Historical Military Life

Photos showcase military personnel in historical settings, featuring social interactions and communal activities. The atmosphere is reflective and nostalgic, highlighting camaraderie in military life.

City Missions. December 05, 1938.

Life at a Bomber Station- Linton-on-ouse, Yorkshire, England, UK, October 1941.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Korea volunteers from Indonesia. October 9, 1950. Indonesia, Indonesia, Korea

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

Anefo photo collection. Dam championship the Netherlands, overview. January 14, 1956. The Netherlands

City Missions. December 05, 1938.

Poll photo collection. Prince Bernhard visits Dutch troops on their army base in Great Britain during the Second World War. Prince Bernhard with soldiers to the meal. 1940. Great Britain

Crew Members Of The 479Th Anti-Submarine Group Relax With Hot Coffee And Sandwiches During Interrogation In The Reading Room At An Air Base In St. Eval, England. 1943.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sports tournament in Semarang on the occasion of the farewell of General de Waal through the T-, V, and W-Brigades and B.C. Perkalongan. Militarians on the meal in a canteen or petty officer of the barracks Djatingaleh. April 12, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

V 5730. Thule (depicted name)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sports tournament in Semarang on the occasion of the farewell of General de Waal through the T-, V, and W-Brigades and B.C. Perkalongan. Militarians on the meal in a canteen or petty officer of the barracks Djatingaleh. April 12, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

The Concession Is Made To The Wacs Serving With The 12Th Air Force In Italy -- They Are Served Their Food In Dishes Instead Of Mess Kits Which The Gis Use.

Happy Englishmen -- British troops repatriated Aug. 6. at Panmunjom, sit in the back of a UN ambulance awaiting the trip to Freedom Village. Left to right: Pvt. Derrick Ackroyd, Guilstead Bingley, Yorkshire; William Smith, George Smith, Herringhorne, Rotherham; Bob Parker; L/Cp Allen McKell, Glasgow, S.W.3; Rflm Edward English, Lisborn county, Antin, North Ireland; Rflm Pat Morgan of a Lisburn county, Antrim, North Ireland; Pvt. Frank Morrell, Abroathangus, Scotland, and Felix O'Hanlon. August 8, 1953. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Lessing's Pictures on Coal - Apprentices' School at Oignies. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november 1941 Pilots of No. 134 Squadron RAF take refreshment in their dugout dispersal hut at Vaenga, between sorties.

2Nd Lt. Leslye Winchester Supervises Radio Operators Of The 401St Bomb Group In Their Practice In Receiving And Transmitting Messages. Only Those Who Proved Themselves Able To Log The Messages Accurately Were Eligible For Combat Flying. England, 25 Febr

The Party For Officers Of The 353Rd Fighter Group, Based In England, Was In Full Swing When The Photographer Snapped Their Photograph. 22 April 1944.

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940 Officers of No. 73 Squadron RAF eating in their mess dining room, on the ground floor of the Mairie at Rouvres.

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

The members of a bombing crew holding a "Post Germany Mortum" tell the Intelligence Officer exactly where the bombs fell.

New Zealand Repatriates Arrive in England- Everyday Life For Repatriated Pows in Margate, Kent, England, UK, April 1945 Newly-repatriated New Zealand Prisoners of War collect their rations of chocolate and cigarettes from local volunteers at the YMCA canteen in Margate. The chocolate and cigarettes are issued to all repatriates by the National Patriotic Fund of New Zealand.

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.

Minister of Defense, Ir. S.H. Visser brings a working visit to the Deeleelen airbase.links from the minister is the commander of the airbase, lieutenant-colonel-flyer f.l.m. FOCQUIN DE GRAVE.Yult the Commander of 306 Squadron, Captain kite B. van der Spek.

Anefo photo collection. Moc-Hilversum. October 19, 1949

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting topographic service (II). Temporary transfer of the leadership of the topographic service. Through the head, Colonel A. Kint, who leaves for the Netherlands due to health reasons, to Major D.H.G. Van Bergen van der Grijp. November 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Marine Drum band of the Marine Barracks Amsterdam (MKAD) gives an execution in the canteen of the MKAD on the occasion of the 1 year anniversary.

