← Military & Defence

Historic Military Trenches and Memorials

Images of preserved trenches, memorials, and wartime relics showcasing scenes of military history, with a focus on somber, historical sites and artifacts.

Boezinge, Belgium, 09/10/2017.Yorkshire Trenches, the preserved trenches, once ;ost and rediscovered and kept as a memorial.
Boezinge, Belgium, 09/10/2017.Yorkshire Trenches, the preserved trenches, once ;ost and rediscovered and kept as a memorial.
157 assets in this story
6145-54504745
030919-F-8156G-001. Base: Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
6145-52188208
Soldiers of "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), the White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, along with soldiers from "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 307th Engineers, reach an objective in the mountains of ADI Ghar, during a combat patrol in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
1746-29013892
RAF Upper Heyford was a Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. The station was first used by the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 but was not brought into use for flying until July 1918 by the Royal Air Force. During the inter-war years and continuing through the Second World War until 1950 Upper Heyford was used mainly as a training facility. During the Cold War, Upper Heyford initially served as a base for United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) strategic bombers and later United States Air Forces In Europe (USAFE) tactical reconnaissance, fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft in the UK. With the end of the Cold War, the presence of the 20th TFW was deemed no longer necessary in the United Kingdom. The USAF presence at RAF Upper Heyford was gradually run down (phased down). 2017
6145-52199773
030508-M-9124R-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)
6145-54497961
DN-SC-04-10887. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
1848-53667039
Sandbags on a dyke during a flood, near Tespe, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
4441-13371
The museum at Rorke's Drift. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa
6145-52146187
This is the hole in the ground made by a PMA-3 anti-personnel mine when a Russian soldier stepped on it at the Russian Brigade area, Check Point 36A, (grid 34TCQ 215514) Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
4413-112547
Termites Lucifuge workers and soldiers in cardboard
6177-V53473963
6188-54821633
Soldier full of helmets of World War II at monument to the memory of fallen soldiers. Soldier full of helmets of World War II at the monument to the memory of fallen soldiers. Copyright: xZoonar.com/LeonidxEremeychukx 14295472
1927-2768
Perimeter electric fence at Birkenau Death Camp Auschwitz Poland
1558-28764215
Europe, Poland, Lubusz Voivodeship, Fortified Front Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen) / Miedzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony
1848-55046747
Museum of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, Pyongyang, North Korea, Asia
1323-2369
Poland, Oswiecim, Auschwitz Concentration camp, Barracks and barbed wire
1783-15298558
Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang; Xian, Shaanxi Province, China
1525-27560311
The cover of an underground bunker near an old radar military base.. cover of an underground bunker near an old radar military base.
6188-54821631
Soldier full of helmets of World War II at monument to the memory of fallen soldiers. Soldier full of helmets of World War II at the monument to the memory of fallen soldiers. Copyright: xZoonar.com/LeonidxEremeychukx 14295470
6145-54266709
U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, conceal a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on Okinawa, Jan. 28, 2022. The training demonstrates the joint forces ability to integrate command and control, expand battlefield awareness, and conduct long-range precision strikes as an enduring, stand-in-force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lorenzo Ducato)
6145-44892781
KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands - Orbital Science Corp.'s L-1011 aircraft "Stargazer" stands near the runway on Kwajalein Atoll with the company's Pegasus rocket slung underneath in the background near this World War II-era bunker built by the Japanese forces who occupied the island.
6188-55691882
Air protection room, splinter protection cell, one-man bunker ** Bomb Shelter, splinter protection cell, one-man bunker, Bomb Shelters GWR-QDU
6145-55150641
A U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, participates in the multinational training exercise, Vigilant Fox, held at Niinisalo, Finland, July 26, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT, and Finish and British army units trained in Finland to further strengthen the relations and interoperability between the nations.
4239-69156808
Post-apocalypse survivor in tatters and gas mask on the ruins of a destroyed city.
6176-62016708
Fields pocked with craters and full of unexploded bombs from WWI near the Canadian National Vimy Memorial (First World War Memorial) near Arras.
6177-V53547291
6145-52187174
030110-F-1740G-011. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: Digital
1848-55442256
Military cemetery from the 1st World War in Bruneck in the Puster Valley, South Tyrol
1606-207929
Vietnam,Ho Chi Minh City,Cu Chi Tunnels,Exhibit of Booby Traps Used During the Vietnam War
1848-53222094
Bunker system on the Greek border, Albania, Europe
4409-28578901
Infographic about the war in the trenches during the First World War. Encapsulated Postscript File (.eps); 5078x3307.
6145-54500756
