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Contraband - War File. February 25, 1940.
Contraband - War File. February 25, 1940.
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04/30/1931. Guard injured during the communist skirmish on May 1st. Photo: Beloved.
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Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Wageningen (May 5 '45). The liberation flawed from Normandy to Wageningen has been transferred by eight residents of Monnickendam Vaia Doorn, Amersfoort, Paleis Soestdijk, Hilversum and Amsterdam to Monnickendam to Monnickendam. As a result, Loco-Mayor D. Stam the fire was inflamed in the Goalsplantsoen where a monument is for war victims. April 1947
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London, England: June 30, 1915 Happy British prisoners return home from Germany at St. Pancras Station in London.
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Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Dutch Civil Defense Exercises / Citizens Protection Exercises. December 1943. Britain
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Photograph of Lithuanian Jews and a German Wehrmacht Soldier during the Holocaust in Lithuania. Dated 1941
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New President OF Fire Installed -- 50,000 people lined the streets of Dublin today and cheered Dr Douglas Hyde after his installation as the new president of Eire, services were held first at the catholic pro cathedral And guns fired a salute as the president Accompanied by an escort left Dublin castle for the presidential residence. Dr Hyde attended the protestant service at st. Patrick's cathedral.The statue of Parnell in O'Conell street, Dublin waving the Eire national flag today. June 25, 1938.
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Nissen huts occupied by wounded soldiers from the front. The huts were designed by a Canadian officer, inspired by the dwellings of former day Indian towns around Lake Ontario. The huts were first used as barracks for Canadian battalions, as they could be easily put up and transported. Date: 1917
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Anefo photo collection. Funeral with military honor in Amsterdam. May 3, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Premier's Handshakes For New Zealander When On Way To Commons To Make Statement On French Armistice: Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister shaking hands with a New Zealand officer when he left No. 10, Downing Street for the House of Commons, where he was expected to make a statement expressing the Government's opinion of the armistice terms accepted by the Petain Government. June 25, 1940.
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Photo collection Government information service. Installation of German temporary board over occupied the Netherlands. German paratroopers parade at the Binnenhof. May 29, 1940. The Hague, South Holland
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British Cordon Off Soviet Radio H.Q. In Berlin -- British Military Policemen patrolling a street by the Soviet-controlled Radio Berlin building, which has been cordoned off by the British. In background is the radio building funktower. June 3, 1952. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.)
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Railway bombing. Inspector F. Lincoln signals 'halt' to the driver of the goods train making a test run over the line.
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Anefo photo collection. (Dissatisfied) Firefighters fire Javastraat Amsterdam. Firefighters conversation. March 28, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Russian Officers In Warsaw -- Russian Army officers chat with inhabitants of Warsaw after the capture of the Polish capital from the German defenders. January 21, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Radio Photo).
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Uncaptioned. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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The Young Gunners - Taken at their depot at Wimbledon, the Sea Cadets undergoing gun drill.These young Sea Cadets certainly take their training seriously, and they give a smart performances in gun drill. March 26, 1943. (Photo by Fox Photos).
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Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Bronbeek. Unveiling of the bust of J.B. Van Heutsz in the old harbor cottage in Schoonhoven. The borselise is stinked by KNIL veterans from Bronbeek. 2 June 1955. The Netherlands
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Anefo photo collection. Riots in Amsterdam at Dam Square; Nr. 26: Agents with helmet and shield. August 26, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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A group of Dutch naval people passengers in Rome, after they arrived with an aircraft from the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Klu) there. The small Italians are dedered.
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Anefo photo collection. Traffic police with neat caps. November 3, 1947. Petten
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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Soldier going to the Front. Soldado marchando hacia el Frente. Madrid, Civil War Exhibition. Location: EXPOSICION DE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA.
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Hounsditch, bullet marks on interior of front wall
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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany
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04/30/1938. The three Runners Classified in the First Places, Being Congratulated by the Captain Inspector, Heliodoro Ruiz.
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October 1937. The dog "Terrible", at the service of the Republican soldiers, transporting bread, in a cart, to the trenchesPublished as Gallery on 10/10/2014.
