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Black-and-white photos of military personnel at camps and landscapes, depicting historical settings and structures from World War I and early 20th century.

The Discovery Claim at Anvil Creek, Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush Date: Summer 1900

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

The Aftermath of Dieppe - New Pictures Captured Commandos are led off the beach past the bulk of a disabled tank. September 9, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Transport location in the section of the fourth K.U.K. Army.

08/31/1916. On the English front on the Somme. Engineer Soldiers Laying a Telegraph Line, for which the Destroyed Trees Serve as Poles.

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Petersburg, Virginia. Earthworks in front of Petersburg. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Austrian and Russian soldier tombs. .

Verdun (France), November 1914. From the German army. Group of German officers and soldiers in a trench located around Verdun.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Construction of a new kibbuts. Children of mother barbets Yavne put trenches around a newly built kibbuten. January 1, 1948. Israel, Javne

Rosny. / Redoute de Rosny between the fort and the avron tray. Redoute de Rosny between the strong and the Avron tray, Rosny-sous-Bois. The municipality of Paris. Redoute de Rosny Between The Fort and The Avron Tray. Rosny-sous-bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). Photograph of Hippolyte Blancard (1843-1924). Platinum circulation (front). 1870-1871.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Troops of, possibly, Royal Engineers by a train steam engine.

''La Guerre de Course; Un hangar militaire detruit a Philippeville', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". L'Illustration, Paris, 1926. Damage caused by naval bombardment of French facilities in Philippeville (Skikda), Algeria, by the German warships Goeben and Breslau.

''A Perthes-les Hurlus; La campagne, aux abords du bourg', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

After the city's capture - burning bodies of Chinese outside the wall at South Gate, Tientsin, China, 1901

Anefo photo collection. Vinkeveen camp. August 3, 1949. Utrecht, Vinkeveen

German soldiers take cover along a river bank - The Battle for Glosoff Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

Mr. McEwen's N. Territory tour the grave of R.H.K. Scott who died on the road to Tennants Creek in 1899, aged 34. His grave is typical of scores who died on the track. August 22, 1938.

Various results of the war. Jebel Muntar near Gaza. 1917 Middle East

Bonus Army camp, Anacostia, Washington, D.C. ca. 1932.

Presumably a photo gallery of a honing unit with field of application in Galicia.

Cavalry marching out of Harpers Ferry. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Troop movements, 1860-1870, Guards, 1860-1870, Telegraph, 1860-1870, Cavalry, Union, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Anthony Eden. Gen. Barker, G.O.C. at Lydda air port awaiting arrival of Mr. Eden. 1940, Israel, Lod

DAMAGE FROM THE AIR FOR D-DAY-Two American soldiers inspect the damage done by Allied bombs to one of the big gun emplacements at Pont d'Hoe, France.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Patrolgang 401e Battalion Infantry at Cheribon. On patrol in the vicinity of Tandjong (Cheribon area). September 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Dike Sacking at Middelharnis. September 14, 1950. Middelharnis

Smokestack of Confederate Ram Merrimac at Richmond/Remains of Ironclad Ram "Virginia #2", April, 1865. Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821-1882 Washington, D.C.). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1865. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bridgehead Siemikowce occupied vesting position during a hostile overflight.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian barbed wire entanglements.

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South East Europe, 1942-1945. Supermarine Walrus Mark Is of 'C' Flight No. 293 Squadron RAF Detachment, on the ground at Nettuno, Italy: X9506 C is parked in front of R6547 X. In the foreground an American water bowser is sprinkling the surface of the landing ground in order to suppress the dust. Behind the Walruses, Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 93 Squadron Detachment undergo repair and maintenance.

