Historic Military Operations

Black-and-white images depicting soldiers in various wartime scenarios, showcasing trench warfare, medical support, and tactical training. The mood is serious and somber.

'Les Journees glorieuses de la Somme; La progression du 12 septembre, a l'est de Clery, vers Feuillaucourt : trois phases de l'assaut; depart de l'attaque a midi trente : la premiere vague atteint le saule reste debout entre les lignes.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

'Les Journees glorieuses de la Somme; La progression du 12 septembre, a l'est de Clery, vers Feuillaucourt : trois phases de l'assaut; depart de l'attaque a midi trente : la premiere vague atteint le saule reste debout entre les lignes.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

05/31/1960. Instruction of the Spanish Soldiers in the Pentómioca and armored Disióm of Madrid.

British Stretcher Bearer Going Out Into No Mans Land, After an Allied Advance: British Red Cross stretcher bearers are here seen going out into No mans land to pick up their wounded after the army has made an advance. There boys have been doing exceptional wok & they are quite as necessary to an army as the infantry itself. October 30, 1918. (Photo by British Official).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC VPTL. Four soldiers are concealed in a ditch "Take an easy attitude to an ambush ... it can take a long time. However, weapons at the man and the warning rope around the wrist at the man on the wing! !! ". 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Security policemen, wearing chemical warfare gear, practice base defense training during exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

11/30/1914. The French in War. Infantry soldiers inside a trench in northern France.

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in the Schützengraben with machine gun

French Zouaves killed by gas during a battle on the western front, during world war one, 1915

The US Army on the Western Front, 1918 Troops of the American 369th Infantry Regiment (the Harlem Hellfighters/Black Rattlers), 93rd Infantry Division, Maffrecourt.

The US Army on the Western Front 1914-1918 American marines ready to fire at the enemy in the trenches, Breuvannes-en-Bassigny, France.

04/01/1917. On the Western Front. Russian Soldiers Sawing Wood to Build Barracks in Their Marne Camp.

07/31/1936. Group of Mortars of the Uribe-Paire column barricaded in the Mountains during the advance towards Teruel.

Battle School: The Army trains under realistic battle conditions. August 22, 1942. (Photo by Paul Popper).

The US Army on the Western Front 1917-1918 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Infantry resting in a front line trench at Molain, near Vaux Andigny.

A Dramatic Picture Of Germans Crossing The Don. Just Received In London -- First picture of German crossing of the don. A hastily improvised bridge built by the Germans over the Don, has been blown to bits by the Russians. Tanks, lorries, corpses of men and animals, all have gone down into the water. But the river is shallow here. Filled with ruins of the bridge it still enables the following wave of Nazi soldiers to advance across the semi immersed or floating structure. August 4, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).

Right up on the Firing Line - Hospital Corps on the front line in World War I

Austrian prisoners in Jamiano, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 22, June 3, 1917.

British Troops Take Mount Popa -- British troops clearing a blocked road on the way to Mount Popa.To the north-east of Pakokku, a Japanese force has been putting up stubborn resistance against the 14th., Army on Mount Popa, a 4,900-foot hill. The hill was finally cleared by troops of the British 2nd., Division on April 20th. July 16, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

'L'Attaque du Mont-Pertois; Un bataillon abordant, le 30 avril 1917, la ligne de cretes qui va etre progressivement conquise dans la journee', 1917. First World War: the attack on Mont-Pertois; 30 April 1917, battalion attacking the line of ridges which would be steadily taken during the course of the day. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Vintage photograph. Marines of the first division fighting the Japanese held by hail in their drive for Naha, capital city of Okinawa

On this ridge two miles north of the city of Naha on Okinawa, Marines battled a strong enemy force for 48 hours before the position was captured. Here amid shellbursts and rifle fire, the Leathernecks prepare for the drive into the town. Photo by PFC Lewis Giffin, 1945.

09/30/1915. The War at the Dardanelles. A Machine Gun with Periscope, Used by the English from one of their Trenches.

WW1 - American Troops at the front, carrying a large pot of stew through the trenches. Date: 1918

'Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Cadavres allemands', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Front line on 'Krithia Front. Officers of 'B' Battery, R. H. A. Left to right: Lieutenant Ball;; Major D. E. Forman; Gallipoli, July 1915.

Alpini engaged in a fight at high altitude, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 40, October 1, 1916.

10/31/1916. The English on the Western Front. The Minister of Munitions, Mr. Lloyd George (X), Greeting British Soldiers upon arriving at a trench occupied by them.

Photography during the First World War Troops supposedly 'going over the top' at the start of the Battle of the Somme in 1916, photographed by Canadian official photographer Ivor Castle. This photograph was widely and misleadingly published as a portrayal of an actual British attack. However it was actually taken during a training exercise behind the lines. The breech cover which is clearly visible on the rifle of the soldier in the foreground was edited out in contemporary publications of the photograph.

