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Captures of soldiers engaging in various military tasks from trench preparation to intelligence gathering during World War II. Vintage photography style depicting teamwork and resilience.

Approx. 1939,1941, training Wehrmacht, soldiers prepare food, Ulm, Germany, Europe
Approx. 1939,1941, training Wehrmacht, soldiers prepare food, Ulm, Germany, Europe
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch soldiers training. Princess Irene Brigade. Help sugar beet harvest. 1943. Britain
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Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azores, 1943-1945. An RAF Sergeant interpreter discusses domestic business with Portuguese women who have undertaken laundry work for RAF personnel in the tented encampment at Lagens
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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.
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'Lord Kitchener's visit to the front: Lord Kitcheneer, M. Millerand, and General Joffre leaving afte Artist: Unknown.
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Italy. Abruzzo. tci encampment members in Abbruzzo. 1922.
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Three Soldiers. Tre soldater.
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Anefo photo collection. NJCC camp in Grouw. July 30, 1948. Grouw
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Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection
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Two officers relaxing, 1917, England, maker unknown.
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Anefo photo collection. Ring stitches in Middelburg. July 21, 1960. Middelburg, Zeeland
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Anefo photo collection. Soldiers get transport to Weert. October 6, 1959. Limburg, Weert
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Uranium Strike - Two of the young prospectors post a sign at the boundary of the French uranium diggings. By authority of the French Atomic Energy Commission, the notice for bids entry, loitering and photography of the area. March 18, 1949. (Photo by ACME Roto Service).
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Demobilisation of the British Army Mr C Stilwell in the garden of his home in Farnham, Surrey. Here he checks a crop of peas, which are amongst the vegetables he hopes to sell locally now he is demobbed.
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Military Flyers collected on airfields on F 9 Säve Motifs: Military Flyers gathered on airfields on F 9 Säve. In the background, aircraft B 5. Ur Air Force Museum's image archive.
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Presentation of civilian persons on the Russian war showplatz.
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Soissons, Aisne, France soldiers clearing the general stores with shovels , 1917 - Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (May -July) (French - Soissons , Aisne , France Soldats déblayant les magasins généraux avec des pelles). Military uniform, group portrait, work clothing, ruins, bombing, hairy, man, army, Clothing, human beings, First World War, society, France, Soissons, general stores. Military workers
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Women in War-time, Berlin
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France - Floods. February 19, 1931.
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Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Digging. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. 7.34 m / diameter 2.34 m. Undated. De Bilt
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for new Chapel at Barstow Annex, Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, San Francisco Calif. Base: Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. Zeeland series. October 23, 1947
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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Two men feeding the pigs at the Royal Navy's model farm at Chatham.
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09/30/1910. The government in the Camp. Ministers Bernardino Machado, Alfonso Costa and Other Republican Figures arriving at the camp and saluting the flag.
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Member of the Women's Forestry Corps sharpening a saw.
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Soldier in a trench East Europe; photographer: 2. Armee.
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Madeleine Farm near PAU. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Anefo photo collection. Disturbances at caravan camp Den Bosch regarding the police checkpoint institution; Stones throw at me. March 14, 1984. Den Bosch
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Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Digging. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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A group of soldiers gets on the new Alexanderkazerne in The Hague Wapesles about disappointing the bright machine gun.
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Soldiers at the vegetable construction in Podomanasteyrek.
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The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.
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Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection
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A British soldier driving a plough during the First World War. Owing to the lateness of the year's sowing in 1916, due to bad weather and shortage of labour, the War Office released several thousands of men to help with the work. Date: 1916
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Anefo photo collection. Four Days Marches. July 23, 1946
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PGR in Karsk Pyrzycki - children on the playground; from a series of photographs to the article of Helena Adamczewska "Start of tractor No. 00001" about the first "Ursus" tractor produced after the war, "Świat" 1954, No. 18, pp. 8-9; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1954 (1954-00-00-1954-00-00);
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Soldiers' places taken up by ladies from the hunting field at an Army Remount Depot. Two girls here shown mucking out the stables. Date: 1916
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Aunay-Sur-Odon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Fire. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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Veteran of the Riel Rebellion, whose three sons have gone to war. Canada, 1916
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Naval Stores - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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A customs guard officer observes the area through binoculars ca. 1923-1928.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 100th performance of the Cabaret Sylvain Poons. Status quo line at LOEBOEK ALOENG. On the status Quolijn in Tapakis near Loekan-diegeng, the Republican PTT works on the Padang-Fort De Kock telephone connection. "Antara" reported 6 weeks ago the creation of this connection but first on 20 May the line was connected. 21 May 1948. Indonesia, Lubuk-Alung, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra, Tapakis
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Anefo photo collection. Wieringermeerpolder. December 8, 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Boy scouts, feeding poultry
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Officials. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Anefo photo collection. Opening E 36 by ir. Maris. March 8, 1961
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Anefo photo collection. Danish soldiers walking to Nijmegen for four-day, exhausted soldiers thirty kilometers for Dutch border. July 14, 1976. Nijmegen
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A. W. Boyd, T A Coward and S V Wade taken in the 1930's
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Anefo photo collection. Marine funeral, airplane engineer Kleimer Heerhugowaard. July 23, 1955. Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Training Putty Officers Free Training Center Wezep. November 23, 1949
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Anefo photo collection. Activator stop actions reveal Tentenkamp Nuclear Power Station Dodewaard. Aktievers break tents .. September 22, 1981. Dodewaard, Gelderland
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Anefo photo collection. Liberation parties: Zijpe, St. Pancras, Haarlem. Ceremonies at the graves of fusilled in Zijpe, St. Pancras and Haarlem. Side press lock. 7 June 1945. Noord-Holland, Zijpe
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Anefo photo collection. Turkey series. October 15, 1948
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Hussars breaking in colts for use by the Army in a Surrey village during the First World War. Date: 1915
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Soldiers and citizens at work in the vegetable garden of the military repair resort 'Aardenburg'.
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Shock troops from the command Brabant / Regiment Commando-Brabant during the Second World War. NSB employees to work, under surveillance of an armed resistance fighter, to restore the talut of a road with kick and wheelbarrow.
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Richmond, Virginia Piles of solid shot, canister, etc., in the Arsenal grounds; Richmond & Petersburg Railroad bridge at right. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Richmond (Va.), History, 1865, Armories, Bridges, United States, Virginia, Richmond.
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Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection