Historical Military Marches

Photographs of historical military groups, including Turkish infantry and Spanish Civil War soldiers, illustrating their attire and formations.

'The Emir Mahmud Under Guard', 1898, (c1900). African leader captured after the Battle of Atbara, during the Second Sudan War. Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15,000 Sudanese rebels, called Mahdists or Dervishes, on the banks of the River Atbara. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
'The Emir Mahmud Under Guard', 1898, (c1900). African leader captured after the Battle of Atbara, during the Second Sudan War. Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated 15,000 Sudanese rebels, called Mahdists or Dervishes, on the banks of the River Atbara. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne
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Men perform war dance to Ambon. Part of travel album with pictures of Ambon.
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In January, Ren Bishi attended the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai and was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. In March, the Party Central Committee sent him to work in the Central Soviet Area of Jiangxi Province, serving as a member of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area and Minister of Organization. This is a group photo of some members of the Central Bureau of the Soviet District.
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Lieutenant Sergei Fedorovich Levshin (Voivode of the first half of the 17th century) Lieutenant Sergei Fedorovich Levshin ca. between 1903 and 1904
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ALFONSO XIII. REY DE ESPAÑA . MADRID . 1886 / 1941. CON UNIFORME DE LA ORDEN DE CALATRAVA . 1906. GRABADO L ' ILLUSTRATION. SFGP / © KORPA.
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Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan (1882 - 20 July 1951) with British General John Glubb, commander of the Arab Legion
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Students, imperial military middle school Beirut Mekteb-i Rüşdiye-yi Askeri-yi
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Greek National Guard , Soldiers, Greece. Stratos. Euzōnoi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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Female unit of Red Army
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasar Malam Ambarawa; sports competitions; Lieutenant Colonel Brummer from 2-7 R.I. Gets a flag. Opening Pasar Malam Ambaraya. Witana wife cuts through the ribbon. April 20, 1948. Ambarawa, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Aba El Lissan, Arabia (current Jordan) Captain Pisani , 1918 - Near East, Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (January 9 -October 6) (French - Aba el Lissan , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Le capitaine Pisani). Military personality, costume, foreign presence, tent, shoe, portrait, home, accessory, hairstyle , head cover, Personality, clothing, international relations, human beings, housing , architecture, Arabia, Captain Pisani
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Police & their dogs at the Herod's Gate (Sept. 1937) Jerusalem, Israel
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Meeting between Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Presidential Palace Mexico City Mexico January 12, 1915
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Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Nigeria boy scouts in their camp. August 12, 1963. Greece, Nigeria
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Black and white photo of the War in Ethiopia after the Italian invasion of 1935; Ethiopian woman in war clothing getting prepared for combat.
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Aaf Men Reported Captives Of Lolo Tribesmen. Five Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress Crew Members Are Reported Held Captive By Aboriginal Lolo Tribesmen In The Rugged Mountain Of Western Szechwan Province In China. An Aaf C-47 Skymaster Flew From Shangha
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Iolanda, Mafalda, Umberto, Giovanna and Maria, children of the Sovereigns of Italy, postcard commissioned by Queen Elena of Savoy for charitable purposes in honour of the soldiers at the front, 1915, World War I, photo by Carlo De Marchi, L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 39, September 26, 1915.