12/31/1936. Militias Firing at a National Plane Flying Over the Republican Lines, in the Advances of the Andalusian Front.

Korea Force - Over the top.Troops storm over bank of a creek to take an "enemy" foaster. September 13, 1950.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Bazooka Blasts Road Block -- This graphic photo shows a Marine "Bazooka" team in the act of blasting a road block a Saipan. The projectile has just struck the block (background) wiping out machine gun nest. The Marines are (left to right) Privates Victory (cq) Harper, of Dexter Mo., and Leroy F. Surface, St., Joseph, Mo. August 1, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Marine Photo Corps).

Sleepless Mafeking, hot work in the trenches during The Second Boer War. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

With The Australian In Korea -- Machine gunners of the Third Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, train in the snow. Gun crow in foreground comprises, from left; Pte Don Mulley, of Eastwood, NSW, Pte Edgar Delaporte, of Bunbury, WA, and L. Cpl Bob Wrigley, of Hobart, Tas. December 25, 1952. (Photo by British Commonwealth Public Relations Office, Tokyo).

El Carso (Italy), September 1917. On the Italian front, a front line trench in El Carso. Soldiers resting before starting an attack.

Allied troops, 31 July 1917 at the Yser Canal, Belgium, 1926. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Military Training Camp in Bloemendaal (Visit General Curls). February 25, 1946. Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland

The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Troops of the Lothian and Border Horse Yeomanry resting in the open field.

World War I, 1915. French artillery soldiers under the supervision of their officer asses the suitability of an entrenched firing position.

Advance: US troops on Okinawa advancing along a path on their drive inland soon after they landed. April 28, 1945. (Photo by US OWI Photo).

A Day With the 25th (Fourth of Ten) - South Korean Soldiers check fuses on 81mm mortar shells before they are brought up to 25th division mortar crews north of Anyang. February 3, 1951. (Photo by ACME).

Japan/USA: A US Marine from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines on Wana Ridge firing a Thompson submachine gun. Battle of Okinawa, May 1945

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 The British infantry in firing line. Some soldiers are well dug in.

Vintage photograph. Republic of Korea infantrymen fire a 75-mm recoilless rifle at Communist positions, from their hilltop post, somewhere in Korea

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Coppening procession. Salatiga sector. During a purification campaign that was held at BuyG, the three inch mortar had to be used. October 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Segunda guerra mundial (1939-1945). Puesto de ametralladoras ligeras alemanas en posición de fuego.

World war one; Canadian cook with his helper at work in a battlefield cookhouse in November 1916

The German Withdrawal To the Hindenburg Line, March-april 1917

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection OPERATION DRACULA: the Advance on Rangoon March - May 1945. Members of No. 2959 LAA Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, marshalling their 20mm Hispano anti-aircraft guns after coming ashore at Elephant Point on the mouth of the Rangoon River, in the monsoon rains.

Japan/USA: US marines move through the trenches on the beach at Peleliu, Battle of Peleliu, September-November 1944

The Grimness of the Battle for Caen: British troops passing dead Germans after clearing snipers from a village on the outskirts of Caen. July 11, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Brave Belgian women giving out walnuts to French soldiers in the trenches near Antwerp, between Duffel and Lierre. Date: October 10th 1914

Photograph of Soldiers taking up position by the roadside. Dated 1940

Mine winer course. Attempts with Kl.Granateers, seen horizontal shoots from backwards. .

German outposts behind a pile of straw near Ypres observing enemy movements, Flanders, Belgium, World War I, photograph by R Semecke, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 51, December 20, 1914.

Photograph showing two Nationalist volunteers reloading their rifles as they fire at a Republican position near San Sebastian, northern Spain, during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War, 1936. These men were new recruits to the Nationalist cause and, as such, had not yet been issued a uniform, wearing just a forage cap as identification. Date: 1936

'Ceux de Douaumont; Dans la parallele de depart de la vague d'assaut, le 22 mai, queiques instants avant le signal: a droite, avec le couvre-casque, le commandant qui conduisit tres rapidement aux faces Sud et Ouest du fort ses sections (infanterie, genie et mitrailleurs) et qui fut tue peu apres', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918

Trooper R.C. Donnelley and Corporal C.C. Donnelley of the 2/4th Australian Commando Regiment crouching in a foxhole to avoid sniper. Two snipers and an M.G. are menacing this position. Tarakan Hill is undermined by tunnels in which Japs are sealed.Men of the 2/4th Australian Commando Regiment crouch in a foxhole to avoid a sniper on Tarakan. May 05, 1945.

Original Film Title: THE BLUE MAX. English Title: THE BLUE MAX. Film Director: JOHN GUILLERMIN. Year: 1966.

First Lieutenant Arthur Carley, from Ohio, finds shelter for his platoon near a wrecked Zero by Motoyama Airfield. Iwo Jima, Japan. 23 February, 1945. Company E, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division.

