Historical Military Maneuvers

Black and white images depicting soldiers during various military operations and exercises throughout history.

Line of soldiers sneaking uphill on field during war (OV2023_23)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Genie uses horses. A horse draws a heavy load of beams through the site followed by a group of soldiers. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Excellence Conrad v. Hötzendorf with his staff when climbing at Valbonasattel.

Line of soldiers sneaking uphill on field during war (OV2023_23)

French soldiers waiting to attack during World War I. 1910s

Trench of I.R.71. Mason rifle position in the deep line of Ksany, left against the enemy. .

Camouflage 18 founder. March 04, 1941. (Photo by Newby).

09/30/1921. Melilla. The Operation of the convoy A Tizza Soldiers from the Position of the El Had souk in Benisicar Ready to go out to protect the Convoy.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 The British infantry at rest.

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.

09/30/1914. More Fighters in the European War. Indian Infantry Troops Who, United With Allied Armies, Fight Against Germany.

06/30/1915. Trench Warfare. French infantry soldiers heading to the front line trenches in Champagne to repair those destroyed by enemy cannonade.

05/31/1917. On the Western Front. French artillery observers in a trench reconquered from the enemy.

Canadian cavalry, Vimy Ridge battle, April 1917, Pas-de-Calais department, France, Europe

War scene: soldiers prepare ammo

French soldiers using gas masks during combat near Combles, France. October 1916

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.

'Les deux batailles: Verdun et la Somme; Distribution de cartouches aux hommes apres un combat a la baionnette pres de l'ouvrage de Thiaumont', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

'Episodes de la bataille de Verdun; La derniere phase de la resistance du fort de Vaux. Fosse de la batterie-redoute, a 400 metres en arriere du fort ou etait le poste de commandement', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Captured German soldiers, some of whom are wounded, being led into captivity by British soldiers in July 1916. Date: 1916

'Devant Montdidier; Batterie de 75 en position', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Balkan War, November 1912. Bulgarian trenches at Haden Keni, first line of defenses towards Constantinople.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

'Notre attaque Generale des 3 et 4 Septembre; Le drapeau du regiment qui a chilly pour objectif franchit la route de Chilly a Liiions, le 4 septembre 1916. Le 3 septembre apres une preparation intense toute la ligne franco-anglaise a pousse en avant', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

07/26/1936. Civil Guards, Assault Guards and Militias, in Alto del León, Fighting against the National Troops.

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'Apres les Journees Glorieuses et Avant les Journees Tragiques de la Serbie; Lecture aux soldats serbes des lettres des ecoliers de France', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Shooting stand. Recorded on 3.In.1916. Honved.11. .

'La Derniere campagne serbe; les jeunes recrues serbes, appelees au moment de l'offensive austro-allemande, quittent leurs villages en chantant, pressees de prendre le fusil contre l'envahisseur', 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

BUSTER KEATON and SALLY EILERS in DOUGHBOYS (1930), directed by EDWARD SEDGWICK.

A breather on the track. Australian troops who pursued the enemy along the north coast of New Guinea after the occupation of Madang. July 24, 1944.

German infantry leave Brussels to attack Antwerp, which is at present the centre of Belgian resistance ; it will shortly fall, with heavy losses and terrible destruction. Date: August 1914

Russians serving in the German Army, Eastern Front, 1941-1945. Artist: Unknown

World War I 1914-1918: Battle of the Somme - Second line of support moving up under shell fire to take a trench, 8 July 1916. British soldiers in World War I.

05/31/1918. In French Alsace. Installation of a Machine Gun against Airplanes.

11/30/1914. The Belgians in Campaign. Belgian armored car, together with an infantry patrol, preparing to attack the enemy.

'Notre Infanterie a Verdun; Apres le combat : nos soldats, maitres du terrain, rassemblent le materiel epars', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

06/30/1915. In the French Trenches. Supply of Aerial Torpedoes by Artificer Soldiers. Each of these Projectiles weighs 50 Kilos.

Soldiers of the Alpine Corps wearing the new uniforms, Italy, photograph by Enea Bossi, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 34, August 26, 1906.

Three soldiers in a pit wearing gas masks, with an anti-aircraft Lewis gun. Date: circa 1940

British artillery position in France ; World war one 1917

First Sino-Japanese War 1894/95: Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army are firing their Murata Type 22 rifles. 1894

The Prussian Guard attacking the town of Le Bourget in France, Prussian-French War 1870, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Black and white photograph of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); Japanese machine gunners lying on a hill.

World War I, French soldiers resting in their trenches, ca. 1914

August 3, 1936. Forces that were fighting in one of the fronts of the Sierra de Guadarrama, after vacating a strategic site for the Nationals.

American soldiers entrenched against the Filipinos insurgents during the Philippine-American War. Ca. 1899-1900 (BSLOC_2017_10_83)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Patrol gang. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Gilgandra, Australia: December 15, 1915 Men from the town of Gilgandra in Australia who are marching 320 miles to Sydney to join the Allied campaign in the Dardanelles, also known as the Battle of Gallipoli.