Bamboo structures function as ground targets for incoming aircraft during Exercise Cope Thunder 90-2. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER 90-2 Country: Philippines (PHL)
6145-52171579
An aerial view of Target Area One. This site is located on Towshend Island in the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area. A simulated airfield will be constructed by the Australian's 21st Construction Squadron to be used as a bombing target for U. S. Forces during the exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)
1848-54971310
Monument to the 3rd British Infantry Division at Caen Castle, Caen, Basse-Normandie, France, Europe
4409-159464
ESTANDARTE DE JUAN DE AUSTRIA. Location: MUSEO HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ. Toledo. SPANIEN.
6145-54409268
Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-118. Hurricane Katrina
1848-53927124
Hadrian's Wall, memorial plaque for a British soldier, barbed wire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1606-65669119
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen). Remains of the Siegfried Line, Westwall, western wall. Anti-tank obstacle, dragon's teeth, Höckerlinie
4292-20487807
italy, lombardy, camonica valley, temù, wwi museum (the white war museum
1848-51149881
Panzersperre, defence system Plamort, World War II, to protect Italy from Nazi Germany, near Biotop Plamorter moss, raised bog, at Reschenpass, Vinschgau, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe
6145-54136270
Aerial views of camp sights set up by the 4th Infantry Division stand ready for attack during Ivy Mass 2022, June 8, 2022, Fort Carson, Colorado. The 4th Inf. Div. is the only division ready to support a multi-domain attack from land, air or space. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Brenda Salgado)
7109-70409187
A sentry in front of the captain's quarters at Fort Clatsop (Lewis & Clark's 1805-1806 winter post), Fort Clatsop National Memorial, Astoria, Oregon, USA
6145-54504436
030715-F-7685H-137. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)
1558-15187424
relics in World War II at the Pointe de Penhir Brittany
1558-18255106
Peace sign on the hump line, former anti-tank barrier of the Siegfried Line near Mettlach-Orscholz, Saar Valley, Saarland, Germany
6145-54507752
041117-M-4329J-038. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSB-1
6145-54409267
Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-117. Hurricane Katrina
6145-52161415
Bomb and battle damage at a bus terminal near Gnjilane, Kosovo. This shot was taken as part of NATO Operation Joint Guardian. The U.S. military is helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and provide peace and stability to Kosovo. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)
1746-28996842
An underground cave provided a medical room inside the Mizpe Revivim Fortress, in kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, and was initially named Tel HaTzofim. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines.
6145-54175660
A Royal Thai Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician places anti-personnel mines for large scale detonation at Ta Mor Roi Training area during Humanitarian Mine Action EOD Level 3 in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 27, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train Thailand Mine Action Center students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.
6145-52139873
Scene shows thirteen crated and unidentifiable stages to surface-to-air missiles. They are piled on top of one another in a bunker in Afgoi, Somalia. The missiles are just some of the numerous weapons found in several bunkers by the 511th Military Police Company, Fort Drum, New York (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Afgoi Country: Somalia (SOM)
6145-52161639
990629-M-5696S-004. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Zegra State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit
6145-50596404
A820762 U12G RS-16 MINEBACK SMITH, CARL W MAY 25 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/25/1982 16; COMPLEX; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MINEBACK; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RS-16 MINEBACK; SMITH, CARL W; TEST SITES; TESTING; TUNNELS; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12G - RS-16 MINEBACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
6145-55906581
Troopers assigned to 1-12 Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division participated in a WWII Commemoration Wreath Laying Ceremony at Drawsko Pomorskie Municiple Cemetery in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland Sept. 1, 2022. Participating in events like these promote partnership between U.S. and Polish forces and the civilian population.
1848-49351135
Poland, Swinoujscie, 23.07.2023, West Battery, one of the four forts of Swinoujscie Fortress, Europe
1848-61865304
The Oberlausitz military training area opened its Tor tor to thousands of visitors for the Open Day at the Oberlausitz military training area to give them an insight behind the scenes of the Bundeswehr in Saxony. The soldiers present a variety of large and small equipment and impressively demonstrate what they are capable of. Mine warning sign, open day at the Oberlausitz military training area, Weißkeißel, Saxony, Germany, Europe
7003-69689243
USA, Virginia, Petersburg, Pamplin Historical Park and Museum of the Civil War Soldier, interior diorama
6145-54417609
A view of a section of asphalt on the North Field prime runway after tests on the condition of the roadbed were conducted by the 9th Engineering Battalion, during Exercise Kennel Bear '4-82. This airfield was primarily used during World War II. Subject Operation/Series: KENNEL BEAR '4-82 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)