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)

Reich Cycle Troops Flown To Front Somewhere in Poland -- German bicycle troops unloading their bikes from an Army transport plane that flew them to within easy cycling distance of the fighting line in Poland. Quick-moving cycling infantry was used by the German in forces to consolidate positions taken by the mechanized spearheads of the drive across Poland. September 15, 1939. (Photo by ACME Radiophoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Instrumentation Tangerang. Genie soldiers? working on groundwork. 28 May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Change Over Ceremony Near Korean Front Line -- 45th field regiment relieved.In a simple ceremony held recently behind the Korean front line, the 14th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery, the senior Field Artillery Regiment in the British army, took over from the 45th Field Regiment who have seen just over one year of active service in Korea.To mark the handing over of the outgoing regiment's guns, Regimental Sergeant Major G. Walkingshaw of the 14th Field Regiment raised his Regiment's flag whilst the Regiment fired their first salvo at the enemy. December 11, 1951. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

events Second World War WWII Greece Balkans Campaign 1941 SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Joseph ""Sepp"" Dietrich (second officer from left) the commander of the Leibstandate ""Adolf Hitler"" on the way to the surrender conference of the Greek Army of Epirus at Ioannina 20.4.1941,

A British regiment eating their rations, British troops on the Italian front, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 49, December 9, 1917.

World War I 1914-1918: Austro-Hungarian soldiers with pack horses carrying guns. First Battle of Isonzo, 23 June-7 July 1915, Italian Front. Military, Army, Austria, Italy, Transport, Artillery

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.

08/31/1936. The grandson lieutenant a few days ago shooting at his gunner position. Photo: Luis R. Marín.

World War I, American soldiers of the 7th M.G. Battalion who helped stem the German offensive at Chateau Thierry, May 31-June 3, 1918, U.S. Signal Corps photograph

A long line of pack animals of the British army at the school where they are trained. Each animals can carry loads which it would taken ten men to carry. December 30, 1939.

Italian Peasants Carry Away Abandoned German Parachutes -- Italian citizens carry away abandoned German parachutes found near Foggia, Italy, after Allied forces liberated the town and captured the surrounding thirteen airfields. Foggia is 80 miles northeast of Naples and is near the Adriatic coast. November 15, 1943. (Photo by "U.S. Office of War Information Picture").

Anefo photo collection. Walcheren. March 4, 1946. Walcheren, Zeeland

The First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Cavalry used in the Defence of Madrid - A Spanish Government cavalry patrol photographed in the heart of the Guadarrama mountains. They have just achieved a successful operation against the enemy, and appear proud of their skill.The fighting in the Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid has provided opportunities for the use of cavalry which have been fully exploited by the government now defending Madrid. October 17, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Three relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a farmhut

09/30/1914. The occupation of the Prisoners of War. German Prisoner Soldiers Working under the custody of an English soldier.

Schützen-(Füsilier-)Regiment Prinz Georg (Königlich Sächsisches) Nr. 108, 1911, Germany, Königlich Sächsisches Schützen, Regiment Nr. 108

US General pershing with Secretary of war Newton Baker in France reviewing positions during World War One

09/30/1917. In the Line of Battle the food of the Soldiers on the battlefield.

World War I, the African-American 369th Infantry unit in the trenches, 1918

The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918

According to established tradition, the Soviet Union was called Russia abroad. In reality, the Russian” partisan formations consisted of representatives of numerous nationalities of the Soviet Union. The photo was taken in the fall of 1944 in Slavonia.

Polish troops of the Posnania regiment attacking Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet-Polish War (1919-1921), photo by E Paolucci, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XVLII, No 29, July 18, 1920.

'Hostile Aircraft Sighted', (1919). Creator: Unknown.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Italian troops with flag marching along a screened road through the mountain pine woods.

Oregon Men in a Bad Corner on a Ridge Below Pasig - Philippine Insurrection 1899

Segunda guerra mundial (1939-1945). Puesto de ametralladoras pesadas alemanas en posición de fuego.

British cavalry 1917

Nurse dresses soldiers wound on the battlefield during World War I

There are fierce disputs in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers : a raid on a pro-slavery camp. Date: 1856

10/31/1918. On the Italian front. An infantry column walking towards Cava Zuccherina.

