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Historic Military Gatherings

Historic gatherings featuring military and political figures. The images depict ceremonies, memorials, and significant events from past conflicts.

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

1968 - Czech Communist Party Leader Alexander Dubcek (right), smiles as he marches with President Ludvik Svoboda (center) and Party chief-to-be Gustav Husak in Prague's 1968 May Day Parade. Less than four months later, in August, invading Warsaw Pact troops shattered Mr. Dubcek's hopes of establishing a more liberal Caechoslovakia and led to Dubcek's replacement by Husak.

Teacher Hear Tojo ... War Minister Lieutenat-General Hideki Tojo, clad in a uniform, speaking to 300 chiefs of National Schools that gathered this morning at the Education Hall, Kanda ward. June 06, 1941. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).

LOPEZ OCHOA , EDUARDO. MILITAR ESPAÑOL 1877-1936. CON SU ESTADO MAYOR EN UNAS MANIOBRAS MILITARES.

China First to Sign Chapter -- V.K. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador to the court of St. James, (Seated) is first to sign the United Nations security chapter, Standing behind, (L-R) are: Parker Hart, U.S. state department Hu Lin, Tune Pi-wu, Chun-Mai Carson change, Li Hwang, and Miss Wu-fang, members of the Chinese delegations. June 26, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Accused German Doctors and Scientists -- Twenty three German Doctors and Scientists are now standing trial in the famous dock at Nuremberg for torturing and murdering concentration camp inmates by means of inhuman experiments, Ghastly stories are being told in court of the murders and atrocities they are alleged to have committed. Some of them are famous throughout Europe for their medical or scientific accomplishments. All have pleaded "Not Guilty". February 1, 1947.

Nuremberg Trial, 1946.

Max Schmeling, now a parachute jumper in the German Army, is an interested spectator at a gala boxing night in Deutschland Hall in Berlin, the main attraction of which was the bout between Neusel and Heuser. JUne 27, 1942.

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

London freedom for Duke of Edinburgh -- In Naval uniform and wearing the insignia of the order of the Garter, the blond figure of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh stands in London's medieval Guildhall as he takes the oath as Preeman of the city of London today, June 8. Sir Frederick Wells, Lord Mayor of London sits Robed at the table head. The city aldermen are Ranged at left. In the front Row, Foreground, are, left to right, Mrs. Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill, Mrs. Clifton Brown, colonel Clifton Brown, speaker of the house of Commons, Mrs. Clement Attlee and premier Clement Attle, who is seated next Princess Elizabeth. July 7, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

U.S. President Roosevelt Begins His Third Term.D. Roosevelt was inaugurated on January 20, 1941, as the first U.S. President to serve three terms. He now has been nominated for the fourth time by the Democratic Party, Opposing him in the national election on November 7, 1944., is the Republican Party Candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of the eastern state of New York. April 14, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Officer Of War Information Picture).

Divided Francois Pietre (right) recently retired Minister of communications discusses ***** of France with American Official. Vicky has the big job of repatriating of 40,000 refugees daily. With industry paralysed, this is only making the peacetime problems of Vicky greater than those of war concessions for the French is moral blackmail wielded by *****. June 7, 1941. (Photo by George Strock).

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Farewell to Lgen C.J. Falcon to Budel.

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

Impressions from the USSR 1972. Day of liberation from the Nazi regime. War veterans, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

The Archbishop Regent Damaskinos of Greece, 15 February 1945 The Archbishop Regent Damaskinos of Greece with his Services Advisers: Army, Lieutenant Colonel K Vassilikopoulos; Navy, Lieutenant Commander S Boudouris; and Air, Wing Commander B Angelopoulos, in Athens.

12/31/1929. Marshal Paul Von Heindenburg with the Kings of Siam receives the visit that these Sovereigns paid him at his residence in Wendeck during his stay in Germany.

