Historic Military Engagements

Black and white scenes depicting U.S. military operations during WWII and the Korean War, highlighting intense battles and troop movements in challenging terrains.

OKINAWA - 1945 - A tank destroyer fires its gun, and a plane lays a smoke screen in Okinawa, Japan.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 4th Infantry Brigade ready for advance to Wingi. Officer looks through binoculars. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Second World War. Russia, Belgorod Oblast. After the fighting. Train of Soviet war prisoner with German security

Marines Drag Equipment Ashore -- While a member of the landing barge crew crouches low (right) Marines drag light equipment ashore over the treacherous beaches of Iwo Jima under Japanese fire. February 23, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Bullet Proof Vest - War File (See Also Armour). September 28, 1943.

The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Here on the Karelian Isthmus Finland two Finnish soldiers. January 1940. Photo Kristoffersson ref 99-6.

French army in Italy, passing the bodies of dead Italian soldiers, in World war One, 1917

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Padang. Failed recording. A column or convoy is silent. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that killed an estimated 2.5-7.5 million Ukrainians, with millions more counted in demographic estimates. It was part of the wider disaster, the Soviet famine of 1932-33, which affected the major grain-producing areas of the country. During the Holodomor millions of citizens of the Ukrainian SSR, the majority of whom were ethnic Ukrainians, died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of Ukraine.Since 2006, the Holodomor has been recognized by the independent Ukraine and many other countries as a genocide of the Ukrainian people carried out by the Soviet Union.

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