Russian volunteers for the republican army, during the Spanish Civil War

Battery 4/14, 7.5 cm mountain cannons M.15.

Lunch in sleep

Dresden. K. S. 2nd Hunter battalion No.13, goal exercise

Approx. 1939,1941, training Wehrmacht, soldiers with bicycles in front of a barn, Ulm, Germany, Europe

Pioneer Battalion No. 12

A 75 mm battery taken into position, Anglo-French troops during the Gallipoli campaign, Turkey, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 28, July 11, 1915.

Captured Russians in Kowel Russia, Volhynia; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 4.

General Juin Visits French Troops On Italian Front General Alphonse-Pierre Juin (left), commander of the French Expeditionary Corps in Italy, reviews troops under his command, fighting with the Allied Fifth Army against the Germans, during an inspection tour of the Allied front in Western Italy. March 24, 1944.

09/01/1936. "El Campesino", along with several of his companions, fires on the enemy on the Buitrago front.

World war two: the liberation of Alsace, France 1944

Mine launcher A.D. Piave 7./1.18. .

Black and white photograph of the siege of the Alcazar in Toledo during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The Nationalists relieved the Alcazar on 27 September 1936; Nationalist soldiers at the edge of the city.

'A bord des sous-marins allemands; Groupe caracteristique d'un equipage de sous-marin allemand', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The caption for this photo that dates to between 1914 and 1917 (time of the First World War) reads: Scene in the first-line trenches, where papers, particularly illustrated ones, are much in demand.

United States Marines of the 1st Marine division enter the ramp of an LCM through the surf of Borgan Bay while on a patrol which took them some 2000 yards back of the lines in what was then still Japaneseanese held territory. Patrol party was transported

Santander, October 1934. The pigeons in the public park make "good friends" with the soldiers heading to Asturias.

World war Two: German prisoners of war in the Alsace Lorraine region 1944

Italian soldiers resting, lying in a field after a long march, Battle of Caporetto, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 46, November 18, 1917.

Historical WW I Photos - Some of the gallant 55th going for a short rest after fighting hard.

Members of the British Expeditionary Force evacuated from a port in north-western France after the Battle of France and the German advance, pleased to be on English soil again.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian battery in action during the siege of Port Arthur, January 1905

Photograph of Polish soldiers charging into battle. In addition to carrying a rifle they would also carry a gas mask and a steel helmet. Dated 1913

Photograph showing three British artillerymen rolling a large shell towards their gun, Western Front, 1916. Date: 1916

Italian army crossing the Carnia region in Italy during world war one

London Scottish Troops heading to the trenches - WWI. Nowadays, the unit is now a company of The London Regiment. "The great traditions of which we were all so proud were maintained, while the individual feats of heroism will be handed down to history." (Divisional order to London Scottish after July 1st, 1916). Date: circa 1916

British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very considerably difficulties in transportion to the front lines. Top photograph, where the party of men are seen carrying metal vessels slung between poles, resting on their shoulders. Date: 1917

The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917

Royal Saxon Protection Regiment No. 108

Anefo photo collection. Army Army Anefo London series. Army 638 a.b.c.a. Army desk current affairs. Discussion Shadow Trees. Lt. Gerzon Supervision Company. Dutch army camp Wolverhampton. daily life camp. discussion current affairs tree shadow led Lt. Gerzon .. August 1943. Britain

China politics Boxer Rebellion Beijing German soldiers searching houses for armed Boxers drawing Germany 1901,

Historic photo, riots under the Brandenburg Gate in March 1919, snipers, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Reserves Crossing a River on the way to Verdun "They shall not pass" is a phrase which for all time will be associated with the heroic defense of Verdun. To future generations of French people it will bring a thrill of pride even surpassing that enkindled by the glorious "The Old Guard dies, it never surrenders." The guardians of the great fortress on the Meuse have proved themselves invincible in attack, invulnerable in defense.