Resourceful When Necessary -- Using this spinning jenney salved from a wreck, the Tristan men made their own fishing line from thread drawn from canvas. To catch the island's so-called Blue Fish, weighing from 70 to 150 lbs. in 70 fathoms, they have to make ½inch line. March 24, 1948. (Photo by Photo Pictorial Press London).

Capture of Yikiang Shan - Chinese "Liberation Army" troops stormed and captures the nationalist held island of Yikiangshan, one of the Tachen group, on Jan 18 in a sudden assault support by naval and air forces.According to communist sources in Peiping infantrymen of the "people's liberation army" as they penetrated the nationalist positions after the beaches had been stormed. A light machine-gunner (foreground) gives covering fire to the advancing troops. March 23, 1955.

12/16/1913. Our action in Morocco. Interesting photograph of a guerrilla from the seraglio regiment doing the dangerous discovery service in Axfa Sur. Photo: Ángel Rubio.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Wait in Kramat. The KNIL waits during a pause. 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Machine gun fire, Italy, World War I, photo by Sabbioni taken from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 17, April 23, 1916.

01/31/1917. On the Western Front. Canadian soldiers leaving their trench to launch an attack.

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division relax on a ridge behind the Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Army Printing and Stationery Section First World War Collection Demonstration by the 11th Canadian Brigade Tumpline Company. Man carrying Ration Sack holding 4 or 5 ration sandbags.

Making Tank Pits -- Enemy bombs left behind by Italians in Tobruk are put to very good use by the ***** Engineers. They blow them up and the craters formed exploded bomb make ideal pits for hiding our tanks.An Australian soldiers ducks for cover from the ***** of one of the bombs. February 5, 1952.

U.S. Marines Rest Before Battle On Guadalcanal -- United States Marines in full packs and battle gear take a brief rest during a pause in a march to the battle front on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Shortly after the picture was taken, these Marines came to grips with Japanese troops, beating them in the engagement. May0 3, 1943.

Reserve position at Fajti Hrib.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soukey tranquility. Soukey: like the boys of 3-4 R.I. Going on action, they are first brought as far as possible with trucks to start their actual patrol work on foot. The roads are not too good and it often happens that the car crashes. Then the holes are filled with a competent rush, after which the trip is continued .. January 14, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

German Army, Naval Landing Battle, Germany, ca 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918

Anefo photo collection. Netherlands Brigade maneuvers. 6. Sappers Laying Landmines exercises Princess Irene Brigade. Genists lay land mines. July 1943. Britain

Milt - Gen - Guns - Cannons. September 11, 1939.

A cross-bow device, nicknamed, 'La Sauterelle' or 'The Grasshopper', used by French soldiers to throw bombs twenty to eighty metres from the trenches. Date: July 31st 1915

September 1936. The vanguard of the Mangada column, fighting in its advance on Espinar (Segovia), on the Navalperal front.

'Sur les routes de l'offensive russe: Apres une attaque, au point du jour, qui fit avancer la ligne russe de dix kilometres: prisonniers allemands et autrichiens meles, dans un champ de ble', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

American soldiers fighting near Monte Cassino, Italy, 1944

08/31/1911. Recent Events in Melilla Soldiers Shooting at the Aggressive Moors, Protected by Terrain Accidents. Photo: Ruiz.

French infantry advancing over shell-torn ground and broken barbed wire during the capture of Les Eparges, formerly in German hands and of strategic importance on the Woeuvre plain. Date: May 8th 1915

Photograph of French soldiers pulling out the body of a German from the trench in Eastern France. Dated 1916

World War I 1914-1918: German soldiers entrenched on the edge of a town.

This photo shows Canadian troops who fought in World War I. The caption reads: Ready to go overtrenches Canadians WWI. It appeared in Harold R Peat's book 'Private Peat' published in 1917.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Powerful performance. Surabaya 21-7-1947 / 22-7-1947. Powerful performance. Salomon Patty from Ambon and Sacharias Lerisa, born in Malang. July 21, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

A machine gun crew from the Combat Support Co., 1ST Bn., 21st Inf., 25th Inf. Div., fires on "enemy" Orange Forces as they advance through rice paddies during the joint South Korean/U.S. training exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Suwon Country: Korea

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.

Section from the resetted positions of the Fifth Company of the Infantry Regiment 6 at the Worobijowka altitude on 1 July 1916 after recovery.

World war one, Russian trenches in the forests of Sarikamish, during Campaign in Armenia

A British Wiring Party in World War I - They are passing one of their own monster guns just outside Arras

''La reprise de Douaumont; Nos soldats dans l'enceinte du fort le Douaumont le 22 mai 1916, a 15 heures', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924

Dresden. Protect in fire position

Troops defending New Zealand Hill, Slingersfontein, South Africa, 25th January 1900.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

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