Historic Military Operations and Units

Black and white scenes depicting WWII special operations, military evacuations, and battlefield activities, showcasing historical context.

From Abyssinian war zone boiling in the bush. October 15, 1935.

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.

Image taken in connection with the evacuation of Finnish refugees in Kuttainen, autumn 1944. Loading, unloading.

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.

From Abyssinian war zone boiling in the bush. October 15, 1935.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection No. 3 Squadron R. N. A. S. The remains of a Maurice Farman aeroplane which fell into the sea: Tenedos, Gallipoli, May 1915.

Dr Aufammer-Gust-Emil during winter festivals

Red color shoe, Johan Wretling, b. October 12, 1856, d. December 11, 1934. Photo about 1920. Rödfärgskok, Johan Wretling, f. den 12 oktober 1856, d. den 11 december 1934. Foto ca 1920.

Trench. Inf.rgt.nro.76. Panasowka, 9.II.1916. .

Fort Sam Houston, Tex., 1911-1912: portable army bake shop in camp

Woerner Eugen (herr) Collection Battle of Arras. Sentries in a trench on the Siegfried Line. April/May 1917.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tangerang. A Dutch soldier tries to open a coconut with a bayonet under great interest of Indonesian boys. July 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Tangerang

Pony carrying French Mitrailleuse

Team kitchen of the section PEVMA (left wing).

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Cookery, Stoves. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

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.

09/30/1936. Two Militias Marching to Zaragoza, Setting Up Their Tent and Making Firewood to Prepare Dinner.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch troops West Germany. Graves shouts pits. September 17, 1951

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Patrol gang of the 20th Cie. Infantry series II KNIL in Kebajoran. Patrol searches a cabin in a Kampong. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1944-1945. Leading Aircraftman J Sledmore of Doncaster, serving with No. 2771 Field Squadron RAF Regiment, cleaning his Bren gun at the entrance to his foxhole on the Colle Belvedere, north of Cassino, Italy.

Lavarone plateau. 10.4 cm cannon. .

Åminne Use in Småland. The Malm Upper Agency at the Lake Viddle East.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Sergeant washed in the upproved laundry room .. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Zeiss 3M camera at work.

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.

Field artillery looking for a help target backwardsField styleillery. Find an auxiliary goal backward

French observation soldiers sheltering behind imitation trenches made from iron plates covered with painted canvas and grass. Date: September 4th 1915

Legion camp in Piaseczna (XIV). Soldier meal. Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soukey tranquility. Soukey entrance; The boys of 3-4 RI that have had a hefty purification promotion in return to the back of the sandwiches and lemonade good. January 14, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. The war museum at Overloon. War Museum at Overloon. November 12, 1945. Overloon

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers for a tent. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. ACC camping site. August 23, 1957

From the trenches before Auria Carnic Alps. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Interior, the balloon house.

Forest officers traveling by horse leaving tool box for firefighting, Arapaho National Forest ca. 1909.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. War monuments. April 1957. South Holland, Zwartewaal

Connection trench in the Austrian position at Lubomierz. .

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Hedel. Destruction in Hedel. 1945. Hedel

07/31/1916. In the Champagne. The hours of rest are used by German officers and soldiers in the personal hygiene, toilette of the individual who fulfills the most basic duties of hygiene.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Exercises December 7 Division Environment Kebajoran. A bailey bridge is placed over a channel. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Digging Sand, or The Sand Cart Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888). Digging Sand, or The Sand Cart, ca. 1875. Oil on canvas, 21 15/16 x 31 15/16 in. (55.7 x 81.1 cm). European Art ca. 1875

Czar Ferdinand hunting

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.

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.

Olive Edis; Iwm Photographer of the Women's Services in France 1919 Workers in the grounds of a large isolation house at Grange-le-Comte intended for a large cattle farm as part of the post war reconstruction work of the Friends' War Victims Relief Committee, It became the Headquarters of the F.W.V.R.C.

Battle of the Canal Du Nord, 27 September - 1 October 1918

War album 106, picture 32483.

Anefo photo collection. Walcheren. 28 February 1946. Walcheren, Zeeland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Camping life of IV-8 Regiment Infanterie in Klender (last Sawit, East Jakarta). Soldier dries his face with a towel. May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Mobilisation, Paris barracks, c1914. Artist: Unknown.

