Historic Military Engagements

Black and white images of soldiers in action during wartime, featuring urban ruins and combat scenarios, capturing intense moments from different battles.

Print, lithograph, hand coloured, shows a temporary tabernacle building surrounded by a curtained wall in a large clearing with tents comprising the 'First Division Camp of Judah' on the east side and, the 'Second Division Camp of Reuben' on the south side, the Third Division Camp of Ephraim' on the west side and the 'Fourth Division Camp of Dan' on the north side. Many priests are among the tents, and a few are within the enclosure, which also contains a large altar with a grill on top, on whic

11/04/1918. A misfortune in Bilbao. Ruins of the Reina Victoria barracks pavilion, which sank due to the storm, causing the death of one soldier and injuries to several others.

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing Allied troops moving towards Cherbourg through the ruins of Isigny.

Search For Bodies Of Crash Victims -- Firemen dig through wreckage of the plane that crashed into the upper part of the Empire State Building in New York, July 28th, searching for bodies of victims of the crash. This scene is on the 79th floor, looking through the elevator shaft into an office. Hote at upper left was made by the plane. July 28, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

THE CITY THAT STOPPED HITLER: HEROIC STALINGRAD (1943), directed by JOHN WEXLEY.

Planning A New Dresden From War-Torn Ruins -- Members of the local government consult plans for reconstruction of Dresden, Germany, as they inspect part of the war-torn city in the Russian zone of occupation. March 17, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

U.S. infantrymen make a house to house search for Japanese inside the ruins of the walled city, from which they had liberated hundreds of Filipino prisoners, 23 February 1945

Photographed during the fierce German bombardment of the town: A ruined street in Nieuport. Date: P

A French family stand outside their ruined home. World War One.

Anefo photo collection. Severe fire in New Vennep, the burnt house. January 8, 1963

01/01/1937. Effects produced by the bombs from national planes in the Madrid neighborhood of Argüelles.

Italy. lazio. montecassino. the abbey destroyed by bombing during the battle of cassino of 1944

Sherman Seventeen - Pounder In Normandy The American Sherman Tank is now appearing on the British front in Normandy mounting the 17pounder gun. This conversion has been carried out in the United Kingdom, and the Sherman with the 17pounder is proving a match for its German counterpart. Sherman 17pounder tanks advancing through a Normandy village towards Caen. September 11, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).;Sherman Seventeen - Pounder In Normandy The American Sherman Tank is now appea

Smashed locomotive at Peronne, France, First World War, 1917, (c1920). Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Brandje in the Wittenstraat in Amsterdam. July 21, 1967. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Red Terror Reigns in Malaga - The wreckage of overturned cars and burnt houses in the main street of Malaga.Red terror reigns in Malaga - All foreign residents have been evacuated from Malaga., near Gibraltar, following the defeat of rebels by communist forces in the town. Wild burning and shooting by victorious government supporters marked the beginning of a reign of red Terror. Most of the buildings in the main streets of the town have been destroyed by fire. August 02, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Father Joseph Barthelemy, known as the "White Father" of Metz, standing in a rubble-strewn street of the city after its fall to combined American Air and Ground attack. When the Germans added to the strength of the fortifications in and around

Anefo photo collection. Destructions air attack London. 1940-1945}. Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Hedel. Destruction in Hedel. 1945. Hedel

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Toblach, Hotel Union after bombing. .

USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Fire brigade in action

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Arnhem. Inside of a total destroyed building. June 1945. Arnhem

"The Sleepless Port" - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

China. trench Japanese sailors in the streets of ciapei. 1937.

Anefo photo collection. Fire in the Osdorper Schools Community in Amsterdam New West. Extinguish through the fire brigade. April 1, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

U.S. Army Quartermaster Troops inspecting found Focke-Wulf Fighter Planes grounded either by Rubble or lack of Gasoline, Oschersleben, Germany, U.S. Army Signal Corps, May 1945

Ninth Army Infantrymen Advance: Infantrymen of The U.S. Ninth Army advance through the ravaged gown of Linnich, Germany, after crossing the Roer River in their current offensive. March 5, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Wirkung der deutschen Artillerie an einem Fabrikgebäude welches von den Russen bis zum letzten Augenblick verteidigt wurde.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection trip from Colonel A.M.G.J. Lentz in the 3rd Infantry Brigade Tjisoeroepan Tjisaran. Destroyed culture company. January 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Trento Station abandoned by the Austrians, Italy, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 46, November 17, 1918.

