Historical Military Groups

Black and white images depicting various historical military forces and gatherings from different eras, highlighting uniforms and wartime contexts.

On the front and after experience he commanded 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, c1916, (1945). Artist: Unknown.

Col. F.A. Synder & Lt. Col. J.S. Bradford

Duke of Gloucester Inspects Cambridge University O.T.C.-- A complete receiving station, this undergraduate is receiving messages as part of the training in the wireless section of the corps today. The Duke of Gloucester who is honorary colonel of the Cambridge University O.T.C. Today made in inspection of all branches of the corps at their headquarters in Cambridge. May 03, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

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.

Marshal Timoshenko - Timoshenko (right) with General K. Meretskov, a member of his General Staff. March 28, 1947. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

10/31/1910. The Prince of Bavaria in Madrid. SAD Luis Fernando (X) in the visit he made yesterday afternoon to the military hygiene institute.

The surrender of Jerusalem to the British, December 9th, 1917 Brig. Gen. Watson, the first British officer to enter Jerusalem. 1917, Israel

07/31/1916. Don Alfonso Xiii in Vitoria. His Majesty the King, Upon His Arrival in Vitoria (X), Conversing with the Captain General of the Region, Marquis of Valtierra.

A Brigade of Royal Marines march through Ostend, Belgium, greeted by local residents. The Brigade was made up of Battalions from each of the Royal Marine home divisions, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham. Their stay in Ostend was brief, being pulled back after four days. Date: August 1914

This German officer, one of the defenders of Metz, France, captured when that bastion fell to combined American Air and Ground attack, 22 November 1944, still retains an air of arrogance as he pauses in a street of the city before being marched

A wounded british soldier is helped away from the trenches around Antwerp, Belgium 1914

Prussia. 1915. A break in combat. Appearance of a German trench in East Prussia.

General Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), Commander of the French Army during the first half of the First World War. Seen here chatting with an officer on his way to the Front. Date: September 1914

Naval recruits police, Paris

The Fire Brigade Standard Bearer with Guards / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Portrait view of Generalmaj Johann Fernengel, Commander of the 92nd Infantry Division in Hermagor, recorded on April 13, 1916.

Utilizing a little of the burning Sun of South Africa..

Station champion Johannes Brissman on the left.

Winston Churchill, important statesman, particularly during the Second World War. Prime Minister, politician, writer and Nobel Prize winner for literature. Churchill and the German Kaiser Wilhelm II during an autumn maneuver near Breslau, 1906, Germany, contemporary history, historical, Great Britain

Exchanging goods with civilians Veneto; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 5.

German General Alexander von Kluck (20 May 1846 19 October 1934) was a German general during World War I;. seated in car with staff, at army manoeuvres.

01/22/1923. Cordova. Inspection visit. HM the Infante Don Fernando (X) director of the Cria Caballar, testing the Soldiers' ranch during his visit to La Remonta.

United Service Club circa 1910-1920.

Boy Scouts demonstrate uses of Gas-Masks at Union Square Park. Four Boy Scouts wearing different types of gas-masks. The boys realistically went through their drills and manoeuvres and won applause from the great crowd gathered about the space in the park where they exhibited.

Francisco Ignacio Madero Gonzalez (1873-1913), front row 3rd from right, with rebel leaders. Madero, Mexican writer, politician and revolutionary and a leader of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1913, was President of Mexico 1911-1913. Overthrown by Victoriano Huertos coup detat, 18 February 1913, he was shot four days later.

London, January 1916. Returning from the trenches. English soldiers making purchases upon arrival in London on temporary leave.

Washington, District of Columbia. Sgt. and officer of 31st Penn. Inf. (later, 82d Penn. Inf.) at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Army Printing and Stationery Section First World War Collection R.A.M.C.

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Tasker Howard Bliss; GCMG; (December 31; 1853 November 9; 1930) was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from September 22; 1917 until May 18; 1918. World War One

Japanese in Siberia

Mrs. Wynne in Western Trenches

Headquarters of the 15th Infantry Regiment near Stolgan Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

06/30/1921. Artillery lieutenant D. Diego Flomesta y Moya, who perished in the heroic defense of Abarrán.

Officers of the Cavalry Squadron of the Second Brigade (I). Front of the Polish Legions in Bukowina, Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Company Sergeant Major Canadian Scottish, in full marching order (front)

World War 1 - on the Italian front - meeting of italian General Carlo Porro (1854-1939), and French general Joffre (1852-1931)with General Luigi Cadorna September 1915.

