Historical Military Leaders

Images of key military figures from World War II, featuring gatherings and speeches showcasing power, leadership, and the historical context of the era.

Goebbles. July 24, 1933.
Goebbles. July 24, 1933.
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Madrid, October 1937. Distribution of prizes to the winners of the fortifications and shelters competition, held in the Center sector by the 36th and 42nd brigades.
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Adolf Hitler holds a Nazi Flg at a youth rally. Circa 1933
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After the May Twentieth Incident, student representatives negotiate with Kuomintang. The May Twentieth Incident involved the beating of protesting students in major cities.
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España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Dolores Ibarruri Gómez (1895-1989), conocida como Pasionaria, política española republicana, el capitán Carlos Fabra Marin (1904-1970), militar republicano, y el general José Miaja Menant (1878-1958), militar español republicano, en Valencia.
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German Generals At NATO Manoeuvres -- Former German Generals, Guest observes at the North Atlantic treaty organisation Manoeuvers, "Battle Royal", in Germany, today September 25, are briefed by Lieutenant Colonel G.C. Cobould, commanding officer 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian regiment. Left to Right, A. Heusimger (profile) Theodor Blank, Hans Speidel. Man at rear unidentified. September 25, 1954. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Photograph of Hideki Tojo receiving his death sentence (1884-1948) General of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II. Dated 1948
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adolf hitler meets President paul Von Hindenburg to be appointed Chancellor of germany in 1933
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German Chancellor AdolfHitler reviews a military parade in Berlin 1938
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Nazi swastika flag inspected by Adolf Hitler during a rally in 1930-31
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Herr Albert Foerster Danzig Nazi Leader. November 27, 1939.
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The funeral of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, a Hitler confidant who was convicted as a war criminal by the Nuremberg court martial, turned into a manifestation of Knight's Cross bearers, old and new Nazis. Aumuehle near Hamburg, 06.01.1981, Germany, Europe
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Admission of a group of young women to the German National Socialist Workers' Party, Germany, September 27, 1942
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Valery Chkalov meets with Joseph Stalin, Anonymous
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Death Drama On The Sidewalks Of Fifth Avenue -- Another patrolman, gun drawn, stands over the form of the wounded bandit, while George Baxter, the Altman's doorman, still clings to the foot of the downed thug. Battle murder and sudden death more spectacular than any conjured by writers of fiction, took place on the sidewalks of fifth avenue and 34 street, in the heart of the crowded shopping section, following a holdup in an elevator of a building in 34th street. When the smoke of battle and cleared two men, one a policeman and one a civilian, were dead, three were wounded and the two payroll bandits, one of them seriously wounded, were in custody. The lens of a camera following the daylight horror here record the dramatic phases of the gunfight. January 14, 1941. (Photo by Acme Newspictures).
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Curd Jurgens, Helmuth Schneider, on-set of the Italian Film, "Dirty Heroes", Italian: "Dalle Ardenne all'inferno", Golden Eagle, 1967
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Marshall Edward Rydz-Smigly; propaganda poster,, 1939. Marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly (1886 2 December 1941). Polish politician, statesman, ; Commander-in-Chief of Poland's armed forces. During the interwar period, he was an exceptionally admired public figure in Poland and was regarded as a hero for his exemplary record as an army commander in the Polish Legions of World War I and the ensuing Polish-Soviet War of 1920.
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Adolf Hitler confering with SA leader Ernst Roehm 1933
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11/15/1961 - Installation of Locks in the Sewers
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Vietnamese Emperor in Rome.The emperor reviews the guard of Honour of Italian air force personnel on his arrival at the airport.Bao Dai, emperor of Vietnam, who is holidaying in Nice, France, visited Rome on a two-day trip with his wife and five children Sept 3. The Royal party arrived in the emperor's own Dakota plane at Ciampino Airport, Rome. The trip was described as a private visit. September 5, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Manuel Azaña Díaz (1880-1940), presidente del gobierno republicano, cambiando impresiones durante la comida sobre su visita a los frentes del Centro, con el general José Miaja Menant (1878-1958), militar español republicano.
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Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (1893 1976), known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949, until his death in 1976
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Independence Day in Paris, 1955: At the PICpus Cemetery. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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A female Vietnamese militia woman drives a captured Chinese PLA soldier ahead of her during the 1979 Chinese invasion of Vietnam (the Third Indochina War). The image is strikingly (and perhaps deliberately) reminiscent of a similar photograph from the Second Indochina War showing a large American pilot being driven by a tiny Vietnamese female soldier.
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Anefo photo collection. PRESS conference Marechaussee Ede i.v.m. solution weapon theft; Martens, Beelen research leader Major Beelen. February 10, 1987. Ede
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Military polish personified is this Lieutenant of the little army of the republic of San Marino. The Tiny, 1,000-year-old independent state is located within the heart of Italy. December 23, 1955. (Photo by United Press Photo).
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Liberation of Alsace, France, 1944-1945. An Alsatian woman kisses an Allied soldier. The photographer is unknown.
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International Women's Congress In Paris -- Two members of the Soviet Delegation at the November 28 session of the Congress. They are (left) Capt. Klavdia Famichova, one of the 56 women who wear the star of Hero of the Soviet Union (it can be seen above her row of medals) and (right) Lt. Col. Yevdakia Berchanskaya. Both are combat bomber pilots and are mothers. Delegates from forty nations are attending the International Women's Congress which opened in Paris, November 26. December 11, 1945. (Pho
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Anefo photo collection. Colonel Juan Jose Torres from Bolivia. July 9, 1971. Bolivia
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Dr. Mossadeq In Cairo - Nahas Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, confers with Dr. Mossadeq, resting at Shepheard's Hotel, after his arrival in Cairo.Dr. Mossadeq, the Persian Prime Minister received a frenzied greeting from large crowds, when he arrived in Cairo, breaking his journey home from the U.S.A. November 23, 1951. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited)
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Chairman Mao during the Cultural Revolution. 1966. Mao Zedong (1893 - September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death
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France, Pas de Calais, Wizernes-Helfaut, La Coupole, WWII German V2 rocket bunker, photographs of French victims of Nazi-era terror.
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New Cuban Chief Of State - Gen. Fulgencio Batista, smiling broadly and with upraised hands, is surrounded by Cuban soldiers at Camp Columbia, Cuban army base, during yesterday's revolution. Note the automatic pistol stuck into Batistas belt. March 11, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Soldiers at the Gate of Heavenly Peace, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Beijing, China
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Police action against communists prior to the founding of the German Communist Party (DKP) at a communist meeting ca. 1965 in Oberhausen, Germany, Europe
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División Azul en Alemania en 1942 (Segunda Guerra Mundial). Condecoración al general Agustín Muñoz Grandes con la Cruz de Hierro.
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General Blaskowitz. Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz (10 July 1883 - 5 February 1948) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Blaskowitz led the 8th Army during the Invasion of Poland and was the Commander in Chief of Occupied Poland from 1939 to 1940; he had written several memoranda for the German High Command protesting the SS atrocities and handed out death sentences to members of the SS for crimes against the civilian population. He was dismissed, but then re-appointed. After the war, he was charged with war crimes in the High Command Trial at Nuremberg. While in custody facing trial he died on 5 February 1948, purportedly of suicide. He was posthumously acquitted on all counts.
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Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 1924 Standing Before Battle Scene Announcing League Of Nations 28Th American President
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