Historical Military Actions

Black and white images depicting military strategies, troop movements, and significant events from past conflicts, reflecting the intensity of war.

Chinese nationalist troops use a small artillery gun on Quemoy Island, 1955

Sebastopol Stormed In 72 Hour Offensive - Red Army Machine Gunners supporting infantry attack during the final Assault on Sebastopol.72 hours after the red Army had opened its "All Out" offensive on Sebastopol; Soviet troops were in possession of the key town of the Crimea. In an order of the day on 9.5.44. Stalin announced "Troops of the fourth Ukranian front, with the support of Massed blows by the Air Force and the Artillery, In three days' offensive battles, broke through heavily fortified and long established German defences and... Took by storm the fortress and most important Naval Base on the black sea, the city of Sebastopol.....". May 13, 1944. (Photo by U.S.S.R. Official Photo).

Second World War. Soviet Union. After the fighting. Local and soldiers, probably on a bombing funnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Infantry v Klil and 4th Eskadron armored cars in the Bandoeng area. Radio telegraphist. July 1947. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

A 'turkey shoot' ended the First Battle of the Naktong River. U.S. Marine fires an automatic rifle on North Koreans retreating across rice paddies in Naktong River Valley. Aug. 19, 1950. Battle of Pusan Perimeter, Korean War, 1950-53. (BSLOC_2014_11_23)

Shelter Phone Schwarm J.R.62. .

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 British piquet at Belfast, Transvaal Province.

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