Japan, Germany And Italy Form Mutual Assistance Pact - Signaling the newly-pledged determination of their respective countries to construct a new order in greater East Asia and Europe by offering full political, economic and military aid to one another in case of attack by a power not now involved in the European war or in the Sino-Japanese conflict, Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka (center), German ambassador Eugen Ott (right), and Italian Ambassador Mario Indelli (back) are here pictured at the Foreign Minister's official residence, toasting the success of the German-Italian-Japanese assistance pact which was signed but 45 minutes previously at Borlin. November 12, 1947. (Photo by Japan Photo Library Newsphoto)

Berlin. 09/01/1939. Hitler, from the rostrum of the Reichstag, announced that the German troops had responded to the fire of the Polish troops. "... To every bomb," he said, "a bomb will respond." Without declaration of war he invaded Poland.

The Yalta Conference, Crimea, February 1945 The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP the President of the United States, Mr Franklin Roosevelt Marshal Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union photographed in the grounds of the Livadia Palace, Yalta during the eight day Yalta Conference. Standing behind the three leaders are, left to right: the British Foreign Secretary, the Rt Hon Anthony Eden, MP the American Secretary of State, Mr Edward Stettinius the British Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Rt Hon Sir Alexander Cadogan the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Mr Vyacheslav Molotov the American Ambassador in Moscow, Mr Averell Harriman

El Pardo (Madrid), 01/16/1943. The president of the Cortes Esteban Bilbao y Eguía swears in before the head of state Francisco Franco at the Palacio del Pardo.

Evidence presented of Nazi's plundering of Europe's art treasures.Col. Robert Storey (Bottom Right) presenting some of his mass of Evidence relating to other volumes offered as evidence.Col. Robert storey one of the United States prosecutors in the Nuremberg trial of the major Nazi war leaders had plundered Europe of its art treasures. A vast number of volumes were brought in to court for examination by the judges. December 19, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Cardinal Pietro Gasparri and Benito Mussolini before signing the Lateran pacts, February 11, 1929, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LVI, No 7, February 17, 1929.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

The funeral of Hans-Ullrich Rudel, the only Knight's Cross winner with golden oak leaves and a member of the right-wing radical DRP, turned into a gathering of old and young supporters of Adolf Hitler. Several of his mourners saluted with the Heil Hitler, Deutschland

12/28/1975. The new Vice President for Defense Affairs and Minister without Portfolio, Lieutenant General Don Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil, is sworn in before the Cortes. After Him, Don Carlos Arias from Navarre.

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg .. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

New U.S. Representative to NATO Arrives in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mixed Verdict ends Long Trial of Farben Official -- I.G. Farben chemical trust directors sit in dock at Nuremberg, Germany, during 11-month trial which ended today with verdict that none of 24 on trial were guilty of backing Hitler's war of conquest but that 9 of them were guilty of looting industries in subjugated countries. In dock (left to right) front, are: Karl Krauch, Farben chairman, not guilty, Hermann Schmitz, guilty of looting, Georg Von Schnitzler, guilty, Fritz Gajewski, innocent, and Heinrich Hoerlein, innocent. Rear (left to right) are: Paul Harfliger, Max Ilgner and Friedrich Jaehne, all guilty of looting. July 29, 1948.

Frank Forde. July 23, 1945.

Discuss Investigation Strategy:Discussing invasion strategy somewhere in England are Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander of British Ground invasion forces, and Lt. Gen. HD.G. Crerar, commander-in-chief of the first Canadian Army (right). June 14, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. North Atlantic Defense Committee, Minister of Defense. April 1, 1950

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Ben-Gurion Returns as Israel Defence minister: Ben-Gurion in Jerusalem after he had announced his acceptance of the Defense post (right). Ben-Gurion, famed Israel Statesman, has recently come cut of retirement in order to accept the post of minister of defense.His return to politics comes during a difficult time following the recent border clash between Israel troops and Egyptians in the Gaza area when 39 Egyptians were killed.The United Nations Security Council is meeting tomorrow to consider Egypt's complaint about the clash. She accuses Israel of "violent and premeditated aggression." March 03, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd).

