Historic Military Events

Black and white archival images depicting historical military parades, operations, and daily life during wartime throughout various decades.

1944 - Civilians cheer on allied troops marching and driving tanks down the Champs-Elysees.

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.

Arrival in Skutari. .

Land chest of the sultan. .

Duke & Duchess Of Gloucester farewell to Sydney. January 14, 1947.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Funeral 8 victims military aviation disaster tjililitan. Blurry photo. May 16, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Defendants in the trial of Spanish soldiers who led the attempted rebellion Republican uprising, known as Sublevación de Jaca in December 1930

07/31/1936. Forces from the Francos Rodríguez street barracks, before leaving for the Front.

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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Aviation day military aviation at Kemajoran airport. Fly show. March 9, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kemajoran, Dutch East Indies

World War I - RMS Arabia was a P&O passenger liner torpedoed on 6 November 1916 by the German submarine UB-43. It was on a homeward bound journey from Fremantle to England when it was sunk without warning by a German U-boat 300 miles off the coast of Malta. Eleven of the crew were killed in the sinking. 187 Australians were on board the Arabia, and the sinking helped surge volunteer enlistment in the Australian armed forces

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Benito Mussolini visiting Genoa port, May 14, 1938, Italy, 20th century.

Detroit, Michigan: June 24, 1943 Blacks under arrest being booked into jail by a white police officer in the aftermath of the three days of riots over wartime housing.

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Y.M.C.A. International Fire of Friendship, June 6, 1939, Jerusalem, Israel

Arrival of the Kraft durch Freude organisation, November 9, 1937, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.

Services at Methodist Church, White Plains, Georgia, USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Farm Security Administration, U.S. Office of War Information Photograph Collection, October 1941

Yorktown survivors on the deck of a cruiser

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