''En Alsace; Une prise: appareil allemand servant a projeter du goudron enflamme', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Soest. The armed part in Soest, where the Germans have to hand in their weapons. May 10, 1945. Soest, Utrecht (province)

08/31/1915. In the Argona forest. Installation of a 270 French mortar.

The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917

Italian prisoners of war types of Italian prisoners, probably Dornberg, Slovenia, hinterland of Görzfotograf Flamm (part of the 16th corps)

WWI British soldiers with jerrycans at water-filled petrol tin dump at Elverdinghe, West Flanders, Belgium in 1917 during First World War One

Austrians in captured Russian Trench, Galicia

Soviet partisans derailing an enemy train 1941

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Four relatives of the German Wehrmacht in a park with plastic of a lying deer (well with the Hague)

British bicycle troops Brie, Somme March 1917

Storm soldier at the exercise square in Schabs, from backward. Soldier in Adjustment of Stormtrupps; Schabs, South Tyrol.

Mackensen's army crossing the Danube river, Romania, World War I, 1916. Field Marshal von Mackensen, commander of the German Danube Army, on the Romanian side of the river, watching his troops cross a pontoon bridge. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern and the photographer is unknown.

French soldiers receiving post, with letters being opened on the spot in excitement. Theh French Army depicted here by Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania in the northern section, in front of the Maginot Line, in the rich agricultural land overlooking the industrialised valley of the Saar. Date: 1939

Reichswehr, Army of the Reich manoeuvre, historical photo

China: Mao Zedong on horseback during the Long March, c. 1935

Second World War. For billeting. Ukraine. Group of relatives of the German Wehrmacht in a village

Italo-turkish War. Tripolitania. 1912

Trench towards Lusnitz. (Gugg position). Recorded on July 14, 1916..

01/31/1915. The Austrians in Campaign. Placement of an artillery piece in snowy terrain, in Bukovina. Photo: Hoffer -Approximate date.

Regulars, Civil War - USA

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection General the Earl of Cavan presenting medals to officers of the 48th Division, Granezza, September, 1918.

Bisley Meeting Opens : The Australian team at rest during shoots. L. to R. R. Parker (Queensland); P. Pavey (Victoria); W. J. Harris (Victoria); H. S. Holt (N.S.W.); R. B. Gratte (W. Aus); Mil Menghini (W. Aus); and N. Goff (Victoria).The National Rifle Association meeting opened at Bisley, yesterday (Monday). A team from Australia was among the competitors. July 06, 1948. (Photo by L.N.A.).

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A 6 inch 26 cwt. howitzer of the 293rd Siege Battery, R. G. A, with survivors of the original crew.

World War I (1914-1918). George V, King of the United Kingdom (1865-1936), visiting the graves of the dead British soldiers on the French front. Drawing by Ugo Matania (1888-1979). La Esfera, 20th century.

Chief of Combined Operations on Visit of Inspection. 6 March 1943, at HMS Armadilla and HMS Pascoe, Lord Louis Mountbatten Chief of Combined Operations Inspect Units of His Command. Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten talking to his troops at HMS ARMADILLA.

07/31/1917. Burial of a journalist in Campaña - the coffin of the French War correspondent M. Sergio Basset, who died on the Western Front.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Four relatives of the German Wehrmacht in a park with plastic of a lying deer (well with the Hague)

10/31/1921. Melilla. On the Yazanen road. Bridge that was blown up by the Moors to hinder the advance of our Soldiers.

Anefo photo collection. Rest on shot. Man with image on the gallery. June 14, 1961. Amsterdam

March 1915. The German Explorers. Berlin "Boy-Scouts", in Military Preparation Practices, Learning the installation of a field telephone.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection An officer of the Staffordshire Regiment in a rose garden.

The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918

Cooks & Canteens & Mess Parades Australian Military. September 25, 1943.

German Soldiers Taught Skiing In Finland These German Soldiers are lined up, ready to strap on their skis, while undergoing training in skiing in Southern Finland, says the German caption which accompanied this picture reaching London from a neutral source. January 7, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

A Stag is Sighted: The Stalk Begins. Advancing cautiously upwind, taking advantage of every scrap of cover, the stalker-rifle at the ready leads the way to the stags. January 29, 1944. (Photo by Paul Popper).

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