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Historical photos showcasing military actions and gatherings, illustrating the impact of war and societal responses in various European contexts.

In the election campaign for the 1969 Bundestag elections, here at NPD appearances in Siegen and Moers in 1969, the NPD encountered resistance from various democratic groups of youth, trade unions, social democrats and leftists with demands such as dissolve NPD One Adolf was enough No pardon the neo-Nazis. The police tried to remain neutral. Police with Tschako. Siegen, Germany, Europe

''les premieres operations Italiennes; "L'Italie est avec nous. Votre Dieu est mort a Reims!"', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Nazi party members, carry a model of the Munich Art Museum, at a public display of Nazi power

Mumbai Police, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India no mr copyright: xmukeshxparpiani/dinodiaxphotox

Zoot Suiters under arrest outside Los Angeles jail en route to court during the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots in June 1943.

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, so-called 'incidents'. 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 inciden

01/29/1993. Burial of the Alcácer girls, attended by 30,000 people.

Street Scene After Police Line Break-Through -- Hatless police with upraised club stands over fallen picket line parader after police lines were smashed by 3,000 merchers today at the General Electric plant here. It was one of the aftermaths of the second day of police attempting to enforce a court injunction against massed picketing. February 28, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Trucks blocked border crossing Wuustwezel de Marechaussee cleared; Armored cars drag trucks. November 27, 1974. Belgium, Wuustwezel

Anefo photo collection. Police with the "flat cap" at the cracked floor in Amsterdam. May 18, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The spontaneous strikes, here at Opel in Bochum on 15.9.1969, went down in history as the September strikes, Germany, Europe

Dutch "Invade" Birkenhead -- A party of Dutch soldiers, part of the army that "invaded" Birkenheas, yesterday, pictures snipping from a street corner. Though 50% of them were "wopes out" by home guard defenders, the orange-men successfully took the town. August 25, 1941. (Photo by Keystone).

Several hundred demonstrators, among them many young people, gathered in Siegen in 1969 to protest against the right-wing radical NPD, Germany, Europe

GDR, Berlin, 10. 03. 1990, West Berlin police officers, Wall at Brandenburg Gate

Berlin celebrates Hitler's Birthday.Minister Dr. Goebbels leaving the Cathedral after the service. Next to him on right of picture,is Prince August Wilhelm.On the occasion of the birthday of the ***** chancellor, Adolf Hitler, festivities ***** early with a morning parade in front of the Prussian home office, by the police, steel helmets and storm troops,followed by a service in the Berlin cathedral. June 6, 1933. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Madrid, 04/11/1968. Arrests by the Armed Police in the vicinity of the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, in the University City.

The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially the Shandong Problem. These demonstrations sparked national protests and marked the upsurge of Chinese nationalism, a shift towards political mobilization and away from cultural activities, and a move towards a populist base rather than intellectual elites. The broader use of the term 'May Fourth Movement' often refers to the period during 1915-1921 more usually called the New Culture Movement.

Berlin Wall Photo - Berlin - U.S. Tanks show of force in American Sector Berlin (West Berlin).

DEU, Germany: The historical colour photos from the 70s show events and people from politics, culture, trade unions, working life, medicine, etc. Bochum. IG Metall on warning strike ca 1969

Anefo photo collection. Anti-militarist demonstrators disturb Royal Dutch Army Coat Arms Museum Delft (Prince Bernhard). June 3, 1986. Delft, South Holland

09/30/1940. Ramón Serrano Suñer on his visit to Berlin.

2/9/1962 - Soviet Tank Drive Along Friedrich Strasse in the Soviet Sector

12/31/1936. The Militias Marching to the Front, Parading through the Streets of Barcelona.

Fleet days Den Helder in July 1989.The MP (military police) keeps an eye on the crowds. On the background the American Coontz Class Destroyer USS Mahan (42, 1960).

Anefo photo collection. Marines remove Damslapers at the Amsterdam National Monument; Marines. August 25, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photograph taken during the February Revolution 1917. Dated 20th Century

Anefo photo collection. Limburg coal mines. Limburg coal mines. November 21, 1945. Limburg

Anefo photo collection. Hostage from Indonesian Consulate Amsterdam; Armored car in the Valeriusstraat. December 11, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Kees Manders to Paris. September 3, 1951. Amsterdam

The Germans On The Move -- A hefty German woman with her household belongings piled on a barrow hurries from the fighting area to safety behind Allied lines, watches Canadian troops, ***** south east of *****.The powerful force of British and Canadian troops under Field Marshal Montgomery are still keeping up their steady advance in the Rhine- Maas corridor, the strongly held enemy towns of Goch and Calcar now being under heavy bombardment from our massed artillery. January 1, 1945.