World War I 1914-1918: Aftermath of the First Battle of the Marne, near Paris, France, 5-12 September 1914 - Ruins of Sermaize-les-Bains. The battle was a Allied strategic victory.

second Battle of Cambrai took place between 8 and 10 October 1918 as part of the Hundred Days Offensive.

A coffee shop of La Tourelle The bomb fell near the sidewalk The coffee was very tested. (31-I-1918) A coffee shop of La Tourelle The bomb fell near the sidewalk The coffee was very tested. (31-I-1918). Photograph of Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939), January 31, 1918.

01/31/1960. Cifuentes. "I was sleeping there when the house collapsed," says Francisco Tomás García Martínez.

Mandre Italian barracks. .

Interior views of Fort Sumter, South Carolina taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 i.e. 1863. No. 4379, Title from item, Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photography, 2009, p. 17, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 163", Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.), 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Confederate, United States, South Carolina, Charleston.

Tommies Tramp Through Anzio - British Infantrymen pass through battered Anzio, Sea - Side town in the allied beachhe'd South of Rome. February 12, 1944. (AP Wirephoto).

Iron confiscation for the homeland, 1935, Genoa, World War II, Italy, 20th Century.

Metal and woodworking companies probably 4. K.U.K. Army near Kowel.

03/31/1911. A Formidable fire. Appearance of the town of Sindau, near Northain, after the fire that has destroyed more than forty buildings, many heads of cattle perishing in the flames.

Soldier in a bombed street, 1940 - 1945 photograph Military with gun stands in a bombed street. Photo belonging to album 'KriegSerinnerungen'. Belgium photographic support gelatin silver print Germany. France. Belgium

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Arnhem. Man in citizen with glasses at the ruins of the St. Eusebius or Walburgis church. August 1945. Arnhem

The police headquarters building that was destroyed during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD)

Artillery behaught destroyed in one. House A.D. Piave 22.3.18. .

Soldier in a bombed street. Soldier with rifle is in a bombed street. Photo associated with album 'Kriegservernerungen'.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

World War II, An American tank in front of the ruins of Monte Cassino, Italy, 1944.

Marines land on the atoll of Tarawa on 20th November 1943. After three days of bloody fighting, the Japanese were crushed at the cost of 1000 deaths and 2000 seriously wounded.

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 2014: Euromaidan. Revolution of Freedom. KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 2014: Euromaidan. Revolution of Freedom. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 8487450

Jewish civilians captured during the German Army destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland, 1943.

August 1968, Prague, Czechoslovakia - Unarmed citizens jeer invading Soviet military forces, shouting, 'Fascists!' and 'Russians go home!'

$The Second World War 1939 - 1945- the Home Front Members of the London Fire Brigade train their hoses on burning buildings in Queen Victoria Street, EC4, after the last and heaviest major raid mounted on the capital during the 'Blitz'. For six hours on the night of 10-11 May 1941, aircraft of the Luftwaffe dropped over 1,000 tons of bombs on London, claiming 1,486 lives, destroying 11,000 houses and damaging some of the most important historical buildings, including the Houses of Parliament, the British Museum and St James Palace. The low tide and more than 40 fractured mains deprived the firefighters of water and many of the 2,000 fires blazed out of control.$

Anefo photo collection. Fire. Blue hatsveen. September 11, 1948

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War The remains of the engines of the Lebaudy airship after it had crashed. Note the wooden A frames placed over the engines probably to help with moving the wreckage.

USA, New York State, New York City, Horse blown to bits by explosion lying in Wall Street in front of Morgan office

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Arnhem. The rubble is cleared. On the right runs a armed man of Cordon F?. 1945. Arnhem, Gelderland

Hot Time For The NaziA hot reception was waiting of the Nazis as they entered the town of Vitebsk, Russia, when they found nothing but blazing buildings. October 11, 1941. (Photo by Keystone).