Soldiers preparing food in field kitchen outside shelter at Woesten in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

British Medical Services in the Second World War The Medical Chain of Evacuation: Medical Officer Captain Parfitt and his orderly administer an emergency plasma transfusion to a serious casualty outside a tented Field Dressing Unit (FDS) established in the grounds of a country house near Oostemalle in Belgium, October 1944. The FDS was acting as an Advanced Surgical Unit. The units attached comprise No 37 and No 48 Field Surgical Units and No 14 Field Transfusion Unit.

General Joffre enjoying an alfresco lunch with King Victor Emanuel III during a visit to the Italian front in September 1915. Date: September 18th 1915

WWI British 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers digging trenches at Geluwe in 1914 during First World War One in West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Brick trillery of the fourth army probably at Kowel.

Malmletning South West of Loussavaara, September 1918.

Legionaries during classes. Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

01/31/1937. A construction soldier preparing a trench taken from the Nationals to be used by the Soldiers.

Vintage Photograph. Outdoor adventure: historical image of a man carrying supplies through rugged terrain.

Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent; another view. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, McClellan, George B, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

Rtm. Jan Dunin Brzeziński, DCA and Dyon 2 p. Ułanów, zca dcy 2 p. Ułanów II Brigade of the Polish Legions against the background of the headquarters of the Regiment Headquarters in Czewl. Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia. Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Anefo photo collection. VCJC Kamp Nunspeet. Camp VCJC Nunspeet. August 15, 1949. Nunspeet

Anefo photo collection. Camp VCJC Diever. 13 August 1949. Diever

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. German Wehrmachiger next to his march luggage

04/30/1918. On the French battle front. Location of a large caliber cannon in the vicinity of a road.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection College girls working in the camp field kitchen at Barwick.

Agriculture and the Military- Everyday Life in the Countryside, Britain, C 1941 Soldiers of the Royal Artillery grow cabbages beside their huts on this anti-aircraft site, somewhere in England.

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.

Cape helles at Gallipoli In early 1915. World War one campaign which became an Ottoman victory and is considered a major Allied failure.

1920S Woman At Stable Feeding Horse Wearing Riding Jacket Tie Jodhpurs Boots

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to and entry into solo. Dutch troops in the streets of solo. Small items are stationed on all strategic points. December 21, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Java, Dutch East Indies, Solo, Surakarta

French soldier wearing a gas mask during World War I. 1910s

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bridge repair from the road to Malang, inscription at Villa Singosari. Three genists are sitting and standing on the head of a bridge. A house is restored behind them. November 4, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Wood. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

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.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A woman carrying on her husband's duties as a grave digger during his absence over seas.

The telephone headquarters of the defense cannon battery at Ajševica (Aissovizza).

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.

U.S. soldiers in France

Games and games of soldiers of the 2nd Uhlans Regiment of the Polish Legions (II). Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women of the Forage Corps (A.S.C.) with men of the A.S.C. Loading bails of hay.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Driver Willinck v.h.k women's assist corps. Woman help corps female driver willinck. December 1948. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Departure of a deceased Italian soldier Mittagskofel, South Carinthia; photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1191. 1956

French Zouaves getting a drink

Salonika Aviators Camp - French soldiers huts adorned with miniature gardens. May 29, 1926. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Mobile lighting device in Obevellach Photographer: 10. Armeekommando (Rohr).

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Farm hands, boys and girls and German prisoners on a Suffolk Farm, 1918.

U.S. Air Force medical personnel, on detached duty from Da Nang Air Base, move a Marine casualty from the aid station at embattled Khe Sanh to a waiting C-130 Hercules aircraft for the flight to medical facilities at the base. Wounded personnel can be transported from the field to completely equipped hospitals in less than an hour. Base: Khe Sanh Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Men, instruments, graves, locks. undated

''Sur le front Italien; Un observatoire d'artillerie dans le Haut-Cordivole: un colonel dirige de la le tir des batteries reliees a son poste par le telephone', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Zetlager im Ternovanerwalde. 2.9.17. .

Theo. Roosevelt on IMPERATOR

Mexican soldier -- 16 yrs. old ca. 1910-1915.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Resting soldiers. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

A cent an el.

Cairo, Old Cairo, Heliopolis, 1915-1916, Egypt, by William Saunderson Cooper. Gift of Andrew Cooper, 2001.

Archduke Karl Albrecht on the plait meadow, battery 8/41. .

Artillery Position X. Army Commando Pipe.

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