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Página interior de la publicación inglesa The Illustrated London News, septiembre de 1936, destacando el papel de las mujeres durante la contienda.

Photograph of German Army soldiers practicing in the Parc Monceau in Paris, after the Invasion of France in 1940, in World War Two. Dated 20th Century

Santiago JosÈ Carrillo leads a militia march during the Spanish Civil War. Santiago JosÈ Carrillo (1915 ñ 2012) Spanish politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982. He later came to embrace Euro communism and democratic socialism

casualty from street fighting arrives at a Barcelona hospital during the Spanish civil war 1938

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration of staff "means of transport" by the police at the town hall in Amsterdam. Projections, police. March 7, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Postmen Leave For Mail Delivery. 1956

Elsevier photo collection. American jet Soesterberg airbase crashed buildings Colonel van der Palmakerne Bussum. woman military guelded soldiers inform husband was. joy, heard husband belong victims. November 14, 1951. Bussum

Captured By The Finns -- Two typical Russian soldiers captured by the Finns during the present conflict in Finland. January 15, 1940. (Photo by Topical Press).

Las Arenas, Vizcaya. 11/23/1933. Civil Guard and residents of Las Arenas during rescue tasks due to floods.

Water casing disaster 1953.a American Bell Helicopter deployed in the areas affected by the disaster has landed on the inner area of the Engelbrecht of Nassauukazerne.

Berlin Wall Photo - October 1961 - While the Communist Wall Within Berlin is Being Strengthened, the East Germans Are Preparing Even a Bigger 'Death Strip' Along the East German Border With West Berlin..

ASCENDANCY (1982), directed by EDWARD BENNETT.

Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azores, 1943-1945. An RAF policemen (left), and a Portuguese Sergeant, on duty at the entrance to Lagens airfield.

Anefo photo collection. Congress Johovetics in the Feyenoord stadium, the tents are stored on the pitches. 30 June 1965

Kent, Ohio: May 4, 1970. National Guard troops throw tear gas into the rioters at Kent State protesting the American invasion of Cambodia. Shortly after the troops opened fire on the unarmed students, killing four and and wounding nine others.

Barcelona. Homenaje de falangistas a José Antonio Primo de Rivera, presidido por el gobernador civil Felipe Acedo Colunga (1896-1965). Año 1955.

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron carry a wounded Marine on a litter toward a bus that will transport him to Weisbaden Air Force Regional Medical Center. The Marine was injured during a terrorist bomb attack on the Marine barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Child Bomb Victim Attends Rescuer's Wedding - 'Picture Of The War' Bring Happy Ending.Flash-back to 1944 - and the 'Picture of war' - Suzanno Oliphant sobbing in the arms of her ware rescuer, Florence Kelly.Sobbing in the arms of her rescuer, a terror-stricken child survivor of a flying bomb incident in Westminster, London, in 1944, made the picture of the war.'The picture brought together the rescuer, former ***** Wardon Florence Kelly and one-time World War II infantry Ernest Mooro. December 7, 1947.

Anefo photo collection. The New Guinea tigers from the Marnixplantsoen. July 19, 1962

08/31/1917. Commemorating an anniversary, an Alsatian giving flowers to soldiers during a review held in Massevaux (Alsace) on the anniversary of the entry of the French.

A Marechaussee controls the traffic.

Anefo photo collection. Departure pedigree makers from Ned. Sinai detachment by Schiphol led by Major Donkersgoed. Van Mierlo said goodbye to everyone. March 6, 1982. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Police clear the cracked former eye clinic on the WG site in Amsterdam. Police with motor saw and folding ladder. March 29, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

07/01/1937. "El Campesino" addresses his troops at the event held on the occasion of the delivery of a flag, given by the workers of the Comercial, to the shock brigade of his command.

Marine Corps body bearers march from their barracks to the bus to transport them to the days funeral Nov. 30, 2009 before preparing for the days funerals. Body bearers carry the remains of fallen Marines to their final resting place in Arlington and surrounding cemeteries in the National Capital Region.