Allied Forces Celebrate Passover- Jewish Traditions in Wartime Britain, April 1944 Reading from the Passover Haggadah during a Passover meal for almost 700 Jewish service personnel at a large hall near London, is Private Leopold Rosenblum, who came to Britain from Bratislava in 1938, just before the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.

Staff of the Marine Air Carring Service (MLD) that in March 1958 with a Sikorsky Ho 4S-3 (UH-19F) helicopter saved an injured fishing boy from Urk from board was honored in Urk in September 1958 and was offered a fish meal afterwards.

Soldiers Working on the Land- Helping With the Harvest, UK, July 1945 Soldiers on pay parade queue up for their wages at the end of a day of working helping to bring in the harvest, somewhere in Britain. Included are a man from a Fusilier regiment, possibly the Lancashire Fusiliers, receiving his payment, and several men of the Royal Artillery. According to the original caption, 'soldiers receive 1/ 6 for each day's work in addition to their Army pay'.

Christmas celebration of the Flak (Flugzeug Abwehr Kanone) crew at Leeuwarden airbase.

Flyers Of The 401St Bomb Group Who Have Just Returned From A Successful Bombing Operation Over Germany Enjoy 'Java And Sinkers' While They Are Interrogated At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 20 December 1943.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Popular songwriter Mark Molloy, serving as AC2 R Donnelly, entertains a group of RAF servicemen in the Salvation Army Redshield Club in Algiers.

Kids are kids, wherever they may be--and no one knows it better than Cpl. Glen D. Hunt, ofrmer Seattle assistant Scoutmaster who teaches an English Cub pact the mysteries of knot-tying. Hunt, a Chemical Warfare expert with the Air Service Command

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Discussion at Djamboo-Tjandjoer. Jamboo: Discussions were held between Dutch and Republican officers about the way in which the evacuation of Republican troops would take place from the Dutch area. As military observers from the CGD, the French Colonel Mourison and the Captain Dhoste were present at these discussions. 5 February 1948. Djamboo, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Dr. Carman at inquest

On Board the Battleship HMS Rodney at Sea. 1940. Just off watch, Tea time in one of the Mess decks below.

W.A.A.F.S. Fly With Wounded From France -- L.A.C.W., Myra Roberts in her machine with some of the wounded troops. The first British wounded to be evacuated by air from the battlefield in Normandy arrived at a secret airfield last night. Three W.A.A.F., nursing orderlies flew out in the planes and attended the wounded first on a Normandy airstrip and then in the aircraft. September 4, 1944. (Photo by L.N.A.).

WWI Belgium: A stretcher case. Attending to a badly wounded case in an advanced dressing station. 1917-1918 photo by Capt F.Hurley

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. Dinner hour in the Airmen's Mess of No. 73 Squadron RAF at Rouvres, situated in a large room in the rear of one of the village's cafes on Grand Rue.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Communal breakfast of the 7th battalion shock troops in the Vincentius-founded to Kramat. Festive meal in honor of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday?. August 31, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Kramat, Dutch East Indies

Naval Recruits Take the First Steps To Seamanship. 12 January 1943, Devonport, New Recruits of the Royal Navy Are Posted To HMS Raleigh For Their Initial Training. New recruits drawing their first naval pay.

Men Help Themselves To Food In The Mess Hall Of The 390Th Bomb Group At An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 19 August 1943.

