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Historical Military Ceremonies

Historic images from significant military events, depicting crowds during processes related to military honors, disasters, and celebrations marking major historical moments.

A column of German prisoners of war in Moscow, July 17, 1944, Baltermants, Dmitri (1912-1990)
A column of German prisoners of war in Moscow, July 17, 1944, Baltermants, Dmitri (1912-1990)
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Austrian Annexation. Hitler in Vienna. Cover of the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, Anonymous
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Returning tools after work, May 1, labour day, Pietrograd (Saint Petersburg), Russia, photo by O Campa, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XVLII, No 30, July 25, 1920.
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Anefo photo collection. Departure of the ship Groote Beer with soldiers in Bombe company; Boarding troops. April 10, 1949
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German army recruits pass out at graduation from training with a parade through Munich 1935
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young recruits line up to join the US army as America enters the First World War, 1917
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Glossy photographic print by Rudolf Lechner after Wilhelm Müller dated June 26, 1898, depicting a ceremonial homage by shooters in Vienna, showing uniforms, flags, and formal arrangement of participants.
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Joffre in Br'klyn i.e., Brooklyn
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Anefo photo collection. Under the lodge of a fire brigade demonstrating municipal officials against cutbacks. Demonstration for the palace on the dam with a "fire" in the middle. October 5, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Police protecting garbage carts
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Beauvais, France , 1930 - Ile -de -France - Stéphane Passet - (September -October) (French - Beauvais , France). Funeral, military uniform, town hall , town hall, crowd, public civil architecture, air transport, street scene, airship, news, ephemeral installation, flag, army, Company, clothing, housing , architecture, transport, daily life
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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany
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05/31/1911. The coronation of the King of England. The carriage leading the Kings as they arrive at Westminster Abbey. Photo: Bureau.
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Britain's Home Front 1939 - 1945- Civil Defence Early morning workers leaving a public air raid shelter in the City of Westminster, London, after the 'All Clear' had been sounded following an air raid.
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The French Occupation of Ruhr Valley: French Cavalry entering Essen. January 1, 1929. (Photo by Central News).
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09/30/1919. Paris. Awarded the War Cross. 1.-M. Poincare (X) in the Presidential rostrum. 2.-the town hall square during the Ceremony. 3.-the Mayor (X) Showing the people the coat of arms of Paris with the war cross.
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11/30/1918. The Barcelona Events. 1. Security Guards, and Foot and Horse Guards, on Paseo de Gracia. 2. A Platoon of Guards on the Great Via.
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Demonstration of counter-revolutionaries in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Revolution of 1905, photo from L'Illustration, No 3272, November 11, 1905.
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Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts at the Portsmouth Armed Forces Day Parade. This photograph depicts a unit of Boy Scouts as they walk along Market Square, followed by a unit of Girl Scouts.. 1951-05-19T00:00:00.
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Proclamation of King Carlos I of Portugal. Lisbon municipal palace, ceremony of handing over the keys to the city to the King, 28 December 1889, Portugal. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection American troops leaving Winchester Cathedral after the Amristace service 11th November 1918.
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Statue of Liberty, Copy on Smaller scale of the one in NY Harbor, at Poitiers, France surrounded by soldier students, 1919
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King George V and the royal party approach the dais from which he would declare open the newly constructed joint dock in Hull Date: 26 June 1914
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Sovereign of flag..
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Photograph of the hanging bodies of Mussolini and Petacci in the Piazzale Loreto, Milan. Dated 20th Century
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Vladimir Lenin addressing Red Army soldiers in Moscow, who are being sent to the Western Front during The Russian Civil War. 1920. This version of the photograph has been altered to remove Leon Trotsky the Red Army founder who originally appeared at the right of the (extended) podium.
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The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 - September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily and to secure its vast raw material reserves and other economic resources, particularly food and labour. Before 1937, China and Japan fought in small, localized engagements. Yet the two sides, for a variety of reasons, refrained from fighting a total war. In 1931, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria by Japan's Kwantung Army followed the Mukden Incident. The last of these incidents was the Marco Polo B
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Young soldiers marching, Mission Church. Young soldiers marching, Mission Church
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Turkish military WWI. Man being photographed in a circle of people with Turkish army. 1914
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07/31/1921. La Coruna. The Soldier's Festival, Table of Petition, Chaired by Mrs. Natalia L. Avilés and Adorned by the Infantry Weapon.
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Return to England of HMS Vindictive; a British naval cruiser. On 23 April 1918 she was in fierce action at Zeebrugge and was badly damaged by gunfire; her Captain; Alfred Carpenter was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions during the raid. She was sunk as a blockship at Ostend during the Second Ostend Raid on 10 May 1918. World War One
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Washington D.C. - Parades and Receptions, Aerial Photograph.
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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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Confederate Reunion: Confederate Reunion Parade in Washington D.C. circa 1917.
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Entry of French troops into Chateau-Salins, Lorraine, 17 November 1918. General Daugan, Commander of the Moroccan Division, taking the salute as the Foreign Legion marches through the town. First World War 1914-1918. Postcard
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Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection
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London, England paraded from allied troops in the British capital , 1919 - England - Fernand Cuville - (July 18-23) (French - Londres , Angleterre Défilé des troupes alliées dans la capitale britannique). Political celebration, military parade, crowd, commemoration, peace, street , neighborhood, flag, army, Festival, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, Society, England, London, Panorama s, Kamdsbridge Street during the Allied troop parade
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Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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Anefo photo collection. Start 61st four-day from Nijmegen; Hikers at De Brug over De Waal. July 19, 1977. Nijmegen, Waal
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Anefo photo collection. Taktoe AMT police on the occasion of Birthday Princess Beatrix. January 31, 1949
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London, England paraded from allied troops in the British capital , 1919 - England - Fernand Cuville - (July 18-23) (French - Londres , Angleterre Défilé des troupes alliées dans la capitale britannique). Political celebration, military parade, crowd, commemoration, peace, street , neighborhood, flag, army, Festival, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, Society, England, London, at the bottom of the course we see six tanks
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09/30/1937. Demonstration in Barcelona during the Civil War.
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Lenin's speech at a meeting of workers at the Putilov plant in May 1917 Petrograd. Painting I.I. Brodsky
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"Jefferson" unveiling
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1940S 1945 Aerial View Of Ve Day Celebration On Wall Street Nyc With Flags And Confetti Flying
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08/31/1910. Bilbao in a state of siege. The Troops on the San Anton Bridge Preventing the Entry of the Miners Strikers.
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Rioters on the Nevsky Prospect, Petrograd, come under machine gun fire, 17 July 1917
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Anefo photo collection. Groninger Student Corps Vindicat Atque Polit by Postcool to Amsterdam. June 26, 1962
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Black and white photograph pertaining to the first days of the war in Paris; requisitioning of horses for the war.
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Nazi rally in Germany Berlin.
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Anefo photo collection. Two minutes of silence on the dam during the commemoration of the Cases of the Second World War. May 4, 1959
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German soldiers wave the white flag of surrender on the streets of Paris at the end of World War II
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Uruguay. Montevideo. Army parade in honour of the President Julio Herrera Obes (1841-1912). May 1, 1890. Engraving by Urgelles. The Illustration, 1890. Colored engraving.
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Ready to give their oath group of youth from the National Association of Greece at the carrying of Mass. November 13, 1939.
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Milk for France
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Overview of the assembly area at the Capitol Mall, Washington, D.C. Inaugural on 20 January 1993. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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01/29/1936. Thirty thousand Torchbearers Paraded in Berlin on the night of January 30, on the occasion of the third anniversary of Hitler's rise to power.