Historical Military Fortifications

Images of World War I and II fortifications, including bunkers and trenches, displaying historical military architecture and somber reconstruction.

U.S. Soldier Standing at Knocked Out Crisbecq Battery near Utah Beach, Saint-Marcouf, Normandy, France, June 1944
U.S. Soldier Standing at Knocked Out Crisbecq Battery near Utah Beach, Saint-Marcouf, Normandy, France, June 1944
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The Army of terra cotta warriors at the Tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuangdi, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China
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030909-F-0629H-008. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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An aerial view of the tent city set up for exercise Patriot Spirit '90, an exercise providing training for active and reserve Air Force and Army medical units under battlefield conditions.. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT SPIRIT '90 Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)
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Civilian personnel conduct an inspection of a pre-positioning cave used to store U.S. Marine Corps equipment. Country: Norway (NOR)
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Cemetery of the Foreign Legion, Corsica, France, Europe
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USA, Virginia, Arlington The Pentagon, Pentagon 911 Memorial, memorial dedicated to Lt. General Timothy J. Maude, highest ranking US military officer killed in the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks
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010501-F-0697K-070. Subject Operation/Series: UNION FLASH 01 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Terracotta Army, sculptures of soldiers depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, first Emperor of China near Xi'an, Sian, Lintong District, Shaanxi
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Xi'An, China - 26 November 2025: View of the army of terracotta warriors standing in formation, a silent testament to ancient power, amidst the earth-toned walls and soft natural light.
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A tunnel in Mount Lagazuoi, part of a defense system in the First World War at the Dolomite Alps, Autonomous Pronvince of South Tirol
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KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21446129
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DA-ST-88-04975. Base: Mena State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Cemetery of the gorillas Camp of Karisoke Rwanda
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Area near Jerusalem. Gibeon the village. Josh 93. 1950, West Bank, Al Jīb, Israel
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A view of a camouflaged tent complex in use during joint readiness training exercise SOLID SHIELD '77. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '77 Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Medium close up view of damaged section of railway line in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Yugoslavian made TMM-1 and TMRP-6 (closes to the camera) anti-tank mines are placed visible to, delay repairs on the lines. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Visoko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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DN-SC-88-03959. Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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040403-M-9792P-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH MARINES REGIMENT
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An aerial view of Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation system site number seven. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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A U.S. service member with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), scales a rock-face during a casualty evacuation drill in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.
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U.S. Army personnel construct a drainage ditch as they aid in efforts to combat a forest fire. State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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020511-F-9877S-054. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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Blake Ayala, scientific recovery expert, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), records data during a recovery mission in an excavation site in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Feb. 12, 2023. Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. Through unified work, both countries work to identify the 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War.DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.
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Kazakhstan Army soldiers take a break from exercise Cenrtral Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 and go fishing. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan (KAZ) in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and approximately 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other participating .... Complete Scene Caption: Kazakhstan Army soldiers take a break from exercise Cenrtral Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 and go fishing. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by Unite
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Explorers in a tent at the lowest camp inside Veryovkina Cave, at 1900 metres underground; Gagra, Caucasus Mountains, Abkhazia
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An area where an archaeology survey on South Post was completed in July 2022 at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown Sept. 15, 2022. The looked at areas were cement pads were located where troops placed military tents and bivouacked nearly 90 years ago after World War I. Archaeology work has been ongoing on Fort McCoy for decades to not only look back and document the post's military history, but also the area's distant past where artifacts thousands of years old have been found.
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Vienna, Cracked Gau Command post (Schirach bunker) from the Second World War at mountain Gallitzinberg, 16. Ottakring, Wien, Austria
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St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Kitts, Brimstone Hill, Brimstone Hill Fortress, interior with soldier statue
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A convoy consisting of M2A1s (Bradley Fighting Vehicle), M1A1s (Abrams Main Battle Tank), and M113s (Armored Personnel Carrier) heads toward the Twin Bridges training area in the Republic of Korea, Nov. 2, 1998. The vehicles come from the Task Force, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash. Upon arriving at the Twin Bridges training area, TF 123 will conduct an assault on two Infantry companies from a Republic of Korea armored brigade as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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Terracota warriors army. Xian. Shaanxi Province. China
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Trenches from the First World War in the Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 in Zillebeke, Belgium, Europe
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LOS FORTINES: CONSTRUCCION MILITAR O BUNKER DE TIPO BLOCKHAUS DE LA EPOCA DE LA GUERRA CIVIL.
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The trenches at Vimy Ridge in France
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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Oct. 01, 2022) Cmdr. Dionysios Kleinakis, a service member with NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre, participates in a 10.4-kilometer hike as part of the 19th Annual Eco-Challenge event organized by Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bays MWR on Oct. 1, 2022. Eco-Challenge is an outdoor sports competition held across the Akrotiri Peninsula that is designed to build camaraderie and strengthen the U.S. relationship with NATO and Hellenic military partners. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore installation which enables and supports U.S., Allied, Coalition, and Partner nation forces to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.
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The Monument to the fallen Zulu Warriors at Isandlwana Battlefield. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa. A large bronze iziqu (bravery) necklace, symbolising courage and loyalty to the Zulu kings.
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Royal Thai Armed Forces PO1 Weerawat Suwannakorn, a Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal student with Humanitarian Mine Action Unit 2, places an improvised shaped charge during an HMA EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 28, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.
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Army style clothes and boots on a seawall
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A .50-caliber machine gun points from the doorway of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as the helicopter lifts off from the airfield enroute to a Kurdish refugee camp in northern Iraq with a supply delivery. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR)
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Iron shoes memorial to Jewish people executed WW2 in Budapest
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LCPL Parrish Harvey (Hometown: Mann, West Virginia) and CPL Christopher Altivater (Hometown: Perry, Minnesota) guard the perimeter of the Marine base camp. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, is serving as the security force while Camp Hope is being built in Fier, Albania. The camp will serve as a refugee camp for ethnic Albanians (not shown) forced from thier homes. Camp Hope is the first camp built by the United States in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Base: Camp Hope, Fier Country: Albania (ALB)
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Normandy campaign in the snow and fog France
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Monument to the Zulu Wariors that fell at the Battle of Rorke's Drift.. Near Dundee. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa
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Madrid, 10/03/2018. Military Camp Facilities. Photo: of Saint Bernard. Archdc.
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Crash site of B-18 Bomber on Mount Waternomee in Woodstock, New Hampshire USA. Crashed on January 14, 1942. Out of seven crew members, five survived the crash and were able to remove themselves from the wreckage. The remaining two members died when the plane exploded.
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'No Entry, MOD Permit Holders Only' bilingual sign on gate at coastal military firing range, Castlemartin Range, Pembrokeshire, Wales, June
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Ireland, County Wicklow, Glenmalure Valley, 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion Memorial commemorating the 200th anniversary of the event.
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Memorial to the 10th Battalion of the Parachute regiment.
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English school children visiting First World War One trenches of the Battle of the Somme at the Canadian Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, France, Europe
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Charles Fort barracks and ancillary facility ruin green grass and acouple walking down a path leading into the scene
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030413-M-0175R-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Infographic about the Battle of France (1940) The German tactical revolution defeated France, which was the most important power in Europe, in just 42 days. Adobe InDesign (.indd); 4960x3188.