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Historical Military Gatherings

Images depict historical military scenes with armed groups, tents in desert settings, and diverse attire from the early 20th century, showcasing a moment in camp life and camaraderie.

El-Azrak & Wadi Sirhan in the Arabian desert. Druze political refugees from Jebel Druze (The Hauran). Sheikh Sultan el-Atrash and warriors. 1926, Jordan, Qasr el Azraq

French African Troops at Duala during World War I

Scottish soldiers with Indian men at a military encampment (during the Second China War ). Photograph, ca. 1860.

Asia. afghanistan. vagabonds and thieves locked up in the kalat. 1920.

Cana (Kafr Kenn) of Galilee American Colony, Jerusalem. 1898, Israel, Kafr Kannā

Princes in the Grand State Entry, Durbar, Delhi, India.Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Sr.Majesty Kaiser Karl at the 58.j.D.In Ontagnano 12.11.17. .

Provision of our troops in Fellatal. .

Description: Coronation Day military parade. Location: Tanganyika africa

Nain. 1898, Israel, Nein

Palestine is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land and the Southern Levant. In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922. In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a

08/07/1936. The Popular Militias Seize the weapons that the Nationals abandoned in the castle of Ibiza, among which there was a Radio Station.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Africa 1940/1941. Refus of Italian troops through the desert of Egypt. September 1940

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.

Boer train ambulance, by De Haenen (active 19th century), drawing. Anglo-Boer wars, South Africa, 19th-20th century.

Some of the homeless in San Francisco after the earthquake in 1906, living in tents at the Presidio; San Francisco, California, United States of America

German Baghdad Railway, Arabs working with picks E. of Aleppo 1900, Syria

Mesopotamia: April 4, 1918 Indian troops attached to the British forces fighting the Turks in Mesopotamia use these novel shade shelters to protect themselves from the desert sun.

New York, Underwood and Underwood, Kroonstad, Lord Roberts (3d to left) and Escort of Imperial Yeomanry entering Kroonstadt, Boer War, S. Africa, Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts) (3rd from left) and British soldiers on horseback entering Kroonstad, New York (city), verso - printed, stereograph, stereophoto, photographs, Works and Studios ~, Arlington, NJ Littleton, NH Washington, DC, recto - printed, 105, Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood., height 88 mm, width 178 mm, photographer, 1901 - 1901, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Palestine disturbances 1936 Jaffa. Troops & police guarding entrance to demolishing area. 1936, Israel, Tel Aviv

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 -- ***** Cavalry on the move in Transjordan. June 11, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Touring Club Members during the 1920 excursion to Venezia Giulia. 1920

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 British soldier at south-east piquet, Belfast, South Africa.

05/31/1915. New Spanish Positions in Morocco. The Forces that Carried Out the Recent and Brilliant Operation, under the command of General Jordana, in the important watering hole of Hasi Berkan (Melilla).

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.

Jenin, dynamiting Sept. 1938, West Bank

Italo-abyssinian war. ascari. 1935-36.

Korean porters. Korea, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection .

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.

Human pyramid during the Statute celebration organized by an infantry brigade.

Locust plague 1925, Middle East

Camal riders in the Astrachan area are included in two large photo albums by director Karl Wilhelm Hagelin who worked for a long time at Nobel's oil facilities in Baku.

Funeral of King Hussein, Jerusalem. 1931, Israel

Camp at the Gold Cave. Circa 1913.

Anefo photo collection. Sixth Lustrum Nijmeegs student corps, entry Emperor Charles the Great in Nijmegen. May 14, 1954. Nijmegen

Jerez de la Frontera, province of Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. Jerez jail. Group of prisoners accused of complicity in the crimes perpetrated by the anarchist and secret organization called "La Mano Negra" (The Black Hand). This criminal gang acted in Andalusia in 1882 and 1883, amidst class struggle in the Andalusian countryside. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 22 March 1883. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

Thessaloniki, Greece refugee camp in Struma , 1913 - Balkans, Greece, Bulgaria - Stéphane Passet - (August 30 -October 21) (French - Thessalonique , Grèce Campement de réfugiés de Strumica). Civil war, luggage, Balkan wars, exists in high definition, child, photographer shadow, cart, camp, migrant , refugee, Political life, HD, human beings, Greece, Salonica, refugee camp

east over Marble Bridge toward the Forbidden City, Peking, 1901. photographic print on stereo card, Indian soldiers and two Chinese men in front of a gate.