Anefo photo collection. Dike Sacking at Middelharnis. September 14, 1950. Middelharnis

A 155mm howitzer unit of a field artillery division from the Republic of Korea under camouflage. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Country: Korea

Libya - 20th century - Colonial Wars, 1911/12 - Italian battery near Gargaresh (1912)

State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Quay at Haifa. 1898, Israel, Haifa

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Atlantikwal. Between Zandvoort and IJmuiden people are cleaned up the Atlantikwall. Cannons are dismantled, bunkers are blown up and mines has been cleared. June 1945. IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

March 1915. In the vicinity of Memel. German Soldiers Using the Flood Dam as Trenches.

L-R: Pvt. Seth W. Williams, Atlanta, Georgia, indicates the direction from which the Japanese bombers came to bomb Kiska to Pfc. Orval H. Monroe, Connorsville, Indiana, and 2nd Lt. Leslie J. Bostridge of Corinna, Maine.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Second centenary of Mineurs and Sickers of the Genius. Celebration 2nd centenary by the genius in Tjilitjan. Demonstrations heavy equipment. May 15, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour over Flores. Like many other population groups in Indonesia, the residents of the island of Flores also have their own style of houses. These typical houses with their high roofs can be found in a campong between the villages of Endeh and Maumere. February 1949. Flores, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Image of a joint disaster exercise through the army and fire brigade on the Heide in Soesterberg (municipality of Soest), with a truck hit by a train as an accident; With lots of equipment, staff and public.

Presumably a photo gallery of a honing unit with field of application in Galicia.

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. An Advanced Dressing Station. A Red Cross Flag is affixed to a tree. 1914-1918}. France

Sturmübungen in Mezzocorona.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The Western front. One of our Guns taken a former German position. Note German ammunition on the right. 1914-1918}

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Anthony Eden. Gen. Barker, G.O.C. at Lydda air port awaiting arrival of Mr. Eden. 1940, Israel, Lod

Royal Air Force- Operations in Malta, Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, 1940-1945. Soldiers construct aircraft revetments at Ta Kali, Malta, using locally-quarried limestone blocks.

Surveying Crew - Enrollees Training. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Big Ferro in Germany, tanks in action, from the air. September 14, 1973. Germany

Melilla, 1909. Moroccan War, the Muñoz Cobos defense column.

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Abbot, Fort Brady. (Battery named for Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st Conn. H. Artillery). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

German Marine Infantry Patrolling Belgian coast

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan. Leaven in the Refugee Kamp Biara near Nablus. 1950. Israel, Jordan, Nablus

Men eating chow in the mud at camp area near Tunisia. 10 November 1943.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Soekaboemi. A load horse is collapsed on a bamboo bridge. July 21, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Sukabumi

Railroad disaster, Sisteron disaster November 12, 1886, Faubourg de la Balme, France. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

Poll photo collection. Repatriation service India. Speech to the repatrants who leave Ataka. December 1945. Ataka, Egypt

Russian ditch Infantry Regiment 131.

Position of the IV. Battalions of the Infantry Regiment 83 at the Batkower Pond, section of Major Franz Delovos. The statement war lasted from 19.9.1916 to 19.7.1917.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Leading Aircraftman M Baskerville of Birmingham, Flight Lieutenant C S Gibbs of St Albans, Hertfordshire, and Sergeant P Wilson of Bingley, Yorkshire, control aircraft movements at Tabingaung near Shwebo, Burma, from an improvised control tower constructed from palm-tree trunks. On the airfield, Supermarine Spitfire Mark VIIIs of No. 221 Group RAF, flying in support of the 14th Army's operations, await clearance to take off.

Own position at the m.h.Siemikowce, view south.

Street barrier against the south exit of Podluze, the bulkheads of Dubno in the background. The gate was by officers Deputy Weiniguni from the Regimenting Department V of the 84.infanterierregentes.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Report Semarang and surroundings. Ereveld Tjandi Candi. To dig. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Boer War Photograph Taken by B W Caney

On 15 - 19 July 1897. At the landing site, work with mounting the boat's body. Production of the pictures was made by Associate Professor John Hertzberg in 1930 in photography, Technical College.

