Historic War Conferences

Photos from significant wartime conferences such as Potsdam and Nuremberg, featuring officials discussing critical decisions during World War II.

Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945, Anonymous
Stalin at the Potsdam Conference, July 1945, Anonymous
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Col. Mesick, Gen. Deitrick, and others , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Luncheons, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Bikeri observers arrive at Laverton:From left, Maj. J. C. Healey, Lt. Col. ***** Derrey, Mr. Symon Towne, Dr. Karl Compton, Sen. L. Saltonstall, Gen. T. Farrell, Mr. Brodle Dewey, Comdr. Spurgeon. January 15, 1946.
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Nuremberg Trials,(first row) Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernest Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, W. Funk, H. Schacht, (back row) K. Doenitz, E. Raeder, B. von Schirach, F. Sauckel, A. Jodl, F. von Papen, A. Seyss-Inquart, A. Speer, C. von Neurath, H. Fritzsche, 1946
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Poll photo collection. Troon distance Queen Wilhelmina / Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Preparations. Rehearsal in the Nieuwe Kerk, with members of the court. Vice-Admiraal N.A. Rost of tonings, chief of the Queen's military house, gives instructions. Fully links Lieutenant Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich, supreme commander of seaworld forces, which will bear the government standard (the government craftsman) during the inauguration ceremony. September 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Walcheren. 28 February 1946. Walcheren, Zeeland
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As a reminder of the visit of the Dutch press photographers, members of the N.I.P. and N.V.P. Thursday 27 May 1937. Recorded with a Leica on Gevaert Special Film; Printed on Gevaert Ortho-Brom K3.
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Indonesian President Ahmed Sukarno speaking to the United States Congress in 1956
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National Security Council Executive Committee (EXCOMM) Meeting, 10:10AM. President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council (EXCOMM) regarding the crisis in Cuba. Seated at table (clockwise from bottom left): Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Paul Nitze, Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) Donald Wilson (partially hidden), Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for National Security McGeorge Bundy, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Under Secretary of State George Ball (mostly hidden), Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Deputy Secretary of
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The Polish Air Force in the United Kingdom, 1939-1945. Polish airmen receiving instruction in wireless telegraphy at the Polish Air Force Depot, RAF Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Allied Nations War Strategy Conference in Casablanca, French Morocco, Feb. 1, 1943.
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***** In Paris -- Large of ***** of ex-service men who have fought in ***** China, together with de Gaullist Supporter, Demonstrated in Paris yesterday when Gen. de Gaulle paid a visit to the tomb of the Unknown *****.Gen. De Gaulle, surrounded by ***** who have fought in inochina, his own supporters, and cameramen, when he visited the tomb of the unknown warrior in Paris Yesterday. May 10, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd).
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The first trip with electric drive on the long-distance stretch. In the photo, General Thörnelll and Director General G Dahlbeck figure.
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Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials
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Mackenzie King, Franulin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the high command of US and British troops during the Quebec Conference (QUADRANT). Canada. A
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Col. Mesick and group , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military parades & ceremonies, Military officers, Awards, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg
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Madrid, 02/23/1981. Coup d'état of February 23. Lieutenant General D. Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, First Vice President of the Government for Defense Affairs, stood up in his seat, next to that of Adolfo Suárez, and faced the assailants. This can be seen in this photo taken by ABC graphic editor Teodoro Naranjo, who, upon leaving Congress on the 23rd, had cameras and film taken from him, which he was able to recover the next day.
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12/31/1918. At El "Restaurant" Inglés, in Madrid. Banquet of the association of Assistants and Auxiliaries of the Corps of Civil Engineers.
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09/18/1918. Madrid. In the Chilean legation. Imposition of the cross of Chilean military merit by the Spanish Generals Fernández Llanos (1) and Aranaz (2) by General Brieva (3), head of the Chilean military mission, and the minister of this Republic (4), on the occasion of the trip of Practices of the Chilean military commission.
