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Historical Military Gatherings

Images depicting military leaders and historical figures in formal gatherings, emphasizing uniforms and ceremonial settings from the early to mid-20th century.

Viscount Gort In Egypt.Viscount Gort, chief of the imperial general staff, is now visiting Egypt where he is Guest of General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, Commander of the British Troops in Egypt. Viscount Gort is touring the desert defences. He is seen left in this picture when he arrived in Cairo with his host who met him. February 06, 1939. (Photo by Keystone)

Soldier Died - Hospital C.O. Court-Martialled -- Lt. Col. Alfred Gleave (left) with Lt. Col. G.H. Dudley his Escort. Photo taken yesterday. At Saighton Camp, Chester, yesterday the Court-martial opened of Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Gleave, Commanding officer of Moston Hall Military Hospital, Chester. The Lt. Col. faced two charges: that he failed to report or investment allegations of ill-treatment of a solider patient. That he agreed to a statement for the press indicating that a full inquiry had been made into allegations of ill-treatment of a soldier-patient, knowing the same to be false. July 15, 1953.

The United Nations In KoreaGeneral Mark Clark, Commander-in-chief, Far East and united nations Command, and staff officers, observe the exchange of Prisoners, at Pan Mun Jom. From Left to right: Lieut. Cemeral Maxwell D. Taylor, Lieut. General William K. Harrison, Rear admiral John C. Daniel, General Mark Clark, Major General Byron L. Milburn, and general Otto P. Weyland. May 01, 1953. (Photo by Unations).

Anefo photo collection. Presentation of awards Indie. May 7, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

L to R: C.R. McRedshaw, Lt. Col F.H. Wright (Victoria) and Mayor Gorman when the board of A.C.F. met to lead Major Gorman. January 29, 1941.

Anefo photo collection. Battle of Heiligerlee commemorated. Left Prince Bernhard, on the right mr. A. Kloosterboer. 24 May 1968. Groningen (province), Heiligerlee

Surrender of General Bor Komorowski, Head of the Warsaw Uprising. Unusually for the Germans, they were impressed by the courage of the soldiers and deported them instead of shooting them on the spot.

Africa, eritrea, asmara, the governor jacopo gasparini, 1927.

Madrid. 06/01/1993. 1993 Armed Forces Day Parade in Madrid, presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain and Their Royal Highness Prince Felipe.

Photograph showing three captured German aircrew (centre) being marched through a London train station by British military police, on their way to a prisoner-of-war camp, 1940. Date: 1940

Military officers at ceremony , Military parades & ceremonies, Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1940-1943. Air Marshal Sir John Linnell, Deputy Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East (left), talks with Air Commodore A C Critchley, the newly-appointed Director-General of British Overseas Airways Corporation at an airfield in the Middle East

Conference of the Big Three at Yalta, Anonymous

Anefo photo collection. TV: Hadimassa. January 6, 1972

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Two relatives of the German Wehrmacht (left with band for the winter battle in the East) in dunes on the North Sea (probably at the Hague)

French general Maxime Weygand, World War II

08/17/1951. Of the assassination of the King of Jordan. A Court is trying in the city of Amman, the alleged perpetrators of the assassination of King Abdullah of Jordan. In the image, the three judges in their rostrum.

Liberation Of Europe: General De Gaulle In France -- General De Gaulle is greeted by General Montgomery as he arrives in Normandy.General de Gaulle landed in France on June 14, stepping on French soil on a Normandy beach for the first time since the Germans occupied his country. Soon after his arrival General de Gaulle drove to Bayeux, where he was welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd, which followed him through the streets and gathered round to hear him speak. General de Gaulle visited General Montgomery, and inspected some of the British troops who fought in the Bridgehead. July 12, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph)

NATO Ministerial Session. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photograph showing King George VI (on left) and General Montgomery walking on one of the Normandy beaches, 16th June 1944. Although the Allied armies had only invaded Normandy on 6th June that year, they felt secure enough in their bridgehead to have King George pay a surprise visit on the 16th. Date: 1944

Visit of Emperor Karl I to Czernowitz Arrival of the Emperor by car, accompanied by Armeekommandant Baron Kövess.

Fiest competition on F 2, 1941 Fältvävlan on F 2 Roslagens flyfotfotilj, 1941. The head of F 2 Herman Sundin in conversation with soldier.

Fredrik IX by Dannmark and Gutav VI Adolf goes short.

Only top hat at the garden party ***** by Colonel J.T. H Goodwin of Canberra *****. March 21, 1946.