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Wreckage Of A German Junkers 88 Downed In Combat By Lt. Shaffer Somewhere In Iceland. 2Nd Service Group, 8 November 1942.

10/01/1916. The English in France. A Red Cross ambulance near the front line.

''L'expedition des Dardanelles, Entre Seddul-Bahr et Krithia; Un terrain,ou l'on s'est battu le 4 juin 1915: en avant , les ruines des moulins de Seddul-Bahr; au fond, les cretes d'Achi-Baba', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

'La crete du Kaimaktchalan apres la victoire de la Troisieme armee Serbe.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

A dummy tank designed by the British during World War One. This particular dummy tank, known as MM-5-44-5530 CORP, is one quarter inflated.

Exercise of the storm troop in USZKowice 1917.

Lieutenant Colonel Pinwell sic, Brigadier General Johnston, General Sir A Godley, and sentry. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.

12/31/1936. Ontón Cemetery (Santander), next to the Galernas Sea, which was used by the Republicans as a Trench.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. population. undated

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration 10th May 1940 Haarlem. Ergrafshof Overveen. May 10, 1948. Overveen

A piece of artillery being towed by a FIAT tractor along a high mountain road, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 8, February 25, 1917.

Woerner Eugen (herr) Collection Captured British mobile pigeon loft.

09/01/1909. Magazine of Garments and Utensils by the official of the week.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC INDLALAJA; Evacuation T.N.I .. South Sumatra. The TNI Evacuation Center for South Sumatra was located at Karangenda airport. Hence they were transported with trucks to Martapoera and put the status quo line there. A Dutch? Soldier guides a group of TNIs. 8 February 1948. Indonesia, Intralaya, Karangendan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Digging the canal .. May 1949. Groningen, Winschoten

Cadets N.M.M.I. digging trench

Tombs of unknown soldiers. 1939-45.

Storm troupe exercise in USZKOWICE 1917..

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 5 Squadron R. N. A. S; a forced landing at Tenedos: Gallipoli, June 1915.

French outpost with sentinel in the flooded area of northern France, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 12, March 21, 1915.

08/31/1909. The feat of Cape Moreno. In the combat of Tafares. Corporal Nicolás Moreno and the Soldiers under his orders, heading to take possession where they defended themselves three hours approximate date.

Allied troops bathing in the sea after returning from the front in the Dardenelles, Turkey. Date: circa 1915

El Alamein - Egypt - United Arab Republic. October 12, 1954. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.)

Another Nazi war Crime Uncovered -- German war prisoners work under the supervision of Major Jean Moinet of the French intelligence and investigator for Shaef war crimes Commission. To uncover a mass grave in the Citadelle of Port Luis, Lorient, France. When the Germans occupied this sector, they murdered French Civilians and buried them in mass graves. The Graves, are now being uncovered to Establish new evidence against the Germans in this area. May 31, 1945. (Photo by International News Photos).

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Graves and improve channels, laying bridges. undated

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan. Overview of the Refugee Camp Jalazoune near Ramallah. 1950. Israel, Jordan, Ramallah

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Sketch drawn by William Skeoch Cumming, based on one of his own photographs.

Locust plagues in Palestine. Methods of fighting the locust plague. Covering in filled locust pits and digging others alongside. 1930

U.S. Marines of Fifth Marine Division raise American flag up flagpole after battle was won, Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Dodd, U.S. Marine Corps, March 14, 1945

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage Kebon Selada and Kota Batoe (2nd and 3rd Cion of 4-10 R.I. and 3 grid). Camping with tents. December 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Funeral illegal fighters in Overveen. November 27, 1945. Overveen

War album 106, picture 32525.

Wartime in the Scillies- Everyday Life on the Scilly Isles, 1941 Four members of the Women's Land Army (WLA) plant potatoes in a field on the lower slopes of Vane Hill, Tresco, Scilly Isles 1941. Behind them can be seen hills, fields and houses of Dolphin Town.

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