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Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-1132. 1956
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Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg .. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg
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Group portrait of members of a BS group (domestic armed forces), including D. and J. Baars and R. v.d. Berg (H) in front of the Hendrik de Keijzerstraat 45 house in Utrecht; In the rear row, second from the left (Mert's head light up) Taco in Gussinklo and for him (second row, second from the left) his brother Bram.n.b. On May 7, 1945, 10 people from this group will die with the Germans at the Rosarium during a firefight.
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Mr Reg Downing and Mr Chiffley at ALP Conference at Trades Hill. June 01, 1943.
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Transfer to Lieutenant Admiraal B.D. C.E.L. Helfrich (1886-1962, Behind Katheder) from a painted portrait of him through the commander of seawire forces (BDZ) vice admiral H.L. Pröpper (1906-1995). The transfer took place in the building of breeding school for shipping Prince Hendrik in 1957.
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'What a question!' The Brains Trust in overseas session with Donald McCullough ', 1942. Creator: Unknown.
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COLOMA GALLEGOS, FRANCISCO. MILITAR Y POLITICO ESPA¿OL. MUROS DE NALON 1912-1991. FOTO A¿O 1975. ACTO DE TOMA DE POSESION DEL PRIMER GOBIERNO DEL REY JUAN CARLOS.
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Il Duce poses, FA tour, Palazzo di Venezia, Rome, Italy, 1933. Artist: Unknown
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Anefo photo collection. Burgemeester J.G.S has in Bolsward. Bruinmsma in Gowns for the first time the marriage from Mr. Siebe Adams Mej. Aaltje de Lord. The gown is made of fine black drape, while a blank back, and sleeves and collar were finished with black velvet. The municipal weapon has been carried out gold and applied to the left sleeve. November 26, 1951. Bolsward
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EDITORIALThe signing of the Japanese surrender on board the American batleship "Missouri" anchored in Tokyo Bay, 2 September, 1945. Seen here General MacArthur, extreme left, watches General Umezu sig
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President Roosevelt meeting with General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who is pointing to Tokyo on a large map. August 1944.
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12/31/1960. Trial against Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
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05/21/1920. Madrid. In the center of the army and the Navy. Mr. Rodríguez Marin (X), accompanied by Several Gentlemen from the Board of Directors of said center after giving a conference.
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Anefo photo collection. In the Netherlands, Czechs staying in the Netherlands commemorate Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia, 1 year ago in Amsterdam: in Building Baptist Gem. ,. August 20, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Park Chung-hee (1917 - 1979) was a South Korean general who served as the leader of South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979; ruling as a de facto military dictator from 1961 to 1963, then as the country's de jure third president from 1963 to 1979, after Rhee Syngman and Yun Posun.
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Undersecretary of the Army Joseph Reeder (right rear); U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Donald Blinken; Undersecretary of the Navy Richard Danzig; and Rear Admiral Charles Abbot, Director, J-3, EUCOM, listen to a briefing by Colonel Nagy, CHIEF, International Relations Department, Hungarian Ministry of Defense. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Luncheon , Armories, Ordnance industry, Luncheons, Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Cairo (Egypt). 11/22/1943. Between November 22 and 26, 1943, a conference was held in Cairo between the United States, the United Kingdom and nationalist China, represented by Chiang Kay Chek (left), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Soong May Ling, Madame Chiang Kay Chek.
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British Parliamentary Mission to China returns Lord Ailwayn, Lord Teviot, Mr. J. Lawson M.P. and Mr. Scrymgeour Wedderburn M.P. who left London on Oct. 15 as a British Parliamentary Mission to China at the invitation of Marshall Chiang Kai Shek, have now returned to London after having traveled More than 35,000 miles.The mission being greeted on their return, in the Palace Yard, Westminster. L. to. R. Lord Simon (The Chancellor), Lord Ailwayn, Lord Teviot, Mr. Scrymgeeur Wedderburn, M.P., Capt. Pitzroy (The Speaker) and Mr. J.J. Lawson M.P. May 17, 1943. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).