Visit of US Chiefs of Staff to Uniforce HG at Fontainebleau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Belgian war attributes at (provisional) national monument on Dam Square. April 18, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

De Gaulle in Algeria, May 1958. Artist: Anon

Japan Air Self Defence Force Officers Depart For The United States.Col. Eugene B. Le Bailly, Chief, U. S. Air Force Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Japan, (right) watches Lt. Gen. Kentaro Uemura (center), Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self Defense Force, bid farewell to Lt. Gen. Sadsmu Sanagi, Deputy Chief of Staff, and five other high-ranking Japan Air Self Defense Force officers before their departure last night from Tokyo International Airport for a three-week staff orientation visit of U. S. Air Force bases in the United States. September 17, 1954.

04/30/1964. At the end of the parade celebrating the 25 Years of Peace.

Uncaptioned. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Montgomery in Amsterdam, with radio port / overexposure. January 13, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Marshal Timoshenko.The Marshal is never ruffled. When things seem worst, he always had a ready smile and a few friendly words for his men. He is talking to a junior commander-gunner at a mine-thrower. Behind him, Lt. Gen. of Aviation Pthukin. November 7, 1942.

London, 01/17/1946.London, 01/17/1946. The first Assembly of the United Nations Organization. Marshal Alexander welcomes representatives from 51 nations at the Albert Hall in Kensington. "No one," he said, "hates war as much as the British soldier.".

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure schout-at-night Salm and Captain ter Zee Huijer. PRIOK. On July 26, Tandjong Priok left the M.S. "Orange" to the Netherlands, boarding O.A. Colonel Drost from the basic command, Colonel Coppens Sous-Chef Staff, schout-at-night Salm and Captain ter Zee Huijer. Two KNIL officers talk to each other. July 26, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Australian Editors Entertain High Commissioner at London ***** Day Luncheon. ***** Lieut. General E. Smart ***** representative *****. Australian editors in London, gave a luncheon party at the Savoy Hotel, at which they entertained Mr. S.M. Bruce, the Australian High Commissioner in London, and Editors of London Newspapers. January 01, 1943.

Anefo photo collection. General von Kielmansegg inspected the new headquarters in Brunssum, Middle von Kielmansegg, Rech Huddleston (England). January 17, 1967. Brunssum, Great Britain

Poll photo collection. Prince Bernhard extends awards to soldiers at Soestdijk Palace. Prince Bernhard congratulates one of the decorated. 1945. Baarn, Utrecht (province)

May 28, 1978. Their Majesties the Kings of Spain Greeting the Heads of Units before the lunch they offered at the Royal Palace, the day after the Armed Forces parade. Also attending were the President of the Government, Adolfo Suárez, the Vice President of the Government for Defense Affairs, Lieutenant General Gutiérrez Mellado, as well as Other Members of the Cabinet.

12/27/1936. From the staff of the 11th International Brigade. On the left is Commander Hans, head of the Brigade. Photo: Antifafot Madrid.

French Cabinet Dismisses Juin -- The French government early today announced the dismissal of Marshal Juin from hispposts as Vice President of the Higher Council of the Armed Forces and ***** army admirer to the Government on National Defence.France's most famous soldier, Marshal Juin, as he looked on being sacked from all his posts for refusing to "toe the carpet like a common soldier" when Premier Laniel wanted to know why he kept on speaking against a European Army (to include German troops). April 1, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

Reich Minister Dr. Goebbles receives honorary secondments German workers and Reichsberufswettkampf-Sieger.How alljarlich so received this time Reich organization conductor Dr. Ley and the Reich Youth guidebook Baldur von Schirach in the hard raumen the Reich Ministry for Volksaufklauung and propaganda at 30.4 professional racing glory secondments of German workers and the Reich winner of the Empire. April 30, 1939. (Photo by Atlantic Photo).

Defenders of Moscow. Timoshenko Takes Over Southern Front. Gen. Zhukoff In Command Before Moscow. Marshal Timoshenko (left) and General Gregory Zhukoff. The Marshal is taking over the Southern Front while Zhukoff is the new C.- in-C. at the Central Front, before Moscow. August 25, 1952. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Russia - 20th century - First World War - The Tsar and the Grand Duke Nicholas (1914)

General John Pershing (1860-1948), Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces, gets off the ship Invicta in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, First World War, photograph by Jean Clair-Guyot from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3876, June 16, 1917.

Testifies At War Crimes Trial --Albert E. Coates, former Lt. Col. Australian Army, and Doctor and medical assistant at a Japanese prisoner of war camp after being captures, testifies at the war crimes trial in Tokyo Nov. 29. January 07, 1947. (Photo by AP Photo).

World War II, Admiral Nimitz signing Japanese surrender document aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, September 2, 1945.

The American Victory Team In Europe. American general who helped to achieve the Allied victory in Europe are see here during a meeting at General Bradley's 12th. Army Group headquarters in Bed Wildungen, Germany. Seated, left to right:Gen. George S. Patton Jr., C.G. 3rd, U.S. Army.Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander Allied Forces in ETO.Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, C.G 1st. U.S. Army. May 16, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Official Photo).