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Executions during the Mexican Revolution which began in 1910. Date: 1910s
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A secret meeting of The Committee of Union & Progress (Young Turkey Party) was held with the following in attendence: Mehmed Talaat Pasha - The Minister of the Interior; Djemal Bey Pasha - Commander Secret State Police; Enver Pasha - Minister of War; Halil Bey - Foreign Minister; Mehmed Djavid - Minister of Finance; Said Halim - Grand Vizier; Alusa Mussa Kiazim - Sheik-ul-Islam of Kurdistan; Rifaat Bey- President of the Senate; Hachim Bey-Minister of Communications; Kemal Bey - Minister of Agriculture; Mustafa Kemal - Army Chief of Staff The Purpose of this secret meeting was to arrange a top secret treaty and alliance with Germany to provide a means for the German Military to modernise the Turkish Army and Navy. Also on the agenda was the question of Armenia and expulsion of all Christian and Foreigners from the Ottoman Empire especially Armenians and Greeks. It was aslo discussed in detail a plan to nationalise all foreign investments and property in the Empire under emergency decree
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Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn, February 1882 20 July 1951, born in Mecca, Second Saudi State, (in modern-day Saudi Arabia) was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah (d. 1886). Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-18. The extraordinary breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and spy who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her extensive travels i
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Athens. Greek soldiers in national costume , Greek temples, Archaeological sites, Parthenon Athens, Greece, Greece. Stratos. Euzōnoi. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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Red Crescent on camel in Palestine, World War I
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Trans Jordan. 1941, Jordan, Shunat Nimrin
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Sayyid Sir Hamoud bin Mohammed Al-Said, GCSI, (1853 - July 18, 1902) (ruled August 27, 1896 - July 18, 1902) (Arabic: حمود بن محمد‎) was the British-controlled Omani sultan of the protectorate of Zanzibar, who outlawed slavery on the island. Hamoud became sultan with the support of the British consul, Sir Basil Cave, upon the death of Hamad bin Thuwaini. Before he could enter the palace, another potential contender for the throne, Khalid bin Barghash, seized the palace and declared himself sultan. The British responded the next day, August 26, 1896, by issuing an ultimatum to Khalid and his entourage to evacuate the palace by 9:00 am on August 27. When he refused, British warships fired on the palace and other strategic locations in the city, destroying them and causing Khalid and his group to flee. According to the Guinness Book of World Records the resultant Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in history, and the same day Hamoud was able to assume the title of sultan, more indebt
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Baksa, Formosa Taiwan. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.
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Chinese gunners observing a new machine gun, drawing by Ferdinand Bassot (1843-1900) from a photograph by Thomson, from Beijing and North China, by T Choutze pseudonym of Gabriel Deveria (1844-1899), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume V, Issue 1, December 7, 1876.
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Three samurai warriors in armor, with lances and sword, typical uniform of the fighters, around 1870, Japan, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from that time.
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KHARTOUM (1966).
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France. Loire-atlantique. Ile De Noirmoutier. Historical Photo
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Uganda. Entebbe. Government House from across the lawn. Nubian guard close up. 1936, Uganda, Entebbe
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Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Caption "Three Indonesian Crew Dutch Liner" Three Indonesians crew Dutch passenger ship ". 1944. Britain
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Students, private school Şemsülmektib / Abdullah Frères, photographes de SMI le Sultan
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Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plane. Some claim the name is derived from the Hittite. Intrinsically linked to the history of Tarsus. Treaty of Ankara signed here in 1921 between France and the Turkish Grand National Assembly, which signified the end of the Cilicia War.
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Shanghai Refugee Shelter warmly farewells young adults that join the New Fourth Army. The New Fourth Army was a unit of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China established in 1937.
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Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "views from Deli and the Battak Country by K. Feilberg" (1870). Left: Malay Dato. Right: Tunko Muhammed. 1870. Batakland, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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Power Dressing Description: Finishing touches to the outfit of the Prime Minister of Manipur in preparation for the coronation of the new Maharaja Bodh Chandra Sing. Photograph taken by Cecil Beaton for the Ministry of Information. Date: 1944 india, fashion, sword, turban, 1944, primeminister, manipur, ministryofinformation, cecilbeaton, bodhchandrasing
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Samurai (Harada Kiichi), Nagasaki, Japan. Date/Period: 1865/1875. Albumen print. Width: 21.8 cm. Height: 27.9 cm (image). Author: Ueno Hikoma.
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Indian prisoners of war in Trelleborg.
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Events at the re-enactment of the Battle of Talana. Dundee. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa