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.

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), leader of the National Fascist Party, salutes the crowd in piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy, in the day of the fourth fascist conscription, photo by A Bruni, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LVII, n 18, May 4, 1930.

Anefo photo collection. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler decreases parade from the Legion Condor for Technical University. Hitler in the lodge with supreme commanders. 6 May 1939. Germany

General Eisenhower is drafted. 25,000 demonstrators for Eisenhower at Madison Square Garden Rally on Feb. 2, 1952. A month later, when non-candidate Eisenhower won the New Hampshire primary on Mar. 11, 1952 without campaigning, he accepted the draft.

Baptism of the Admiral Scheer armored ship. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

General Dwight Eisenhower waves to cheering New York crowds. June 19, 1945.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Celebration Name DECEMBER DECEMBER DIVISION Extrazight (officers and sports competitions). Prince Bernhard Chapel gives a concert led by Chapelmeester Lieutenant de Graaf. December 7, 1946. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Police dog attacking a Black Zimbabwean man during a demonstration in 1965, the year a White minority led by Ian Smith issued the Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Rhodesia was subjected to international sanctions for its racist White controlled government until 1980, when majority rule was won after the Rhodesian Bush War.

Anefo photo collection. Uitvaart and Herbegrafenis van Kees van Sambeek (Alias Kees van Maas and Waal), prominent resistance fighter. Herbegrafenis on the R.K. Graveyard on the Daalseweg in Nijmegen. August 22, 1945. Nijmegen

Shortly after he was nominated as a member of the United States Supreme Court today, Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama, faced a battery of ground cameras on the steps of the Capitol circa 1937.

Anefo photo collection. Funeral service at Schiphol for the victims of the flight disaster on Tenerife. Prime Minister Den Uyl and Minister Westerterp (traffic and water management) along the crates. April 6, 1977. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Chief Poking Fire Gaughnawaga Reservation visit to HMS Sheffield. August 18, 1954.

Palestine disturbances 1936 Native police training school on Mt. Scopus. 1936, Jerusalem

Anefo photo collection. Princely couple in Den Helder. Prince Bernhard inspects the Argis in company of the commander. June 26, 1948. Den Helder

J.R.C. Patriotic Tableau, Gulf Div., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, September 1918

Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Trip to Western States: Los Banos, California (San Luis Dam), 11:40AM. President John F. Kennedy, Governor of California, Edmund G. Pat Brown (both on speakers platform at left, with backs to camera), and others view explosions at the groundbreaking ceremony for the San Luis Dam in Los Banos, California. White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley (facing away), stands at center in foreground.

Marine MAJ Charles P. Erwin, assistant director of The Marine Band, conducts the band during the dedication ceremony for the Gerald R. Ford Museum. Base: Grand Rapids State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Government information service. DIAS Opening States General. undated. The Hague, South Holland

Section of the Allies Day Appeal. The Polish national costumes. October 21, 1941.

Description: Her Majesty Queen Salotte and Sir Ronald Garvey, after the treaty had been signed. Back row: (l to r) P.D. Macdonald, Colonial Secretary, Fiji; Group Captain A.S. Agar, Commanding Officer, R.N.Z.A.F. Laucala Bay, Suva; Lieutenant Brian Wesney, the Governor's A.D.C. and Mr. A.C. Reid, British Consul and agent in Tonga. Location: Tonga tonga, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

United Nations flag waves over crowd waiting to hear Dr. Syngman Rhee speak to the United Nations Council in Taegu, Korea. During the Korean War, South Korea's defense was fought as a United Nations action. July 30, 1950. Korean War, 1950-53. (BSLOC_2014_11_257)

Washington, D.C., A Unit of the Parade to Recruit Civilian Defense Volunteers. Esther Bubley, photographer (American, 1921 - 1998) 1943 (Verso, sheet) inscribed in pencil ' "Washington, D.C. space A unit of the / parade to recruit civilian / defense volunteers." / July 1943 / space / OWI - 36098-E / LC-USW3-C36098-E ' all written sideways; in pencil, at left center edge: "(A)" written sideways; in pencil, at lower center edge: "PF77999"

Security police line the street outside the main gate, as anti-military groups stage a demonstration during Exercise Cope North '81-3. Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH '81-3 Base: Nyutabaru Air Base State: Kyashu Country: Japan (JPN)

Royal Hospital School, Holbrook - When the parade falls out the boys make a concerted dash back to their quarters. September 111, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

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