Lower Beth Horon. 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Military camp at Lubban (klm. 41), Sept. 16, 1938, West Bank, El Lubban, Middle East

Afghanistan: 'Kohat Pass', photograph by John Burke (1843-1900), c. 1878-1880. The Second Anglo-Afghan War was waged between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880. A consequence of the Great Game between Britain and Russia, the conflict was instigated by the latter sending an uninvited diplomatic mission to Kabul, despite the wishes and protestations of Sher Ali Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan.

South Africa: hunters at their camp with their Easter kill. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

Excavations at Pompeii, Italy, in 1897, historic wood engraving, about 1897, Europe

10/31/1914. Spain's action in Morocco. The commander of the Indigenous police, Mr. Riquelme, reading to the "Sheikhs" of Beni-Bu-Gafar, the address given to them by General Jordana.

Serbia - The Russian Consol Emiliyanov with his bodyguard at Detchani, 10 miles south of Pech (Pec) during the Balkan War between Russian and the Turkish Ottoman Empire in 1912. Date: 1912

03/31/1920. Melilla. The Flag Pledge. 1.- Generals Fernández and Monteverde during the solemn ceremony. 2.- Ceriñola Recruits Swearing. 3.- appearance of the Plaza de España during the Jura. 4.- Indigenous Children Students of the Spanish Classes Who Attended the Event. Photo: Catalan.

Angry students protesting in Beijing. This happened during the May Fourth Movement. The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement that grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919.

Spanish Civil War. In the trenches esat of Madrid.

The Great March to the Transvaal, South Africa, November 6, 1913. On march through Volksrust Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox www.dinodia.com

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Five-day advance by the Patjet mountains, Sendi, SOEMD GONDO, Djurang, Koeali, Lember, Brantas, Djoenggo, Batoe. Patjet-Batoe. High in the mountains is the air and the wind cold. There, the Indonesian staff suffer more than the sons from the far north. During a break they warm at small fires. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Jenin, dynamiting Sept. 1938, West Bank

Photograph of two children waving as French troops march along Avenue Gambetta, during the allied victory parade, Tunis, Tunisia. Dated 1943

Turkish soldiers marching to the north of Rheims during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Officers of the Camelry Unit pictured posed on their mounts, in front of the Sphinx and pyramids at Giza during the First World War. From left, Captain H. S. Scott, Lieutenant Ward, Lieutenant H. Thompson, Lieutenant A. L. Elliott and Lieutenant Swindlehurst. Date: 1917

12/31/1940. Monument to the memory of the Fallen on the Ship "castillo de Olite" in Cartagena.

Description: A Sudan Defence Force sentry in Tripoli, 1943. Location: Tripoli, Sudan Date: 1943 sudan, libya, tripoli, secondworldwar, africa

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.

Peasants have military training, during the Cultural Revolution. China 1967

Palestine disturbances 1936 Searching citizens for arms at the Jaffa Gate. 1936, Jerusalem

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Souk at the Damascues. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

Touring Club Members on the slopes of Etna. 1924

07/31/1921. Melilla. At the dock disembarkation of recently arrived artillery material.

Coronation' of King Abdullah in Amman. Cavalry of the Arab Legion in march past parade. 1946, Jordan, Amman

Workers of Vladivostok protesting the foreign intervention. 4th of July, 1918.

Italian grenadiers occupy Rabab, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, photograph by Aldo Molinari, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 50, December 10, 1911.

09/30/1913. Journey of the Sultan of Morocco. Muley Yusef On horseback and surrounded by his escort upon entering Casablanca.

11/11/1975. Green march camp at the Tah Customs Post.