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

French army liberates the town of Mulhouse street by street

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Tegal. The railways on Java enjoyed an international reputation. What has remained about it has not escaped the destruction rage of the TNI. An image of the Poerwokerto station. 24 July 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto, Tegal

Anefo photo collection. 15 Amsterdam firefighters in Oude Tonge at work. March 12, 1953. Oude-Tonge

Anefo photo collection. Outdoor school in the Oosterpark completely burned out. November 19, 1962

The King David Hotel bombing was an attack carried out July 22, 1946 by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization, the Irgun, on the British administrative headquarters for Palestine, which was housed in the southern wing

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The front in France. A pathetic side of the evacuation by the Boche of Cambrai. A Tommy bringing out of the ruins two dolls and small carriage. 1918. Cambrai, Frankrijk

Burnt out bus incident at the Elephant & Castle, showing a portion of the bus on the left while mounted policemen control the crowds. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after n

Rouen (France), July 1944. Marshal Pétain visits the city of Rouen, almost completely destroyed. In the image, the head of state's car crosses the city in runes, in the background the cathedral, also affected by the bombs.

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.

American Infantry Patrol Walking Through Ruins of the French Town, Saint-Lo, after it was Captured from the Germans, South Tower of Church of Notre Dame de Saint-Lo in Background, Battle of Normandy, Saint-Lo, France, July 1944

World War Two: The Warsaw Uprising (powstanie warszawskie) by the Polish resistance Home Army to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. 1944

Photograph of an Egyptian air raid. Photograph taken during the Israeli War of Independence. Dated 20th Century

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Westerstraat in the Jordaan. Two cats were saved by the fire brigade. May 10, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

British sailors fight desperately to keep flames from ***** customs Bldg (Stone Corner of which is in left of pictures.). December 05, 1938.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

The Sidney Street siege, Whitechapel, London, 1911, (1935). Artist: Unknown

Destroyed houses in Dimaro.

10/31/1915. From the bombing of Belgrade. Milan's serving staff captain Georgevitch among the Ruins of King Peter I's palace during the bombardment of Belgrade by the Austro-Germans.

Ground pictures of ofrd Plant, hit on the 2nd Antwerp attack on 14 May 1943 by the 8th Bomber Command. (See 26732 A.C. for location indicated on the aerial strip taken during the attack with at least 45 direct hits on the plant).

Flyer attack on Trieste, full hit in the team room, Art.Arsenal.

Lon on Raid Damage this Morning -- A scene in Central London this **** after this morning's raid, note ***** Bus. October 8, 1940. (Photo by Keystone).

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing Soviet soldiers pointing to a pile of rubble in the courtyard of the Chancellery in Berlin where the remains of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and his wife Eva Braun (1912-1945) are buried after their suicide by bombing.

This Way To Paris -- Two British soldiers, scouring Caen in search of German snipers, after Allied entry into the city, pause long enough to stand on a pile of rubble to read the directional sign with arrow pointing way to Paris. July 15, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Italy. Sicily. Messina earthquake. victims and municipal buildings on the seafront destroyed. 1908.

Nazi standards and emblems gathered for public display in Moscow after the end of World War II. 1945.

Anefo photo collection. Inside fire on the Nieuwendijk 117 The remains of the inventory. January 3, 1964

A successfully bombed Italian land ***** in Derna to the ground. April 29, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Bombing Rotterdam. Destructions. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in Italian wholesale of wines and foodstuffs in Amsterdam. 25 April 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

IF THEY TELL YOU I FELL (1989) -Original title: SI TE DICEN QUE CAI-, directed by VICENTE ARANDA.

Reichstag fire - fire brigade doing the fire-fighting work. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Anefo photo collection. Fire turnsloot Amsterdam. September 9, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Berlin (Germany), 05/01/1945. Second World War. Surrender of Germany. Columns of prisoners pass Soviet tanks.

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