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Historical Military Gatherings

Black and white images depicting military personnel and indigenous groups from different eras, showcasing uniforms, cultural attire, and the somber atmosphere of war.

The new era in Palestine. The arrival of Sir Herbert Samuel, H.B.M. high commissioner, etc. Sir Herbert Samuel, talking to the peasants. 1920

Inspection by his imperial Highness Prince Oskar von Preussen, Narajow & Hinowice.

Fascist Girls From Italian Colonies Hail The Duce:Fascist girls from Italy's colonies saluting the ***** display in Rome in which Fascist ***** from all parts of the world *****. October 5, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Ronding, pig festival. undated. Guinea

10/01/1909. Photo Alba. The Soldiers of Wad-ras driving stones by the Soldiers of Wad-ras for the construction of Trenches in their Camp.

Insurgent soldiers being clothed in new uniforms on inspection during Philippine American War 1898 - 1900

Republican soldiers playing music during a break in hostilities during the Spanish Civil War

A payday in Dechourie has Wittenström written as text on this photograph.

Italy, barlassina, members of the touring club italiano, 1902,.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Members of women's corps klilation dancing in a travel around a tree and a flagship. March 5, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Seoul is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of more than 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the developed world. The Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, is the world's second largest metropolitan area with over 25.6 million people, home to over half of South Koreans along with 632,000 international residents. During the Korean War, Seoul changed hands between the Chinese-backed North Korean forces and the UN-backed South Korean forces several times, leaving the city heavily damaged after the war. One estimate of the extensive damage states that after the war, at least 191,000 buildings, 55,000 houses, and 1,000 factories lay in ruins. In addition, a flood of refugees had entered Seoul during the war, swelling the population of Seoul and its metropolitan area to an estimated 2.5 million, more than half of them homeless.

Cavalry fight scene at Fort Hooker, on-set of the western film, "Advance To The Rear", MGM, 1964

11/19/1911. The Moroccan north. The Tabor of Tetouan Police Paying Honors to Bacha When He Heads to Oran.

Photograph of American soldiers trying on captured German body armour. Dated 1918

(French - Quweira , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Combattants des forces arabes du royaume du Hedjaz).

Sanitary squad from MICHIGAN at Vera Cruz

Anefo photo collection. Kamp of Angolan liberation movement Fnla in Zaire, members liberation movement in the camp. August 22, 1973. Zaire

Alpine skiers in winter combat uniforms, alpine exercises, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LVI, No 10, March 10, 1929.

12/31/1908. Generals Marina, Arizón and del Real, conferring with the Moor the cat.

Samuel BAKER (1821-93) English explorer and anti-slavery campaigner, making a blood pact with King Rionga during his command of expedition mounted by the Khedive of Egypt to suppress slavery near Albert Nyanza, 1872.

Potash lorries burned on Jericho road. Armed Jewish workers of the Palestine Potash Ltd guarding approaches to the Potash Works at the north end of the Dead Sea, part of which is seen in background. 1938

Students from the Salvago Raggi school with the Headmaster Spinola, Cheren, Eritrea, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 22, May 31, 1914.

Vera Cruz -- putting dead Mexican in dump cart

'Distant Fronts, In Cameroon; Two sultans and their retinue bid farewell to Colonel Brisset, who is returning to France after completing the military conquest of Cameroon and the moral conquest of the natives; to the left of Colonel, his successor, Major Chretien', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

On the northern front. Even the son of the chief, Ras Makonnen, is doing his small bit for his country against the invading Italians. He is shown here with his personal attendant. February 10, 1936.

Invasion of Sicily - Column of Italian Prisoners:A column of Italian prisoners walking to our rear.Since it began on July 10th the invasion of Sicily has proceeded according to plan and the number prisoners increases daily. July 19, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph)

Final Inspection -- The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh inspect a guard of mounted police, on their arrival at Government house. With the Queen is NSW police commissioner Delaney, who conducted the Queen on the inspection. February 03, 1954.

07/31/1936. The First Troops from Morocco Upon Their Arrival in Seville.

Kim Il-sung (1912 - 1994), centre with white coat, North Korean politician, 1959. Kim was the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Premier from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to 1994.

08/31/1936. The Women Militias in their Rest Time, Making Jerseys for the Comrades.

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.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. controller b.b. A. Scheele Asmath women Kampong Ajam (South Guinea). November 1955. Asmath, Guinea

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Pancho Villa & staff, circa 1915

Group, The Amir Yakub Khan, General Daod Shah, Habeebula Moustafi with Major Cavagnari C.S.I. and Mr. Jenkyns; John Burke (British, active 1860s - 1870s); Afghanistan; May 1879; Albumen silver print

Parade Position - Hussar Regiment No. 18Großenhain. Parade setup - Hus.-Regim. No. 18

Members of an African American company of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps lined up for review, Liberia. 1939 - 1945. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans, African-American soldiers, Armed Forces , United States, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, United States. Army. Women's Army Corps, Liberia, Military camps, African American women, Military parades & ceremonies

Store No. 2 of the Citizens' Committee of Warsaw at ul. Karowa 4; 1915 (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);

Zulu Warriors - Southern Africa Date: circa 1910s

Africa, eritrea, the party of warriors Mascal, 1900-10.

The Rising Sun is Setting in Saipan. Coast Guard and Navy invaders display two Japanese flags which fell into their hands as the Emperor's warriors retreated before the overpowering attacks of American forces northward on the island of Saipan in the Marianas. Although the invasion forces suffered losses exceeding those at Tarawa, they were strangling the enemy's surviving defenders this week in a shrinking corner on the north edge of the island.

Staying and performance of the 1st battalion regiment Shock troops in the Dutch East Indies. Soldiers practicing holding a parade, to award a distinction to soldier cutters.

