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)

Picket Guards Etienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour (French, 1838-1910). , 1891. Oil on panel, 17 x 24 in. (43.2 x 61 cm). European Art 1891

First Army Yanks bag German Prisoners : A Group of German Prisoners, guarded by three yanks, start their long journey from the battle field after they were captured by the second armored division of the first army near Malempre, about 15 miles southwest of Stavelot, in Belgium. Some of the Germans are wearing their winter Camouflage. January 20, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

U.S. Marines standing in ranks with gas masks attached; France, 1918

08/31/1936. Captain Cuesta, who commanded one of the Batteries that operated on the Extremaduran front, looking at the effects of his artillery through the rangefinder.

11/30/1914. The War in Galicia Austrian Infantry Soldiers Firing from a Trench. (photo Leipziger Presse Buru) -Approximate date.

A Churchill Link Between Navy & Army -- Mr. Randolph Churchill, son of the First Lord of the Admiralty, is serving as an officer of a mechanised unit of the army. Mr. Winston Churchill is himself an old campaigner and finished his army career as commander of a battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in France in 1916. Mr. Randolph Churchill, who was married on October 4th to the Hon. Pamela Digby, daughter of Lord and Lady Digby, is seen having an informal chat with men of his unit during an interval Between Exercises. October 1, 1939. (Photo by Ministry of Information).

06/01/1918. The French in Italy. On the French front soldiers at the entrance to a shelter in the battle line.

Anefo photo collection. Seal Shake Fair Dijk at Hekelingen on Voorne-Putten. August 26, 1957. Hekelingen, Voorne-Putten

The Leningrad front moves west. There is no times to think of comfort during an offensive. Time presses: The enemy my shake off the pursuit and entrench himself. And the men of the Leningrad front eat wherever the field kitchen catches up with them. To rephrase the well-known saying: "They eat to fight and fight to live". May 22, 1944. (Photo by B. Kudoyarov, SIB Photo Service).

12/31/1911. The Spanish Soldiers in the Rif. The first battalion of Ceuta upon arriving at the Yazanem position, commanded by Colonel D. Antonio Gorostegui Campuzano.

German soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Unknown

Anefo photo collection. Exercises La Courtine, Dutch soldiers, in buckle with Moroccans at Moroccan oven for roasting sheep camp. July 8, 1959

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Grays with T J Ridge. The image is badly underexposed and rather grainy.

Royal Irish Rifles at the Battle of the Somme; 1916

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Dutch soldiers walk across a road along houses and palm trees. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

12/31/1938. Republican fighters in a trench trying to stop the push of the National Troops trying to take Madrid.

1. Kingl. Sächs. Machine Gun Department No. 12

The US Army on the Western Front 1917-1918 Clothing removed from men affected by mustard gas, Frapelle.

Chimneysweepers, photograph by GB Ganzini, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 1, January 1, 1905.

Military transport at Eksjö station.

U.S. Soldiers fighting in Vera Cruz Mexico ca. 1914-1917.

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

'Village Fighting in Flanders: a Maxim gun in action on the British Front', First World War, 1915, (c1920). From "The Great World War - A History" Volume III, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920

Donzere-Mondragon Project - Rhone Landscape near Donzere-Mondragon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mortar position on small pal X. Army Commando pipe.

The important Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between the Vit Minh (led by General Vo Nguyen Giap), and the French Union (led by General Henri Navarre, successor to General Raoul Salan). The siege of the French garrison lasted fifty-seven days, from 5: 30PM on March 13 to 5: 30PM on May 7, 1954. The southern outpost or fire base of the camp, Isabelle, did not follow the cease-fire order and fought until the next day at 01: 00AM; a few hours before the long-scheduled Geneva Meeting's Indochina conference involving the United States, the United Kingdom, the French Union and the Soviet Union. The battle was significant beyond the valleys of Dien Bien Phu. Giap's victory ended major French involvement in Indochina and led to the accords which partitioned Vietnam into North and South. Eventually, these conditions inspired the United States to increase their involvement in Vietnam leading to the Second Indochina War. The battle of Ðin Biên Ph is described by historians as the first tim

A Lesson In International Friendship -- A lesson in international friendship can be taught ***** Merseyside's United Nations Boys Club, which brings ***** youngsters together to work and play regardless of ***** Colour or Creed. This Club, the only one of it's kind in Europe has members, between the ages of 4 and 16, representing many of the world's nationalities, including China, Africa India, Malaya, Portugal Egypt, Great Britain etc. This Club has a Caping site at Ness in the Wirral, Cheshire, situated on the edge of the beautiful National Trust Property at Burton Wood, where the boys spend many happy days in camp during the summer months. May 04, 1955. (Photo by Fox Photos).

British 8 inch howitzer Fricourt Sep 1916

Anefo photo collection. Front Noord-Oost Nederland: Enschede - Hengelo Battle and Liberation Achterhoek (1 April 1945), Enschede (April 1, 1945), Hengelo (3 April 1945). British soldiers of the Seventh Hampshire regiment raise from Enschede to Hengelo via Driene .. April 3, 1945. Overijssel, Twente

Battery of the 53rd division, 1918, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Melilla, 08/23/1921. Engineer soldiers building a blockhouse on the road from Meilla to the Had souk of Beni Sicar, objective of the operation.

Part of an Australian and New Zealand hospital arrive in Crete. Some of these nursing sisters were wounded in a bombing raid whilst embarking, but they carried on uncomplainingly through the hardships of the evacuations. June 12, 1941.

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

Searchlight. 1915-18.

Soldiers, officers and neutral journalists in trench looking at the battlefield at Nieuwpoort in Flanders during WWI, Belgium, Europe

Italian soldiers gathered around dead bodies of Arabs during the Italo Turkish War which took place between September 1911 and October 1912.

