy divers trying to locate and recover victims and wreckage from Flight 90, the Air Florida Boeing 737 that crashed into Rochambeau Bridge (14th Street). The divers are from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Indian Head, Maryland and Harbor Clearance Unit Two, from Little Creek, Virginia. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

'Marshall Outside a Tent, at the Camp', c1908, (1909). Artist: Unknown.

Personnel at the machine department at snow readiness.

Bastogne, Belgium, December 29, 1944Members of the 101st Airborne Division move out Bastogne to drive the Germans besieged them for ten days out of a neighboring town. American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.

'Exercising the Dogs', 1936. Artist: Unknown.

A view looking forward from the bridge of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) at the snow covered CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263) parked on the flight deck. The ship is taking part in NATO Exercise Teamwork '92. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '92 Base: Trondheim Fjord Country: Norway (NOR)

Anefo photo collection. Indian prisoners of war in prisoner of war. December 13, 1962

Soldiers against the background of snowy scenery unknown

Kaiser Karl at the 14th corps on 4.1.1916. In Corvara. .

01/07/1938. Snowman made by Soldiers on a front in the Center sector.

By the Stores Description: 'Photograph (Cinematograph Film) entitled 'With Captain Scott Royal Navy to the South Pole (British Antarctic Expedition)'. Man standing by stores and hut in background' by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935). Date: c.1911 caterpillar, southpole, tracked, captainscott, britishantarcticexpedition, herbertponting

Armourers at a U.S. 8th Air force bomber base hoist 500-pounders from the bomb dump to the waiting "dolly" which will carry them to the bombers. Despite the snow, the bombers took off shortly after this photo was taken and these bombs were hitting

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Field fair on the Marmolata. .

Search Goes On For Avalanche Victims -- Frontier police digging a shaft into the avalanche as the robes meet an obstacle deep in the snow of the avalanche.Search is still being made for the victims of the avalanche disaster in the Tyrol Zugspitz when four men at least are known to have been buried on December 20th.Eighty men of the frontier police - using steel rods to probe the snow - drive shafts into the 40 feet deep mass whenever the probes reveal a likely obstacle. January 22, 1953. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Sprilling attempts at the Russian war showplatz.

Staff read "Signal".

Hiker at the Stone Cross (D 189) Northeast of Bad Gottleuba, on the street mountain casting sheaths - Hellendorf

Ppl8a2 l.o. 4025.

Visit Sr.M.Kaiser Karl in Ober Drauburg.16.xii.16. .

Emperor Charles I, visit Panchaia: Report of officers and commands.

The war on skis. With both the gunners and the mortars in skis the troops can proceed at a much faster *****. May 22, 1944. (Photo by Natalie Bode, SIB Photo Service).

War painter on Monte Jama Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Swiss Ghost Soldiers.10,000 feet up the Mountains with the Swiss Skiing Troops.About to occupy a snow trench. Thanks to their white coverings, the men are only visible at close quarters. August 15, 1949. (Photo by Paul Popper; Hans Steiner Bern).

Soldiers Receiving Food at Field Mess, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, Battle of the Bulge,1945

Multinational Force at Fort Knox

Coast Guard Men Burning Coston Signals. Coast Guard Men burning coston signals at shipwreck of A. Roger Hickey, Jan. 2, 1927 at Cahoon Hollow, Mass.

Holmankollen February 22nd 1941. October 30, 1944.

Var to our troops in Ternovanerwalde 25.10.17. .

Emperor Charles I. in Pergine, 17.1.1917 In January 1917, Emperor Karl visited the front in South Tyrol

Yanks on March Through Fields Of Snow In BelgiumA column of U.S. Third Army Soldiers marches through snow covered country side in Belgium to occupy the village of Lutrebois. January 24, 1945. (Photo by Bryon H.Rollins, Associated Press).

Snowflake SJ QDA 945

The "Keystone" Battery of Pennsylvania. No. B460, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

01/31/1918. The winter campaign. French military car stopped in the Snow - Approximate date.

Penguins No. 1 Description: 'Photograph (Cinematograph Film) entitled 'With Captain Scott Royal Navy to the South Pole (British Antarctic Expedition)'. 'Group of Penguins No 1' by Herbert Ponting (1870-1935). Date: c.1911 penguins, southpole, captainscott, britishantarcticexpedition, herbertponting

DN-SN-88-05816. Country: Unknown

Members of a Canadian airborne squadron driving a snowmobile pull another soldier on a sled during Operation Alloy Express '82. Subject Operation/Series: ALLOY EXPRESS '82 Country: Norway (NOR)

Helpmig (Motor Sake) Y 8243 (1947-1959)

OTTAWA, TOBOGGANNING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

Photograph taken of a street fight during the Russian Revolution. Dated 20th Century

Men of "A" Coy 3 Bn, Royal Australian Regiment file East their cooks to receive a good hot meal and the over welcome cup of tea. While the snow falls drearily come ***** and the Artic Wind of a Korean winter sweeps through ever the warmest clothing. January 1, 1951. (Photo by Public Relations Section, HQ BCOF Japan).

Radio Station Kolomea .

Inside the Greek Theatre of Syracuse. 1924

Route from the third hunt at the 4th Army Command.