Anefo photo collection. 70 years exist Lyceum Doetinchem. 17 February 1949. Doetinchem

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Brigade Princess Irene. Landing Normandy. Lunch consists biscuits jam fish, stand distinction rank. August 1944. France, Normandy

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

Typhoon pilots in their disperal hut, 12th April 1943. Artist: Unknown

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Dutch journalists to East Java. Modjokerto: During their visit to East Java, Dutch journalists also visited the Modjokerto sector. The region, better known as the "Linggadjati testing" had their full attention. On the basis of photos and maps, the Regent, Mr Rikso-Amiprodjo gives an explanation of the state of affairs. Right: Kol. Dijkstra, CDT, X.-brig .. April 14, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

A Lonely Vigil In A Lovely Land-Watching -- Nazi tank-designer Ferdinand Porsche didn't expect British troops ever to appreciate his wood-burning kiln, but they found it more useful than the tanks he designed. This type of tiled stove is wonderfully warming and is a feature to be found in every living-room or general room of houses in the mountain villages of Austria, which are snowbound during the winter. May 22, 1946.

Anefo photo collection. valuable bauxite mines Suriname ensure 60%% required production American aluminum factories protected special Dutch American armed forces. quota Dutch soldiers Princess Irene Brigade sent Suriname .. November 1941. Britain, Suriname

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade. Weapon instruction. Bren Gun. {1940-1945}. Britain

Anefo photo collection. Opening chess championships canteen police headquarters. April 5, 1954

Public Relations Section, HQ, BCOF, Japan.Australian, British and American volunteers staffed a borrowed office in BCOF to pack gifts for members of the 27th Brigade now serving in Korea. The troops couldn't get out to do their own shopping, so it was done for them by special order of the C-in-C, Lt-Gen Sir Horace Robertson. Above are Mrs S.J Blsechmore, wife of the CRE BCOF; Mrs H.A.G Clerk, wife of a BCOF Chaplain; Mrs Earle, wife of a UK officer; the BCOF COS, A/Cdre Charleaworth; and Mrs N.D Smith, wife of a BCOF demolition expert ***** serving in Korea. December 20, 1950.

Just before taking off on a high altitude photo mission over Germany, Allied recon. Pilots of the First Tac/AF plot their courses on a map of the assigned area. The U.S.A.A.F., R.A.F., and French Air Force airmen are, left to right: Capt. James F.

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspectorate General H.J. Curls by Indonesia. General curly speaks with a soldier in a workshop. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Opening of new port in Den Helder with cable sailing through Karel Doorman. July 2, 1954. Den Helder

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Princess Juliana visit recently founded women's help corps. commander Mrs. C.E. Smit - Dyserinck, speech. September 1944. Britain, Wolverhampton

Anefo photo collection. DS. P.H. Meerburg with Korea volunteers from Schiphol to Korea. March 6, 1951

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Volunteers for Dutch New Guinea are ready for their departure in the Oirschot camp. December 12, 1958. Oirschot

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit from the British General Montagu Stopford to the U-Brigade. The army commander, Lieutenant General S.H. Track, the British officers offer a cocktail party to say goodbye on November 10, 1946. v.l.n.r. C.h.j.f. Van Houten, a Captain-Ter Sea, General E.G. Mansergh, S.H. Rail, General Montagu Stopford, Dürst Britt and D.C. Buurman van Vreede (seen on the back). November 10, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Former Nazi official Hangeo -- Franz Strasser (center) stands with hands folded just before he was hanged at Landsberg, Germany, December 10, for killing two American fliers forced down in Germany during the war, Johann Reichart, German executioner, is just behind Strasser. Col. T. N. Griffin, (far left), U.S. third army provost Marshal, reads charges against Strasser for last time. January 21, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. KLM instruction department in the kitchen of "Mother Hendrina" in Amsterdam. January 2, 1946. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

French Army - Training Recruits. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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

Released British Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in Rangoon, 1945 A group of resently released British prisoners of war at the bar of the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Club in Rangoon.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A final briefing of Douglas Boston crews of No. 137 Wing RAF takes place at Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, before they depart on smoke-laying sorties off the French coast to shield the Allied invasion fleet from enemy shore defences.

