Historical Military Operations

Early 20th century military scenes depicting soldiers, artillery, and fortifications in various locations, capturing wartime preparations and strategies.

Various of disturbances 1934, Middle East

Fortified Tagliamentolinie at Latisana 21.11.17.

West Point cadets handling coast defense guns

Snow gallery there is protection against the snow.

4B 8 Miles W. of Little Eagle. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Enjoying a bailey bridge. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Schabs, storm exercise platz: latching storm patrol ...

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. C. Nederlands Front - Meidagen '40. Repro's telex messages and newspaper pages. Two Dutch soldiers placed external charges under rail rails. May 1940. The Netherlands

Open master Holmberg with crew.

Various of disturbances 1934, Middle East

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bridge repair from the road to Malang, inscription at Villa Singosari. Undermined railway bridge. November 4, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

View of people preparing Morris Castle show, 1927

Italian officers observing the enemy entrenched on the hills of the Karst (Carso) from the shipyard of Monfalcone taken from the Austrians, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 36, September 5, 1915.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Train is at a signal. Right a military post. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Graves improve channels, laying bridges. undated

Member Of The 840Th Engineer Aviation Battalion, 9Th Engineer Command Stops His Work On The Airstrip Somewhere In France Long Enough To Cast His Ballot For The Election.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sector Cheribon (1st Police Action 21-27 July 1947). Cheribon sector: With their flight, the Republican troops blew out countless large and small bridges behind. However, it was counted on and everywhere, where our troops came to a destroyed bridge, a bridge was beaten by the genius in a short time. The genius busy building a Bailey bridge on the way to Cheribon .. July 21, 1947. Cirebon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Boer War Photograph Taken by B W Caney Wrecked Armoured Train.

Photograph showing troops of the 9th Armoured Division of the US First Army, heading for the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, March 1945. These men were some of the first Allied soldiers to cross the River Rhine in the assault on Nazi Germany. The story of the battle for Remagen and its bridge was later told in the book and film 'The Bridge at Remagen'. Date: 1945

Inspecting by Se.K.K.Hoism Archduke Karl Franz Josef.

Photo collection First World War. ÜBERGANG Östr. UNG. Truppen Über den Tagliamento .. 1914-1918}. Italy, Tagliamento

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. An Advanced Pigeon Left Well Protected by sandbags. 1914-1918}. France

Military exercise in Storvik.

German railway troops Landbrücke under construction

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang. Palembang: The large bridge over the Batang Hari Leko (with Doesoen Teleken) is seen on some lighter damage, intact by our troops. The TNI statement made from bales of natural rubber ........, is now our own soldiers - which are still shot by snipers - to cover .. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 Colonel Francis Cornwallis Maude VC taking sight whilst Lieutenant Ford laying this 24 pounder iron gun which was part of the armament of a newly built fortress. Lieutenant Brown RA in background. Letchmenteala, Lucknow.

Coast Guard-Manned LST Links British, French Railways. Out of the big steel belly of a Coast Guard-manned LST, flat freight cars of the Army Transportation Corps roll onto a railroad in France to resume the land journey to the western front. A track-equipped tank deck enables the big Tank Landing Ship to serve as a floating link between railroads in England and France.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Environment Brastagi Braspoe Not Correct. A genius unit deals with making an emergency bridge. November 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soebang and surroundings. Three-quarter tongue passes a bridge. December 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Battery drawing on the traject in Giurgiu (Giurgin).

French military motorised vehicles carrying gun crews and a hauling field artillery, c1914.

13 inch mortar "Dictator", in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

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.

Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4 with officers of 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Artillery (Troops) , Mortars (Ordnance), United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Treand railing in Djombang. Tuesday, November 8, 1949 Jl. Reed a freight train on a few tensile bombs, on the way from Surabaya to Madioen, about six kilometers west of Modjokerto. Colonel J.A named to General-Major. Scheffer, Commander A division, was present with a few other officers the next day to consider the damage caused. November 9, 1949. Djombang, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Elsevier photo collection. Seal hole dike "shake fair". storm past 24 hours powerful stronghold, that, things, storm managed protect hole meters away. . rebellion population assist hundred-fifty-one dyke army wearing bags sand. 26 August 1957. Hekelingen, shake fair

Manassas Junction, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates, March 1862. No. B831, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

This image was taken by Leo Halter, a serviceman stationed on Attu Island during WW II. Subjects: Halter Collection; WW II; World War II; World War Two; Military; Wildlife refuges; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Aleutians; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

Rebel fortifications, Atlanta, Ga.. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3638. Forts & fortifications, Confederate, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Cannons, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Sherman's March to the Sea, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Confederate, Georgia, Atlanta, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Georgia, Atlanta.

A German Tank Enters Stalingrad -- Against a background of damage and smoke a German tank rolls into Stalingrad, according to German sources, to reinforce Nazi troops trying to keep a foothold there.This German picture reached the United States via neutral Portugal. December 10, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River. A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bandjermasin, a city on and above the water. Ferry. 12 February 1948. Bandjermasin, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Margaret Ecker, War Correspondent For Canadian Press Opens A Cannon'S Breech, A Gun Probably Captured From The French. Marked With '1918--Le Harre', The Germans Had Planned To Mount This Piece On The Wrecked Vehicle Just Behind Correspondent Ecker. On O

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Second centenary of Mineurs and Sickers of the Genius. Celebration 2nd centenary by the genius in Tjilitjan. The festivities also included a competition in building bailey bridges. May 15, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

12/31/1917. Services of the Spanish army. Motorcycles Provided with Stretchers That Our Military Health Has Used for a Long Time - Approximate Date.