The Erzurum Offensive or Battle of Erzurum. An offensive by the Imperial Russian Army on the Caucasus Campaign that led to the capture of the strategic city of Erzurum. Ottoman forces, in winter quarters, suffered a series of unexpected reverses that led to a decisive Russian victory;10 January 1916 16 February 1916 ranks of Caucasian and Siberial troops .

Soldiers sitting around reading, listening to music on a gramophone and playing cards, Soldier's house, Milan, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 47, November 23, 1913.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection The Right Honorable W.J. Massey and Sir Joseph Ward with the Matron and C.O. Of the New Zealand military Hospital, Oaklands Park, Walton.

This photo shows Canadian troops who fought in World War I. The caption reads: Cheerful Beggars. It appeared in Harold R Peat's book "Private Peat" published in 1917.

Prussian Army, Instruction for the Soldiers, Berlin, Germany, ca 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknow...

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Gunner, Artillery, marching order

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection British, French, Americans and Italians at the same table receiving refreshments.

The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale (Turkish: Çanakkale Savaşı), took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire (now Gelibolu in modern day Turkey) between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War. A joint British and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (Istanbul) and secure a sea route to Russia. The attempt failed, with heavy casualties on both sides. The campaign was considered one of the greatest victories of the Turks and was reflected on as a major failure by the Allies. The Gallipoli campaign resonated profoundly among all nations involved. In Turkey, the battle is perceived as a defining moment in the history of the Turkish peoplea final surge in the defence of the motherland as the ageing Ottoman Empire was crumbling. The struggle laid the grounds for the Turkish War of Independence and the foundation of the Republic of Tu

Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn, February 1882 20 July 1951, born in Mecca, Second Saudi State, (in modern-day Saudi Arabia) was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah (d. 1886). Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-18. The extraordinary breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

Signalling -- Signal Corps Camp

Commando Returns With Prisoner -- Back in Britain after the big Commando raid on Dieppe in German-occupied France, this stern Commando leads a blind-folded German prisoner. August 20, 1942 (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Bulgarian officers examining the effects of artillery shots on the city of Edirne, Turkey, First Balkan War, photograph by Karastoyanoff, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 49, December 8, 1912.

Dresden. K.S. 1. Field-Art.-encry. No. 12 - items in front of gun

Japanese army press censors , Military personnel, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Gen. Terauchi, Premier

8. Königlich Sächsisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 78, Artillery of Germany, Military facilities of Germany, 1908, Landkreis Leipzig, Wurzen, Wache des Königlich Sächsischen Feld, Artillerie, Regiments Nr. 78

The coordination of Allied strategy: General Joffre leaving the War Office with Lord Kitchener on 29 October 1915, during his first visit to London since the outbreak of war, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

French air ace Adolphe Pegoud, 1914-1915. Artist: Unknown

French Air ace Adolphe Pegoud, 4th from right, in front of his plane on the day when fellow officers presented him with a bouquet in celebration of his latest citation. Killed action 1915. First World War

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12/31/1917. Trotsky, at the time when he organized the Red Army.

Hunter, a Prussian officer wearing his uniform holding a gun with a hunting dog, a shot hare and a shot pheasant lying next to him, around 1910, Ostpreussen, unbekannt, Ostpreussen, Russia, Europe

Prince Andrew of Greece pictured in uniform with his wife, Alice. He was in Command of the Greek Second Army Corps at the Battle of Sakaria. He was accused of disobeying an order and was consequently banished from Greece. He boarded H.M.S. Calypso with his wife where he was to live in exile until the sentence was quashed in 1936. Date: 1882 - 1944

The Emperor of Russia,Nicholas II,1868-1918 seated left with the Grand Duke Nicholas,1856-1929 at the front.

Some of the victims, British army and ex-army officers, assassinated on the morning of Sunday 21 November by members of the Irish Republican Army. Date: November 1920

Flag of the 1st Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 1933. Artist: Boumendil

1926. Francisco Franco, first commander of the Legion, upon being promoted to brigadier general, along with the then colonel Millan Astray, founder of the Tercio.

08/24/1912. In the center of the Army and Navy. Banquet with which said society has celebrated the satisfactory success obtained by its preparatory academy for entry into the Military.

Man in military uniform. Man i militäruniform.

Second World War. Holland. Two relatives of the German Wehrmacht in a wagon on the way to the Eastern Front

'United we stand. Divided we fall' British and Indian troops fighting together during WWI. circa 1917

Two soldiers in uniform with a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

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