Russians and American clearing snow from an area at Poltava Airbase in January 1945 find that the old maxim "many hands make light work" is very true. Poltava Airbase is one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . M. S. Vaz Dias Buried in Ouderkerk .. January 8, 1963. Ouderkerk

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

The national border. Snowflake at work.

The operation of operations. Skiing and shooting. Warm blueberry soup

Work on loading.

ZKH Prince Claus visiting Mariniers during their winter training in Norway in 1980.

04/26/1941. The Nazi flag flies at the Acropolis.

Pferde-Unterstände im Walde an der Düna.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Horses, World War, 1914-1918 , Military personnel, World War, 1914-1918 , Military facilities

Ice On Ships - General Merchant Shipping. February 12, 1945.

Portrait photo of military associated Swedish NGO in Finland, F 19. Portrait of skis. Portrait photo of military associated Swedish NGO in Finland, F 19. Portrait of skis.

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Dutch Civil Defense Exercises / Citizens Protection Exercises. December 1943. Britain

The operation of operations. Shooting

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Lebanon. Cars and customs officers at the Grandstost Syria and Lebanon border post between Syria and Lebanon. 1950. Lebanon

'Dr. Simpson Sending Up a Balloon', 1911, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting.

DM-SN-87-10972. Subject Operation/Series: NEZ ROUGE Country: Canada (CAN)

Anefo photo collection. Flooding sites exclude. February 2, 1953

Pvt. Floyd A. Pilcheo, of Calhoun, Ga., a member of an anti-aircraft unit, adjusts the white camouflage net over a 2 1/2 ton truck. Luxembourg, 8 January 1945.

A member of the Scout Sniper Platoon, 23rd Marine, 5th Mar. Div., uses crossed ski poles to steady his sniper rifle while participating in a cold weather training exercise. Country: Canada (CAN)

Defilling the 2nd Bosnian - Herzegovina Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Predazzo. .

'The Battle of Dublin': British soldiers opening fire on the Sinn Feiners, who are sniping from houses 200 yards away. Date: 1916

World war Two: Colmar falls to the free French army 1944

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inauguration of Wilhelmina as Queen of the Netherlands, Wilhelmina (Queen of the Netherlands), Steenbergh, Cornelis Johannes, Greiner, Albert, A. 1898, lower left - embossed, photo is part of a series about the inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam, photograph, photo, photos, Inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina, in front of the Rijksmuseum, CJ Steenberghe, Ceintuurb. 85 Amsterdam, bottom right - embossed, A. Greiner, height 145 mm, width 208 mm, height 264 mm, width 310 mm, German, Dutch, 1833-08-06 - 1890-03-28, photographer, 1898 - 1898, fourth quarter 19th century, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, daylight collodion silver print, 1859-06-09 - 1939-12-14, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, seller, names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (Rijksmuseum), names of cities and villages (with NAME), historical person (Koningin Wilhelmina) - historical person (Koningin Wilhelmina) depicted in a group, in a group-p

A Marine from the 36th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) prepares to enter his living quarters through the snow hole (doorway). The 36th MAU is undergoing cold weather training. Country: Norway (NOR)

Image reproduction: Teodor Axentowicz (1859-1938), funeral; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" 1901, I, p. 127; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939); 1901 (1901-00-00-1901-00-00);

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with two young Russians. In the background a farmhut

The State Railways SJ's Director General Erik Upmark closes a wreath at Nils Eriksson's statue, Railway Park

In Bolzano, just before the Kaiser reception, on 15.1.1917. .

Photograph showing Lt. Adams, Frank Wild and Lt. Ernest Shackleton (left to right) standing beside a British flag at the furthest point South that they reached, 9th January 1909. These three men and Eric Marshall (who took the photograph), made an attempt to reach the South Pole as part of the Nimrod Antarctic Expedition of 1908-09. They got to this point, 111 statute miles from the Pole, before they had to turn back due to a shortage of supplies. Date: 1909

Gloomy winter at A.N.Z.A.C. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.

German Troops Mass On Dutch Frontier.Holland Takes Precautionary Measures.Large parts of the floods in Holland - part of the extensive defence - have now become frozen and the military exercises are being held on the ice.Troops skating across the ice, one carrying a machine gun. January 14, 1940.

The operation of operations

Inspecting ***** On Finnish Frontier -- British Soldiers in their white cloaks inspecting conditions with the aid of a weather Balloon.Finnish soldiers in their white cloaks interrupting conditions with the aid of a weather Balloon.Weather conditions ***** playing an important part in the Finnish-Russian war, and recently when Finnish soldiers cut off a Russian advance, many of the Soviet troops died through the intense cold. January 01, 1940. (Photo by Central News Illustrations Service).

Militaria, Italy, 20th century. Skier officers of the Guardia di Finanza Corps on the Matterhorn (Monte Cervino), 1940-45. Illustration.

Boffins Go to Artic to Test New Clothing for The Cold - He might be from another planet. He is padded head to foot. But, apart from Artic-nipped noses, all three are as war, as toast in a test suit. They on board H.M.S. Eagle, an aircraft carrier which has sailed to the Artic to test this new clothing. December 02, 1952. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

DA-SC-86-09042. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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