French Foreign Legion, Beni Ounif, Algeria, 1904. Artist: Unknown

Numidian horsemen at the feast of Palilia on the Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy, photo by Dante Paolocci (1856-1926), from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXIX, No 19, May 11, 1902.

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front. Work of the Waac Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in France - A Bathing Parade. {1914-1918}. France

Chain gang of convicts in Monrovia Liberia. Ca. 1895.

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.

08/31/1915. The Spanish in Morocco. Captain Valero de Bernabe conferring with the head of the rebel group Abd-El-Kader at the door of his house in Benisicar (to take data on the 1909 Battles in which the Rebel group commanded).

The surrender of Jerusalem to the British, December 9th, 1917 The mayor of Jerusalem, with white flag, offers surrender to two British tommies (sergeants). 1917, Israel

Asia, india, goa, soldiers in front of the government building, 1950.

French Lieutenant Coueron looking for the treasure of De Tham (Hoang Hoa Tham), head of the resistance against the French occupation, Tonkin, Vietnam, illustration by Louis Sabattier from L'Illustration, No 3497, March 5, 1910.

Tripolitania. 1912.

07/31/1916. The Infants and the Explorers. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Asturias (1) and the Infante Don Jaime (2), at the party held by the Santander Explorers in El Sardinero.

The Anglo-Manipur war (1891) saw the conquest of Manipur by British Indian forces and the incorporation of the small Assamese kingdom within the British Raj. Subsequently Manipur became a Princely State under British tutelage.

Vietnam's independence was gradually eroded by France in a series of military conquests from 1859 until 1885 when the entire country became part of French Indochina. Significant political and cultural changes were placed on the Vietnamese people, including the propagation of Roman Catholicism. When Emperor Thanh Thai, who was opposed to French colonial rule, was exiled in 1907, the French decided to pass the throne to his son who was only seven years old, because they thought someone so young would be easily influenced and controlled. The boy emperor, Duy Tan, ruled as emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty from 1907 to 1916 before fleeing from Hue to resist the French.

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.

Group of Montenegrins, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

World War I: New Zealand troops taking Holy Communion administered by an Army chaplain in the open air.

Nepalese soldiers in Patan, Lalitpur, Kathmandu. Nepal. Asia. Drawing by Edouard Francois Zier (1856 - 1924) Travel to Nepal by Doctor Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) Le Tour du Monde 1886

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. dropped packages bags collected opened. June 1954. Guinea

NO CAPTIONS AVAILABLE. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

09/30/1913. Spanish Soldiers in Tetuan. The Eliographic station installed in the citadel Communicating with the Laucien position.

Juvenile convicts at work in the fields in s Southern chain gang. Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim Crow South. Circa. 1903

Visit to Beersheba Agricultural Station (Experimental) by Brig. Gen. Allen & staff & talks to Bedouin sheiks of district by station superintendent. 1940, Israel, Beersheba

Australian Sailors visiting Gallipoli Sites - on top of Chunuk Bair Date: circa 1920s

The Black Flag Army (Chinese: Heiqi Jun) was a remnant of a bandit group who may have been former Taiping rebels that crossed the border from Guangxi province of China into Upper Tonkin, in the Empire of Annam (Vietnam) in 1865. They became known mainly for their fights against French forces in cooperation with both Vietnamese and Chinese authorities. The Black Flag Army is so named because of the preference of its commander, Liu Yongfu, for using black command flags.

A group of bandits from the region around Kashan, Persian constitutional revolution, Iran, photograph by G C Montagna, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 40, October 1, 1911.

Male and female warriors of Dahomey

Military 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

The Japanese colonel Nomigo and his aides in the trenches, siege of Port Arthur, China, Russo-Japanese war, photograph by Underwood, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 49, December 4, 1904.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Baliem warriors. undated. Guinea

Typical fighting man of the head hunters, Formosa

Germany. Wurtemberg. 1625-1735 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

TANTIA BHIL, THE ROBIN HOOD OF INDIA, RECENTLY CAPTURED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH, 1889.

Taking Cover In Hawaii. This image depicts a Coast Guard machine gun unit simulating battle conditions in preparation for any eventuality.

The Syrian Armed Forces: A Camel Patrol photographed in the Syrian Desert. December 29, 1955. (Photo by Paul Almasy, Camera Press).

Types of Russian prisoners

Dos mujeres mallorquinas en una posesión de Santa Ponça con miembros de la expedición suiza. Sentado: Raoul Gautier (director del observatorio de Ginebra); derechos, de izquierda a derecha: Eduard Fontseré, Jordi Anckermann (profesor de la escuela de bellas artes de Palma y astrónomo aficionado) y Justin Pidoux.

Japanese warrior with young student training in swordsmanship; Japan; 1870

China: Red army troops photographed after an expedition to the Northwest on their return to Yan'an, 21 February 1940

Dr. W. A. Tatchell pictured with two nurses, all from the Wesleyan Men's Hospital in Hankow, who rescued wounded and blinded inmates from the hospital under fire from insurgents during the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Dr. Tatchell was in China with Dr. Robert T. Booth and wrote a book about Dr. Booth entitled 'Booth of Hankow' 1911

General China", the Mau Mau "General China" Number Two in the Mau Mau hierarchy in Kenya, in the courtroom at Nyeri, guarded by four Askaris. The 32-year-old Mau Mau leader was tried and sentenced to death; but the sentence was changed to life imprisonment after "China" had offered to arrange a surrender of other Heads of the Mau Mau movement. March 27, 1954. (Photo by George Rodger, Camera Press)

A Serbian veteran from the Balkan Wars, photograph by Samson Chernov (1887-1929) from the magazine L'Illustration, year 73, no 3789, October 16, 1915.

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