Allied Expeditionary Force Command in Europe. Sitting from left to right: A. Tedder, D. Eisenhower, B. Montgomery; Stand: O. Bradley, B. Ramsey, T. Lee-Mallory, W. Smith

Photograph of Heinrich Otto Abetz, the German ambassador to Vichy France, after the Germans occupy Northern France 1940

Tokyo, 09/02/1945. Mamoru Sigemitsu, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, signs Japan's surrender aboard the battleship "Missouri".

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg .. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Adolf Hitler in conversation with German air force fighter ace Adolf Galland, 1941. Prior to the Second World War Galland (1912-1996) served with the Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War. By the end of 1941, and after 94 victories, he was chosen by Hermann Goring to command Germany's fighter forces. He is pictured here in January 1941 with Hitler during a visit by the Fuhrer to the front when Galland was commander of the 26th Fighter Wing. The photographer is unknown.

Field Marshal Papagos Visits Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

NATO Ministerial Council Meets in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Col James C Murray (left), of the United States Marine Corps, and North Korean Col Chang Chun San (right), initial the Korean map on which they had jointly drawn the line of demarcation approximately along the 38th parallel.They move down the map of the 145-mile line signing important landmarks, Panmunjom, Korea, 12/1951.

Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin Tehran Conference Iran, 1943

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Elsevier photo collection. Capitulation discussions world Wageningen. left chef German 24th Army Paul Reichelt. staff officer interpreter leather jacket. Prince Bernhard table. 5, 1945. Gelderland, Wageningen

President Franklin Roosevelt surrounded by saluting Honor Scouts, marking the 27th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts on Feb. 8, 1937. He made a radio broadcast encouraging scouts to attend the International Jamboree in Washington, DC, in the summer of 1937.

These portraits of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Premier Joseph Stalin, painted by a Sovet Army artist (shown), were hung in the joint American-Russian theatre at Poltava Airbase, one of the shuttle mission bases in Russia. 28 December 1944.

Hitler's heroes, the Knight's Cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht, here at a meeting in Kassel in 1970, celebrated their meeting with senior officers of the Bundeswehr and soldiers, Germany, Europe

Vice Admiral, Lord Louis Mountbatten (born 1900 - assassinated 1979) with his staff at Combined Operations Headquarters. Left to right: lord Mountbatten, Major General J C Haydon and Air Vice marshall James Robb

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Anefo photo collection. Exhibition: Revoors of the Masters in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Night waakers do their round. Here they are at the night watch. July 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

This is a picture of Nuon Chea, 'Brother No 2' and Pol Pot's closest confidant, during the Democratic Kampuchea resistance to the Vietnamese installed government, probably around 1992, when the Khmer Rouge regime was still recognised by the United Nations. The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currentl

Four Iraqi airmen on trial for taking part in a rebellion. In March 1959, a group of disgruntled nationalist officers from conservative, Arab Sunni families attempted a coup.

05/08/1921. Madrid. In the Ministry of War. General Fernández Silvestre (X), after being presented, by Mr. Ortega Morejón and Commissions of the Spanish-Moroccan Shopping Centers, the Insignia of the great cross of Naval merit.

Lieutenant-General Juan Carlos Ongania is a stern anti-Communist who became embroiled in politics almost by accident.A professional soldier he came into prominence in the troubled period following the end of the Peron regime in 1955. June 01, 1955.

Field Marshal Montgomery -- The Field Marshal takes no precedence when it comes to meals. He dines just like any other officer junior or otherwise in the officers mess at H.Q. Invariably he invites one of his staff to lunch with him and the conversation is for the most part about work. Here he is seen lunching in the officers mess at H.Q. with Air Marshal Sir Walter Dawson. January 10, 1955.