Nazi officer standing at what appears to be a church lectern circa late 1930s or early 1940s.

General Speidel At R.A.S.C. Demonstration -- Lieutenant-General Hans Speidel, Rommel's former Chief of Staff, watching a demonstration at the Royal Army Service Corps depot here with (right) General Sir Kenneth Crawford, Senior Controller of Supplies and Munitions, Ministry of Supply and (left) General Philips, on General Speidel's staff. May 01, 1953. (Photo by United Press Photo).

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Falange española y de las J.O.N.S. División 72 del Cuerpo del Ejército de Castilla. Flechas Verdes, junto a legionarios del Corpo Truppe Volontaire, CTV, formaron una unidad mixta italo-española movilizada para hacer frente en la ofensiva de Catalunya al final de la contienda. Oficial italiano en Calpe. Marzo de 1939.

Anefo photo collection. Celebration 5-year roadside assistance. Inspection by Prince Berhard in the garden of Roestdijk Palace of road guards with their vehicles. May 9, 1951. Soestdijk, Utrecht

Air Forcer Commemoration Week - Wing Commander J.N. Davenport, Vice ***** Air Force Association, representing ***** Air Force Personal and Air Vice Marshal ***** A.L. Walters, Air officer Commanding ***** Home Command-representing all serving ***** Air Force Personnel, also representing ***** the Prime Minister and Federal Govt., carry their wreathes to the cenotaph ***** during the Commemoration Service at ***** Martin Place today. September 15, 1955. (Photo by James Hopwood/Fairfax Media).

Order Of The Day From Rome: Graziani As Chief Of Staff Of Italian Army.Marshal Rodolfo Graziani who will be chief of staff of the Italian army during Italian war operations against the Allifs. In his order of the day from Rome this Morning, June 11, Mussolini confirmed the appointment of Marshal Graziani as chief of staff of the royal Italian army. October 26, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

A New Portrait Of Giraud Photographed - While Inspecting Fighting French troops outside the French Headquarter in London. September 30, 1943. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited.).

Anefo photo collection. Liberation parties: Margraten (Limburg). Kranglagding at the soldierskerkhof Margraten (L.) by Prime Minister Schermerhorn. Schermerhonr inspects the honorary guard. 1945. Limburg, Margraten

SHAPE Personnel in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. On the rear row of Papen, Seyss-Inquart and Spear, on the front row Frick, Streicher and Funk. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Marshal Timoshenko - The Front Line Marshal as his troops often call Timoshenko, snapped as he watches the progress of battle from a trench of an advanced observer post, which is well camouflaged with foliage. November 7, 1942. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Anefo photo collection. Commander Kite J. H. van Giessen, General Major Kite. October 1, 1953

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Harskamp camp where SS people and countrykeepers are convenient. Two internees. June 1945. Gelderland, Harskamp

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek links arms with her husband and American General Stilwell in Burma, 1944, not long after the stormy Cairo meeting. May 4, 1944.

Monty’ Takes A Cadet Corporal To European Capitals - Field Marshall Lord Montgomery with R.A.F. Cadet Corporal Osborne in the R.A.F. aircraft before it took off for Paris from Odiham R.A.F. Station, Hants, today.Field Marshal Lord Montgomery left aboard an R.A.F. aircraft from Odiham, Hants. for a visit to Paris and the capitals of the Low Countries today (Saturday), taking with him an air cadet to act as assistant air-quartermaster. Field Marshal Montgomery is Chairman of the Western Union Defence Committee.The cadet who will accompany him is Corporal Richard V. Osborne of Avenue Road, Dorridge, Warwickshire. He will assist with baggage, serve refreshments and provide any other personal service that may be needed. A boarder at Highgate School, Cadet Corporal Osborne is a member of the R.A.F. section of the Combined Cadet Force. He has had flying experience in Anson and Tiger Moth aircraft. January 07, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Nazi leaders Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess exchanging salutes, c1930s-c1940s. Artist: Unknown

The Führer in talks with the Polish Foreign Minister, 1936. Artist: Unknown

Distinguished Canadian Militarist Visits Hollywood -- Visiting old friends which he made during the filming of Warner Bros. Technicolor Production, Captains of the Clouds, in which he appears, Air Marshal Billy Bishop is pictured here with Jack L. Warner, Vice President in Charge of Production. February 09, 1942.

General Tojo. April 16, 1947.

Russia/Germany: Prisoners of war Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus (left), former commander of the Nazi 6th Army at Stalingrad together with chief of staff, Major General Arthur Schmidt (center), and aide, Colonel William Adam, meet the staff of the Soviet 64th Army, 31 January 1943. Photo by George Lipskerow (1896 - 1977) (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE License)

Churchill, Roosevelt, De Gaulle In Casablanca, Marocco, 1943.