Train wagon with wounded soldiers at the Oranjerivier, South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Oranjerivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print railway, train. the soldier; the soldier's life. transport of the sick Orange River

Officers of Gen. Gomez Army, Remedios, Cuba. Twelve men standing in front of a building, they are holding weapons; one man is holding a flag. stereograph. c1899. During the Spanish American War

The Segesta Amphitheatre. 1924

Flood-war damage 1925, Middle East

ingresso dei soldati italiani in macallè, 1935 1938

CHINESE AND AMERICAN COMRADES AT ARMS--Chinese soldiers bring in a group of Gen. Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders to the tiny village near where their bomber crashed. Center right, his arm held by a Chinese, is Col. John Hilger, who was injured.

12/31/1917. The French in Italy. Arrival at the Walls of Peschiera of a column of French infantry.

Hostilities End Between Israel and Egypt U.N. Supervises Evacuation of Al Faluja - Israeli forces take possession of Vacated Al Faluja, handed over to then by U.N. observers. In a brief ceremony troops salute the white and blue Israeli flag hoisted from the roof-top of a shell-scarred building. November 10, 1949. (Photo by United Nations Photo (Department of Public Information)).

At the Temple of the Dioscuri in Agrigento. Circa 1924.

Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment IV Officers of the departing battalion. X. Armeekommando Rohr.

"ESFERA"GRAL FRESNEDA JUNTO A JEFES,OFICIALES Y SOLDADOS EN LOS ALTOS HARDUM. FRESNEDA GENERAL.

Clearing around city wall, January, 1936, Jerusalem, Middle East, Israel

No Mechanization Here. -- A comrade's assistance is required in the adjustment of the long waistband which is part of the picturesque uniform.One branch of the Egyptian Army which remains unmechanised without loss of efficiency is the famous camel corps, whose activities in peace time are confined mainly to patrolling the desert, borders to keep desert tribes used to the lonely life of the desert", the Corps is mounted on a special breed of camel which is swift and silent, and can thus take action when noisy motor vehicles would be useless. In previous wars the Egyptian camel corps has proved its worth. June 12, 1940. (Photo by L.N.A.).

Tunis - Place Bab-Souika. November 16, 1942.

A chiel among us takin sic notes. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.

Yugoslavian pilots talking to a local, 1941. Artist: Unknown

Jose Marti (1853-1895) - poet, publicist and teacher; an outstanding leader of the liberation struggle of the Cuban people. He died in battle with the Spanish colonialists. His memory is highly respected by the working people of socialist Cuba, other countries of Latin America and the whole world.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Indians awaiting the encounter with the royal couple at Zanderij airport in Suriname. October 27, 1955. Suriname

As part of the ceremonies on the sixth anniversary of his rule, Haile Silassie reviewed troops in Addis Ababa. This warriro, en route to the northern front, took part. December 09, 1935.

(French - Quweira , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Chefs Druses).

In line with the French policy of assimilation, indigenous Algerians are recruited into the Armee d'Afrique. Date: circa 1900

Akka (Acre, Accho). British cannon from the Napoleonic Wars. 1920, Cannons, Forts & fortifications, Acre is a city in the coastal plain region of Israel's Northern District at the extremity of Haifa Bay.

English prisoners being disarmed and stripped by Boers, Boer War, South Africa, drawing by R Miseno, from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVIII, No 47, November 24, 1901.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Acre (AKKO). Resting for a herd of problems. January 1, 1948. Acre, Israel

Una Unidad Especial de Ataque Shinpu, tomando sake antes del despegue mientras el comandante, el Sr. Tominaga, los arenga.

Crossing desert to Euphrates 1900 Middle East

Baksheesh, 1936. Artist: Unknown

Previously the Kirghizian people could neither read nor write. Now-a-days there are no illiterates and every spare moment is used fro bettering their education. October 5, 1942.

Citadel area at Jaffa Gate under military patrol during court rehearsal on Aug 22, 1938 of bomb incident on July 8. 1938, Jerusalem, Israel

Al-Wasik Billah al-Majid Sayyid Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki, KCIE, CSI (1886-1965) (Arabic: تيمور بن فيصل بن تركي‎) was the sultan of Muscat and Oman from 5 October 1913 to 10 February 1932. He was born at Muscat and succeeded his father Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman as Sultan.

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