U.S. General Confer In North Africa - General George C. Marshall (right), Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, confers informarly with General Dwight D. Eisenhower of the U.S. Army, Commander in Chief of Allied forces in the North African theater, at Allied Headquarters in Algeria. January 1, 1944.

Wing Commander Derek Cumming (centre) landed his RAAF Canberra jet at Laverton from Cocos at 6.59 a.m. today. A little later he and his crew - Squadron Leader Colin Harvey, navigator (left) and Flying Officer Bob Atkinson co-pilot (right), took time off to catch up with the news. At 9.19 a.m. the Canberra took off for Christchurch - to finish its air-race flight interrupted by a burst tyre at Cocos. The tyre burst, said Wing Commander Cuming, was "a 1000-to-One chance which cost us the London-to-Christchurch race." At that stage they had a lead of 15 minutes over their nearest rival. October 20, 1953.

Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird meets with the Joint Chiefs of STAFF in his Pentagon office. Attending the meeting are, from left to right: GEN. Creighton W. Abrams, chief of staff, U.S. Army; Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, chairman; Secretary Laird; GEN. John D. Ryan, chief of staff, U.S. Air Force; Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., chief of naval operations; and Gen. Robert E. Cushman Jr., commandant, U.S. Marine Corps. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Peng Dehuai (Peng Te-huai; simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Péng Déhuái; Wade-Giles: P'eng2 Te2-huai2) (October 24, 1898 - November 29, 1974) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and served as China's Defense Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor peasant family, and received several years of primary education before his family's poverty forced him to suspend his education at the age of ten, and to work for several years as a manual laborer. When he was sixteen, Peng became a professional soldier. Peng participated in the Northern Expedition, and supported Wang Jingwei's attempt to form a left-leaning Kuomintang government based in Wuhan. After Wang was defeated, Peng briefly rejoined Chiang Kai-shek's forces before joining the Chinese Communist Party, allying himself with Mao Zedong and Zhu De. Peng was one of the few senior military leaders who supported Mao's suggestions to involve China directly in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and

01/31/1919. In the center of the army and the Navy. Attendees at the banquet held by former students of the general military academy.

Scene from World War II by Kukryniksy Art Group, oil on canvas, 1945-1946, Russia, Tchelyabinsk, Regional Art Gallery, 220x310

Spanish civil war: traditionalists Deputies

Washington, D.C.: December 4, 1969 Captain Ernest Medina (right), commander of the infantry company involved in the alleged Song My massacre, leaves a closed hearing at the Pentagon withi his attorney F. Lee Bailey. Medina denied any "slaughter" was ordered by him, seen by him or reported to him.

General Douglas MacArthur signing the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Allied Powers 1945

830701-D-9880W-002. Complete Scene Caption: This is a group photograph of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF and several Commanders in Chiefs taken on July 1, 1983, in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF dining room, located in the Pentagon. Shows (left to right): U.S. Navy Adm. Wesley L. McDonald, Commander in CHIEF, US Atlantic Command; U.S. Marine Corps GEN. Paul X. Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps; U.S. Army GEN. Paul F. Gorman, Commander in CHIEF, US Southern Command; U.S. Army LT. GEN. Robert C. Kingston, Commander in CHIEF, US Central Command; U.S. Army GEN. John A. Wickham, CHIEF of STAFF, US Army; U.S. Army GEN. Wallace H. Nutting, Commander in CHIEF, US Readiness Command; U.S. Air Force GEN. James V. Hartinger, Commander in CHIEF, Aerospace Defense Command; U.S. Navy Adm. William J. Crowe, Commander in CHIEF, US Pacific Command; U.S. Air Force GEN. Charles A. Gabriel, CHIEF of STAFF, U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army Bernard W. Rogers, Commander in CHIEF, US European Command; U.

Josef goebels addresses a Nazi Youth Rally circa 1932

The warfare of the U. S. Army in the countries Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing rejection in the German public in the 1960s, especially in the youth and student movement. Duesseldorf 1966

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