Operation 'Nor'easter' - 11/14/1952 , Offices, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

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

Anefo photo collection. Dinner General Curls. December 4, 1945

Anefo photo collection. Tour of Prince Bernhard by West Netherlands. De Prins in The Hague in the town hall. 29 June 1945. The Hague, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Assembly Contact Official Service Army Contacts. Meetings Contact officers in Amvi Batavia. January 24, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Opening transistor laboratory lets.op 10 May 1962 by the commander Lets, the Lieutenant-Colonel-kite J.H. Coppens the transistor laboratory officially opened. In his speech, the Superb O. Memorized that this laboratory has been established by study, an inventive spirit, teamwork and a great interest in the work on the part of Captain Seckel and his policies. A laboratory in this form is the only in the Lande and it means a rich experience in the field of own development for the LETS. The welcome announcement to be able to do that in this achievement the chef of the Air Force Staff had found a satisfaction assessment to the SGT 1 J.Frieling and the SGT'n J. Krale and T.W. of Thorn.

Mrs Bugler Goes To War- Everyday Life in East Dean, Sussex, England, 1943 After tea, Mrs Bugler sits at the piano and leads her soldier guests (including Harry Wardle (standing left) and Harry Baddeley (standing right)) in a sing-song.

Plotting Board In Operations Room At An Air Base In Foggia, Italy. 90Th Photo Reconn Wing

Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at Butlin's, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945 Three new arrivals at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR are given a guided tour of the camp by the Belgian signalling instructor. One of the new recruits points to something across the camp. Behind the men are the huts in which they are billeted, three to a room. The training camp was a Butlin's holiday camp before the war, and these huts were the chalets in which the guests stayed.

Anefo photo collection. Army Army Anefo London series. 639 Men Enjoying Their Christmas Dinner, very pleased with the presents receiving from the welfare committee. The Dutch army camp in Wolverhampton. Everyday life in the camp. Mancens enjoy their Christmas dinner, pleases with the gifts they receive from the Welfare Committee. . December 1943. Great Britain, Wolverhampton

Anefo photo collection. Training Royal Netherlands Marechaussee in Apeldoorn, Interior of GM Otter armored wagon. March 6, 1949. Apeldoorn, Gelderland

Anefo photo collection. Photos "New Holland". March 23, 1948. Holland

Smaldeel 1, with the commander of the marine forces (BDZ) vice admiral H.H.L. Pröpper (1906-1995) A / B from the flagship Kruiser Hr.Ms. The seven provinces (C 802), visited Copenhagen at the end of October 1958. The BDZ received Danish dignitaries with their wives A / B and offered a drink in the lung room. Slightly left from the middle (wide laughing) the commander of the narrow part and from the cruiser Captain-Ter-Zee P. Cool (1911-1971).

With The East Yorks Regiment -- In the mens lining hall. A series of pictures of the Est Yorks Regiment which is in the forward area of the D.E.F. May 14, 1940. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

The Commander-General of the British Royal Marines General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor visits the Dutch Marines Corps. In the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) to the in the evening, a gala dinner takes place in the evening.

George Marshall at press conference

Anefo photo collection. Signing ceasefire between the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia at USS Renville. January 17, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Adelborsten Assaut Party Den Helder. December 8, 1950. Den Helder

At the invitation of General-Major of the Mariniers (Genmajmarns) Nass, his guests, including some American officers, are offered an extensive Indonesian meal in the from Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) in the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ).

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

They Learn To Be Lumberjills- Women's Land Army Forestry Training, Culford, Suffolk, 1943.

Participants in a group interview during a selection procedure are assessed by a captain.

Anefo photo collection. Sailing trip of sailors and marines in Leiden. June 7, 1949. Leiden, South Holland

Germany Under Allied Occupation 1946-1946 Airmen and non commissioned officers (NCOs) in the canteen of the Royal Air Force's Malcolm Club in Lubeck.<--Wrong description. It is the Malcolm Club in the former Hotel Stadt Hamburg in the town Schleswig.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Cooks & Canteens & Mess Parades Australian Military. January 1, 1949.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Operations War

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Officers in the Plot Room at the Admiralty planning the routes of ships on large maps hanging from the walls.

Men and Ships of Britain's Submarine Service. 14 To 25 January 1943, Beirut, Syria. Adjustments being carried out on a torpedo gyroscope, torpedo shop at MEDWAY II, a Mediterranean Submarine Base.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

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