12/31/1957. Soldiers receiving training under the snow.

Germany: c. 1916 German soldiers with one of their country's latest inventions, a portable searchlight for night work in the trenches and on the battlefield. When not in use, it is taken apart and its parts are distributed among five men. When needed it is quickly assembled and put into use.

The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

German Marines Carrying Wounded

US Participation in World War I, French Battlefields. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of 43 Z.M.C. Self-employed Miter Trainer Compagnie in the port of Cheribon. Loading men on the quay duffle bags in a truck. September 1949. Cirebon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Visit S.M.König Ludwig III. At the German South Army, 5.9.16: reception. .

The Second Battle of the Marne, July-august 1918

Dressing wounds of British

Burial of the dead at Erinobrdo North Serbia; photographer: 90. Infanterietruppendivision.

'La Bataille de la Somme; La recompense d'un groupe de braves: les felicitations de leur general', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Historic photograph, soldiers in the trenches, listening post, World War I, Romania, Europe

Wounded British in trench

Verdun (France), 02/21/1914. The "inferno of Verdun" began on February 21. At dawn, the Germans began a terrifying artillery fire unprecedented in history.

Culv. Machine Gun Detachment

WWI British line laying team of the Signal Company for telephone with wire connection communication during the First World War One

Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Aircrews of No. 40 Squadron RAF board a lorry for transport to their dispersed Bristol Blenheims at Wyton, Cambridgeshire. They are all wearing the Irvin Harnessuit, a short-legged flying jerkin incorporating a parachute harness and lifejacket bladder, issued to Bomber Command crews from May 1940.

SOLDADO EN UNA TRINCHERA (1937). Location: EXPOSICION DE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. MADRID.

Photo collection First World War. Using Primitive Periscopes and Mirrors British Soldiers Observe The their lines from Below The Firing Line. 1914-1918}

Preparing for battle

11/30/1914. The cold in Campaña. A patrol of German Soldiers Fighting the Cold Near Dixmude.

Dresden. Protect - advanced patrol

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

Machine gun in position in a trench, France, World War I, photo by Photo Bureau, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 14, April 4, 1915.

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Soest. Returning weapons by the Germans. German soldiers on the way to the armed pot in Soest. May 10, 1945. Soest, Utrecht (province)

The British Army in Burma 1945 Walking wounded are brought back for treatment during the assault on Ywathitgyi, February 1945.

Illustration of prisoners and also returning from captivity soldiers at the Russian west showplatz.

08/31/1936. Large caliber piece installed by the Republican artillery in a strategic place in the Sierra.

'First aid to a wounded man in one of the French trenches', 1915. Artist: Unknown.

New field hood in fire position

CPT Jean J. Deslauriers of Canada (wearing beret) helps transport a patient, on a litter, underneath barbed wire during an Army Medical Officer Advanced Course field training exercise at Camp Bullis. Base: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

***** Government troops Photographed ***** from a vantage point above San Serbastian on the look out her ***** rebel troops who are ***** the ***** in ***** to break through to the coast. August 4, 1936. (Photo by Keystone).

British soldiers outside Jerusalem, during anti-Jewish riot. 1920, Israel

British soldiers on the Western Front, northern France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). 'After the Capture of Lesboeufs: British troops returning, headed by their fifes and drums'. The Guards Division attacked the village of Lesboeufs on 15 September 1916, and took it from the Germans eight days later. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920

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.

The British Reoccupation of Hong Kong, 1945 Japanese soldiers who were rounded up in the Fan Ling district of Hong Kong by men of the 3rd Commando Brigade are put aboard a train bound for Kowloon .

Original Film Title: NONE BUT THE BRAVE. English Title: NONE BUT THE BRAVE. Film Director: FRANK SINATRA. Year: 1965.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Group of convicts ready to embark on a prison barge, Tiumin (T i umen), Russia for exile to Siberia, circa 1885

Flak batteries put on a show at the Nuremberg Rally, Germany, 1935. Artist: Unknown

The Commander-General of the British Royal Marines General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor visits the Dutch Marines Corps. This is probably still the visit to the military practice area Leusderheide.

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.

The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917

Battle of Moscow 1941. women and elderly men gouge a huge tank trap. World War Two, Soviet Union

American camp in Saint-Nazaire, 1917, Brittany, France, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Inland soldiers with weapons. Madsen Carabiner Miter of the KNILL and a Mannlicherguis Model 1895 .. July 20, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Archduke Eugen at the Storm exercise on Selva. .

Poilus making mattresses

Field Post At the front, Infantry Battalion III/85. Distribution of letters by an army chaplain, probably near Görz. Photographer: 16. Korps.

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

British troops on riverbank prepared for German advance, Belgium, First World War, 1914. Artist: Unknown

Swiss "Security" Measures At The Geneva Conference - The Swiss authorities are taking all possible security measures. Automatic weapons being issued to the Swiss infantrymen assigned to the many guard duties during the confends.World Troop interest is now centred on the Foreign Ministers conference opening at Geneva. April 26, 1954. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

A United States Army Surgeon Attending Wounded Soldiers in Field Hospital During Spanish-American War

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Italian artillerymen manhandling a heavy gun on a mountain road.

05/31/1915. From the European War. French Soldiers Firing a Gun-Cannon Located in a Vauquois Trench.

Barcelona, April 1915. Germans in Barcelona. Group of the Kaiser's subjects who are in the Catalan capital during one of the excursions to the surroundings of Tibidabo.

German raid in Piedmont, World War II, 1944

School boys trained to deal with incendiary bombs in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Princess Irene Brigade Belgium. German prisoners war "Bakkerscompagnie" removed Beringen. September 9, 1944. Belgium, Beringen

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. July 23, 1946

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