General Major of Infantry G. H. Christan behind his desk.

Berlin, 03/29/1936. During the elections the "führer", Adolf Hitler, compares the first electoral results with those of the previous elections. In the photo from left to right: Director General Bouhler, Minister Goebbels, Adolf Hitler and Minister Kerrl.

Britain's master-spy, Lieut-Colonel Alexander Scotland (right), receiving the U.S. Bronze Medal from the U.S. Military Attache in London, Major-General Clayton. May 1, 1947. (Photo by Reauter Photo).

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Education of Dutch Mariniers in Camp Lejeune (North-Carolina, USA). 1945. Camp Lejeune, North-Carolina, United States of America

Brigadier R.H. Batten DSO OBE Commander British Commonwealth Forces Korea, was on hand to meet Lt. Gen. Bridgeford, C in C BCOF and Administrative Commander Commonwealth Forces Korea, on his arrival in Korea. December 20, 1951.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

The King's Third Levee Of The Year At St. James's Palace London -- Rear-Admiral Edward Evans, C.B., D.S.O. leaving the Palace with a friend. January 7, 1940. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

WILLIAM HOLDEN in THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE (1968), directed by ANDREW V. MCLAGLEN.

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Wageningen. Preparations and negotiations to the capitulation in Wageningen. Prince Bernhard answers questions from war correspondents .. May 5, 1945. Gelderland, Wageningen

Visit from the French General J. de Lattre de Tassigny (right) to the Netherlands. He salutates for honorary guard at the Princess Julianakanne in The Hague. Left is generally H.J. Curls, Chef General Staff.

Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti Brought To Trial, 1926.

Anefo photo collection. Opening Liberation Museum in Nijmegen and commemoration of the Market Garden operation. Former General Sir Allan H.S. Adair (Guards Armored Division) and Prince Bernhard. September 17, 1984. Nijmegen

KIRK DOUGLAS in PATHS OF GLORY (1957), directed by STANLEY KUBRICK.

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Franz Grasser and a Russian young girl

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard back from Far East on Soesterberg; Arrival at Soesterberg. April 17, 1975. Soesterberg, Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg .. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Marshal Graziani On Trial - Ex-Marshal Graziani appears before the military court in Rome.68 year old ex-Marshal Graziani, is now facing his second trial before a military tribunal in Rome, on charges of collaboration with the Nazis.The former Fascist Marshal was first brought to trial in 1948 but after five months the civilian court declared itself incompetent and passed the case to a military court. February 27, 1950. (Photo by S & G)

General. Leonard Wood & Alvan T. Fuller ca. between 1918 and 1920.

H.R.H. Princess Alice, and the Earl of Athlone Governor General designate of Canada, visit Canadian troops in the Aldershot Command. Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone during their visit. April 05, 1940. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)

Photograph showing an Arab Drill Sergeant (on left) and Officer of the Palestine Police Force at their barracks in Jerusalem, November 1945. Date: 1945

Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) talks with Brigadier General Robert Norman, Commander of the 601st Tactical Control Wing. Senator Specter is on a tour of the base. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Prime Minister Meets Mascot Of His Old Regiment -- On a recent tour of inspection Mr. Winston Churchill visited the battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers that he commanded in the last war. The Prime Minister is seen here with "Sandy" the battalion mascot who was present on parade. May 15, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Chorus of red army, soldier singing, 70's

Anefo photo collection. National field day army of salvation in crown domain. June 16, 1960

The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, With His Chiefs of Staff in the Garden of No 10 Downing Street, London, 7 May 1945 Seated, left to right: Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal; Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill; Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. Standing, left to right: the Secretary to the Chiefs of Staffs Committee, Major General L C Hollis; and the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence, General Sir Hastings Ismay.

Elsevier photo collection. Gauleiter Van Hessen-Nassau Commissioner Rijksdefensie Jakob Sprenger spoke Amsterdam Amsterdam 8 June civilian staff German Wehrmacht. 8 June 1941. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896 18 June 1974), was a Russian career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, played a pivotal role in leading the Red Army through much of Eastern Europe to liberate the Soviet Union and other nations from the Axis Powers' occupation and conquer Germany's capital, Berlin. He is the most decorated general in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. In 1938 Zhukov was directed to command the First Soviet Mongolian Army Group, and saw action against Japan's Kwantung Army on the border between Mongolia and the Japanese controlled state of Manchukuo in an undeclared war that lasted from 1938 to 1939. What began as a routine border skirmish - the Japanese testing the resolve of the Soviets to defend their territory - rapidly escalated into a full-scale war, the Japanese pushing forward with 80,000 troops, 180 tanks and 450 aircraft. This led to the decisive Battle of Khalkhin Gol. Zhukov requested major rei

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