On 16 July 1916, after an intensive bombardment, the British armies launched a series of gigantic attacks on the Somme, which persisted until November. Troops advanced to the attack over ground pulverised by artillery. Spades were carried, for trenches were everywhere wrecked and battered, and fresh ones had to be dug after every attack. Date: July 1916

Machine gauge in position at Majdan.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-Brastagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. The road along the piso-piso is digging through the TNI with tankfalls. The bulldozer is involved in closing the holes. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

The picture shows a artillery drawn by a group of soldiers over a bombed battlefield with bomb.Original text: "A heavy guester is brought out of German infantry.

German prisoners, Messines Ridge

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-Brastagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. The mountain road along the Piso-Piso is blocked with stone blocks, which have been deposited by the tni of the mountain slopes. Colonel P. Scholten sits on a rock, on the left a captain, right his bodyguard. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Soldiers of 41st Engineers on march, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA, Arthur Rothstein, U.S. Office of War Information, March 1942

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers go through a deposition of barbed wire. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

A group of Red Guerillas heading into enemy's rear. October 20, 1950.

Communist Subbotnik at the Kazan station. Moscow, May 10, 1919. Subbotnik and voskresnik were days of volunteer unpaid work on weekends after the October Revolution

Anefo photo collection. Parent day Bergen op Zoom. November 3, 1949. Bergen op Zoom

03/01/1918. Preparations for the German offensive in France. Reconstruction of a Strategic railway. (Wilna-Dunaburg).Photo: bufa.

German prisoners of war in Boiselle, France, during world war one. 1915

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Environment Brastagi Braspoe not correct. A genius unit deals with repairing a road. From a height, Colonel (or General Major) persists P. Scholten. A bodyguard behind him. November 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

All non-essential English women, children and civilians are evacuated from Palestine, to allow the authorities to fight against the terrorists. More than 2,000 evacuees are already on their way back, with a few others in Syria and the island of Cyprus and in Egypt

World War 1: Battle of Verdun. French soldiers crawling through their own barbed wire entanglements as they begin an attack on enemy trenches. April-June, 1916. (BSLOC_2013_1_100)

Morocco, 1921. Moroccan War. Spanish officers in the Moroccan War.

A quiet moment in German trenches

Skiopticone image with motifs of peat drying on unknown bog.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard leads army exercise Alarm I on the Veluwe Prins Bernhard in battle clothing on the heath. December 11, 1959. Gelderland, Veluwe

08/01/1917. On the Western Front. An aid station in the Vauclerc region, Aisne department.

10/31/1936. Militiamen Fortifying the New Positions Conquered in one of the Sectors of the Center.

08/31/1921. Melilla. Details of the fight Soldiers Firing from the Trenches Built to defend the Plaza.

Making good use of Fritz. Recently captured German prisoners being used as stretcher bearers to carry wounded during World War I

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tegal. Tegal. The genius is involved in the thorough destroyed traffic bridge of Djeleb. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Tegal

Arrival of Japanese soldiers at Chemulpo, Korea during the Russo Japanese War, 1904

German soldiers reading, writing and smoking in the trenches during a lull in hostilities, World War I

09/30/1911. From the Chinese revolution, Viceroy Tuang Fang in his sedan chair, accompanied by his escort.

09/01/1913. Military Maneuvers. A supposed tactician of the Belgian army in the recently held Great Military Maneuvers.

05/01/1917. On the Western Front. French Soldiers Camped Among the Ruins of Jussy.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

German Guests at Exercise 'Holdfast&. - General Herbert Giese (centre, right), of the semi-military west German Federal Border Police, being briefed by British officers when he and his "staff" visited the headquarters of exercise "Holdfast" here. The German police officers were given first-hand reports of the situation of the mock-war in North Germany, and were shown new heavy tanks and other weapons used in the manoeuvres. September 21, 1952.

Inspection By His Royal Majesty Prince Leopold of Bavaria; Galicia; photographer: Korps Hofmann.

''En Afrique, La capitulation du Sud-Ouest Africain Allemand; Le general Botha attend avec son etat-major le gouverneur du Sud-Ouest Africain Allemand venant effectuer sa reddition', 1915 (1924). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

''Notre offensive d'Artois; La derniere maison a l'Ouest de Carency que nous occupions avant l'attaque du 9 mai', 1915.From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Ypres occupied a strategic position during World War I because it stood in the path of Germany's planned sweep across the rest of Belgium and into France. In the Second Battle of Ypres (22 April to 25 May 1915), the Germans used poison gas for the first time on the Western Front (they had used it earlier at the Battle of Bolimov on 3 January 1915) and captured high ground east of the town. The first gas attack occurred against Canadian, British, and French soldiers including both metropolitan French soldiers as well as colonial tirailleurs. The gas used was chlorine gas. Mustard gas, also called Yperite from the name of this city, was also used for the first time near Ieper in the autumn of 1917.

German Army, Naval Landing Battle, Germany, ca 1900, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection Turkish prisoners working on Imbros Aerodrome: Gallipoli, August 1915.

The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918

Boy Scouts working on a Boy Scout Farm circa 1917.

Chimney sweeps in Milan, late nineteenth century

SERGEANT YORK (1941), directed by HOWARD HAWKS.

04/30/1937. Tankers who fought since the beginning of the War, and who were congratulated countless times by the Command.

Soldiers resting in the trenches, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 34, August 26, 1917.

German soldier's Christmas

Photograph of and Imperial Russian gun crew with a 1905 Maxim on a Sokolov tripod mount. Dated 1943

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