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Turkey. Constantinople. Museum of Janissaries , Galleries & museums, Wax figures, Soldiers. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection London County Council women ambulance divers preparing to return to base after taking casualty to hospital.
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Premier's Daughter Names Invasion Canteen -- Subaltern Mary Churchill signing her name on the side of "The Second Front". Subaltern Mary Churchill, A.T.S., named a new Church Army Mobile Canteen "The Second Front" on the Horse Guards. This canteen is one of a C.A. Fleet specially built for service with the Invasion Forces, and is the sixty-third vehicles presented to the C.A., by the British War Relief Society. September 04, 1944. (Photo by L.N.A.).
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Members of the 332nd Fighter Group in a briefing room, Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945, African-Americans
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Anefo photo collection. Red Cross: Post Ten Boer (Groningen). In Ten Boer, Prof. Eerland from the Academic Hospital in Groningen in a school set up a forward red edge station that was led by Dr. Wehberg. This post was fine and helped flow refugees, who were injured by grenadescherverner for the retreating Germans. May 1945. Groningen, Ten Boer
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Germany: Rally of Nazi Youth, 1930s.
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British Paratroops On Way To Land In Holland -- British paratroops fill a C.46. transport plane to land with the first allied airborne Army on enemy held Holland today. November 20, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).
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Anefo photo collection. Command of popular stone. September 18, 1946
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Anefo photo collection. Remains of Princess Wilhelmina transferred. December 4, 1962
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07/12/1913. Explosion of a firecracker in Madrid. Condition of the emergency kiosk on Paseo de Recoletos after the firecracker placed on it exploded on Sunday night.
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General Berryman. April 06, 1952.
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British forces at the Siege of Calais (1940) a battle for the port and town of Calais during the German blitzkrieg which overran northern France in 1940.
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Two Allied Buglers Sound Traditional Calls Together -- A member of the Women's Army Corps of the U.S. Army blows the traditional bugle call, while at her right, a bugler ***** the First Zouave Regiment of the French Army sounds a ceremonial horn, during a military review in North Africa ceremonial horn, during a military review in North Africa 14876. October 4, 1943.
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Teaching The Women How To Handle A Rifle. - Mr. A.W. Arkell the well-known Bisley shot teaching home of the women the proper handling of a Service rifle. The Women's Home Defence (the women's rifle ***** which started in May last year as the Amazon Defense Corps) hold meetings every week when women are taught how to handle a rifle by experts. December 13, 1941. (Photo by L.N.A.)
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Grenadier Guardsman - British Soldiers - Brit. Military/Regiment. October 15, 1934.
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Poll photo collection. Soldiers in Amersfoort. Military - in BS uniform - waiting. undated. Amersfoort
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British women working during wartime, November 27, 1942
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Rear view of a boy imitating a security guard and standing near an armored truck
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War Prison exchange in Trelleborg. Healthcarers talk to men on the train.
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Anefo photo collection. Netherland Women's Auxiliary Corps (voluntary women auxiliary corps VHK). 1940-1945}. Britain, London
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Prussia, Prussian Army, cadets and pupils at the railway station in Berlin, Germany, ca 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe
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11/01/1936. Young Basques Arriving in Madrid to Join the Defense of the City.
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Firemen in Paris Headquarters. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Britain prepares for invasion. Barbed wire entanglements placed at strategic places, 1940. From The War in Pictures, First Year.
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Anefo photo collection. Netherland Women's Auxiliary Corps (voluntary women auxiliary corps VHK). 1940-1945}. Britain, London
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Civilains sheltering in the tube station from the bombs during WWII, seen here The Elephant and Castle station, London, England,11th November, 1940. From Front Line 1940-41, published 1942
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The Second Sino-Japanese War is usually dated from 1937 to Japan's final defeat in 1945, but in fact Japan and China had been in a state of undeclared war from the time of the Mukden Incident in 1931 when Japan seized Manchuria and set up the puppet state of Manchukuo. The Japanese installed the former Qing Emperor Puyi as Head of State in 1932, and two years later he was declared Emperor of Manchukuo with the era name of Kangde ('Tranquility and Virtue'). Manchukuo would remain in Japanese hands until the Red Army swept across the frontier from the Soviet Union in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, and routed the Japanese in several weeks of bitter fighting.