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National Chiefs of Air Staffs at SHAPE. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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England, Spring, 1944 - Eisenhower, Dwight D., General of the Army, with officers of the supreme command of the AEF during the Spring of 1944. Seated, l-r: Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Tedder, deputy supreme commander; General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief of British Forces. Standing, l-r: Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Senior Commander of U.S. Ground Forces; Admiral Sir Bertran Ramsey, Allied Naval Commander; Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Commander-in-Chief; Lt. Gen. Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff. No photographer
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Visit from a delegation from 13 armored infantrybattaljon 'Princess Irene' to Princess Irene and Prince Carel Hugo, Palace Soestdijk.
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GUERRA DE CUBA 1868 - 1898. NOMBRE GENERICO CON EL QUE SE CONOCE LAS TRES GUERRAS POR LA INDEPENDENCIA DE CUBA DE ESPAÑA. " CONSEJO SUPREMO DE GUERRA Y MARINA POR LA RENDICION DE SANTIAGO DE CUBA ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , 1899.
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Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials
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Britain's Far East Experts meet in secret - The delegates outside Bukit Serene, South Johore. Front Row - left to right - Sir Geoffrey Harington Thompson (Ambassador to Thailand): Sir Henry Gurney (Federal High Commissioner, Malaya); Sir Alvary Gascoigne (head of British diplomatic mission in Tokyo): Sir Ralph Stevenson (British Ambassador to China): Mr. David Rees Williams (Colonial Under-Secretary who opened the Conference): Mr. Malcolm MacDonald: Mr. Maberly Dening (Head of Foreign Office Department concerned with Far East): Mr. Frank Roberts, (Deputy High Commissioner, India): and Sir Alexander Grantham (Hong Kong Governor): Back row - left to right - R.J. Barker (Ambassador to Burma): D.C. Hopson (acting Consul-General Saigon): General Sir John Harding (C-in-C Far East Land Forces): Mr. L.H. Foulds (Minister to Philippines): Admiral Sir Patrick Brind (C-in-C Air command Far East): Mr. J. Calder, Officer Administering Government in North Borneo: and A.C. Stewart, acting Consul-Gene
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The 1956 Suez Crisis strains Anglo-American relations. TOP: Great Britain's Sir Pierson Dixon voting against a UN resolution that Israel withdraw its armed forces from Egypt. BOTTOM: United States delegate Henry Cabot Lodge voting for the proposal. Oct. 31, 1956.
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Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials
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Russian and German General staff meet during a ceasefire on the Eastern Front during World War One 1918
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Members of the delegation from China are given a briefing during their tour of the guided missile cruiser USS FOX (CG-33). VADM Lee Baggett Jr. is on the front row. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials
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Festivities around the 300th birthday of the siege of Maastricht.
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Photograph taken during a session of the United Nations General Assembly. Dated 20th Century
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Anefo photo collection. Paris conference. Carlo Count Sforza (Italy) is stormed by journalists. July 12, 1947. Paris
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The Admiralty Council 1969 with sitting V.L.n.R. Vadm J.B.M.J. Maas, the State Secretary for Defense A. van Es, they Defense Minister W. Den Tom, Mr. P. Dregmans, Vadm Jhr. W.C.M. The young from Ellemeet and standing v.l.n.r. SBNV A. EHBEL, SBNA E.W.H. Van Renesse, SBNA BD J.M. Giel, Vadm J. Doorenbos, Genmajmarns A.M. Luijk and Kltz H.L. Van Beek.
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Address to the Chiefs of Staff of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Nations, 10:03AM. President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the opening session of the meeting of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the International Conference Room at the State Department, Washington, D.C. The Military Committee is comprised of the Chiefs of Staff of NATO member nations.
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From left to right: Lin Biao, Jiang Qing, Chen Boda, Kang Sheng, during the cultural revolution 1967
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A. Philip Randolph (right) and Grant Reynolds testify at the Senate Armed Services Committee. 1948. Randolph and Reynolds sought the end of segregation in the U.S. Military. On July 26, 1948, President Truman abolished racial segregation in the armed forces through Executive Order 9981. (BSLOC_2014_13_116)