These American troops are marching through the streets of a British port town on their way to the docks where they will be loaded into landing craft for the big assault. June, 1944

Fotocollectie Anefo. HIE Holland England / Anefo Londen serie. Dutch civil defence exercises / oefeningen burger bescherming.A numeber Dutch troops Gt. Britain trained branches A.R.P. Aid, Fire fighting, Decontamination etc. close collaboration British Civil Defense Units, enable instruct Dutch A.R.P. personell date methods liberation Holland. photo's decontamination street mustard gas bomb fallen.Photo: Decontamination bleach affected street. december 1943. Groot-Brittannië

LGEN Kim Jae Yun, commander of the Republic of Korea Combat Air Command, welcomes LGEN A. W. Braswell, commander of the Pacific Air Forces, to Osan Air Base during exercise Team Spirit '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Country: Korea

World War 2:German occupation of Paris, June 1940. The German flag flying from the Arc de Triomphe

July 5, 1914 the Austrian magazine Wiener Balder carries a picture of the arrest of the assassin of the Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand

Korean War. American and British POW's of the Songgongni camp, who refused repatriation, decorating the truck that will take them to Kaesong. February 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Pand D Vogelstruys evacuated again in the afternoon. Wounded is taken away. September 8, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Fall of the Berlin Wall, Sunday the 12th of November 1989

Crewmen test fire hoses during Damage Control Olympics at the Bravo Piers. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GDR, Berlin, 22.02.1990, salesman in NVA camouflage suit, with medals, steel helmet, mask, wall rummage at the Reichstag

An East German policeman motions to the crowd as the Berlin Wall is dismantled at Potsdamer Platz..

Anefo photo collection. Departure of the Netherlands Detachement of the Sinai peace force of Schiphol. Minister Van Mierlo speaks. March 20, 1982. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Trip to Europe: Germany, West Berlin: President Kennedy at Checkpoint Charlie, 12:05PM. President John F. Kennedy (center left foreground, back to camera) visits the Berlin Wall near Checkpoint Charlie in West Berlin, West Germany (Federal Republic). Also pictured: Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer; Mayor of West Berlin, Willy Brandt; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Jay W. Gildner, of the United States Information Agency (USIA); White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, and Roy Kellerman.

Soldiers are deployed at the mountains of victims at the train disaster in Harmelen on January 8, 1962. Left in the background the boom of a heavy military hoist wagon Ward de la France is visible. Right is a rail tap.

STAFF Sergeant Robert E. Brown, a drill instructor at the Aviation Officer Candidate School, walks among his class of candidates as they perform leg lifts. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Duke of Kent - Car Wash - 1954. June 21, 1954. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Anefo photo collection. Conversation of the Dutch government and 3 NATO supreme commanders Julianakanne in The Hague, 11 American Admiral Train on arrival. March 6, 1981. The Hague, South Holland

Anti-war demonstrators gather outside the Pentagon as security policemen watch for any entrance blocking attempt. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Bijlmer residents block away from protest against garage rental with burning tires. February 1, 1972

Anefo photo collection. Mr. F. J. Kranenburg (Commissioner HM in Noord-Holland) strikes the first pile for Regional Police Training School Noord-Holland Amsterdam. December 10, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

West Berlin Police Rescue Red Heckler Blood streaming down his face, a communist heckler is led to a first-aid station today, June 17, by West German police who rescued him from an angry mob outside West Berlin Town Hall where 20,000 West Berliners attended a rally to mark the anniversary of last year's rebellion in the city's soviet zone. Police had to rescue a number of hecklers in a similar manner. August 21, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Report from the camp in Vught. In the penal camps in Vught, 7,000 Dutch collaborators and land crashes are locked up. Soldiers of the Dutch shock troops are charged with the surveillance, especially from the 300 Dutch SS men. Led by the camp commander, the Major L. Mennes, and his helpers, these prisoners are used to purify O.A. The surroundings of Vught van Landmijnen. They are dressed in the blue-white striped prisoners of the former Dutch people captured by the Germans. The prisoners receive the minimum civilian ration, which is also reduced because all delicacies have been taken off. Pending their final trial, they take the days under a strict regime here. Photo: Shaving is allowed and happens by the prisoners themselves. The question is whether the appearance of the land pubs becomes more attractive. June 1945. Noord-Brabant, Vught

DM-SN-85-02412. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Germany, Berlin, 09.10.1992, Kelotat, Egon-Joachim, KOB, contact area officer, fire on Oranienburger Straße

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