Photo collection First World War. With the Troops in Mesopotamia. Advanced tanks or chlorinated water .. 1914-1918}. Iraq, Mesopotamia

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Troop train en route for Dar es Salaam - Mikesse, December 1916. Nigerian Brigade. See pp. 51-52 of 'With the Nigerians in G. E. A. ' (Downes). During the day six men of the iron cattle trucks were given permission to climb on to the rounded iron roof of their Wagon.

Ernst Axfors collection 40 A wrecked aircraft Thulin type A on the ore. Two soldiers and a boy at the aircraft.

Photo collection Government information service. Wieringermeer, inundation and reconstruction. May 1, 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer

Staying and performance of the 8th (4th) Bataljon Regiment Shock troops in the Dutch East Indies. Arrival of the lst in Palembang.

War album 67, picture 19240.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Tropical hygiene lessons are put into practice in the selection of the bivouac area, one man is always on the alert, anti-malarial precautions have to be taken and cooking and washing arrangements made to cover a period of three nights. Men are seen here building a 'basha' shelter at the naval training establishment HMS QUEBEC, Inverary, Scotland. Here Marine landing parties are being trained in jungle-craft by Royal Marine staff under the guidance of the Royal Marines Eastern Warfare School, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Thickly wooded hills, with some live palms and bamboos, gave a good imitation jungle in which tropical bridging work, bivouacking, patrolling, sniping and booby-trap lessons could be learnt.

American soldiers in World War I, 1918.

BUILDING B-29 BASES IN CHINA by USAAF aviation engineers and native laborers. Landing strips were constructed on rice fields and paddies, bought from Chinese farmers. Then the farmers themselves and neighboring townspeople pitched in to do the work.

10/31/1915. In a railway station in Antwerp. Railway Carriages Converted into Kitchens by German Soldiers. Photo: R. Parrondo.

German 38 cm cannon firing, during World war One 1916

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Prison in Tjipinang. Exterior wall of the prison. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Lying in a hole, caused when a bomb from an 8th Air Force heavy bomber exploded, this locomotive has capsized and lies a gaunt wreck amid the rubble of the Reims, France railroad shops.

Soldier in trench at communication post under train wagon at Kaaskerke in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII (1894 - 1972) visits Japan 1922

Painting the Racławice Panorama: Jan Styka standing with a pallette with the part of the canvas showing a woman mourning a killed farmer, in front of a hut in Smoniowice at the crossroads in Dziemierzyce. Hamel i Feigl (Lwów ; skład materiałów fotograficznych ; 1892-ca 1905), merchant employer, unknown, photographer

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. For the birthday of the German Crown Prince (May 6). The crown prince talking to wounded on the street to St.Qnentin .. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk, Sint Quentin

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.

Fire dept. test, 1919 , Armories, Fire engines, Fire fighters, Fire prevention, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

12/31/1914. Elements of the German army. Airplane that has been decorated by the Kaiser with the Iron Cross for the important services performed in the current campaign.

FWDLorryTowing6inchHowitzerWWI

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. A Traveling workshop. 1914-1918}. France

Three wehr macity soldiers at a wooden barrack. Three wehr macity soldiers at a wooden barrack. At the back of 1941. Photo associated with album 'Kriegsernerungen'.

The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. King of Belgians visits the western front. General Allenby decorates a Belgian heavy battery commander with the D S O in the presence of the King of the Belgians.. september 1916

Anefo photo collection. Due to the 1st Compagnie FieldGenie of the KNIL, Bandjarnegaraeen Bailey Bridge was laid over the Kali serajoe .. March 1949. Bandjernegara, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. 3-villages-walking tour Amsterdam police. April 11, 1948

War album 95, picture 28228.

Railroad mortar at Petersburg, Virginia, July 25, 1864. No. 304, Title from item, Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 28. Mortars (Ordnance), Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Railroad freight cars, American, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Anefo photo collection. Waterworks Meppel. December 6, 1945. Meppel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sepantjar at Batoorka. Rail wagons have run out of the rails (sabotage?). A wagon is in the slope. Thereby various soldiers .. November 17, 1947. Baturaja, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Yorktown, Virginia. Sally port in the center of the southwestern point of entrenchments | Library of Congress

Reinforcement of drum at 27/900.

Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Battery No. 4, right bank of Wormley's Creek. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Mortars (Ordnance), United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

Photograph showing how the Polish attempted to hinder the advancement of the Nazis. Roads and bridges were destroyed making them impassable in order to prevent the Nazis and Germans from entering. 1939

' Du Tardennois a la Picardie; M. Clemenceau devant l'emplacement d'une piece allemande de 380mm decouverte dans le bois du Chatelet, au Sud-Est de Fere-en-Tardenois; autour du president du Conseil, MM. Loucheur, Tardieu et le general Mordacq', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

War album 95, picture 28119.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A statement is built up. A man is busy with the "tribute" sign. On the right a sign with the year 1948. 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

15 in. gun near Wash., D.C. Aug. 1865. No. 659, Title from item, Hand written on verso: see Miller, vol. 3, p. 145, Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.)

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, Seven Days Battles, June 25-July 1, 1862. Railroad cars and horse drawn covered wagons at Savage's Station on June 27, the first day the Union withdrawal to Harrison's Landing on the James River. On the same day, a five miles away, Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee defeated Union General Fitz John Porter at Battle of Gaines' Mill. Photo by James Gibson (BSLOC_2018_7_122)

Military exercise, the influence of 50 kg bomb on a bridge.

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. British Troops Going to the Battle Area in Barges on a Canal. 1914-1918}. France

River Crossing -- Men of the 2/17th Battalion, A.I.F., on a 21-miles route march to-day. They are crossing George's River, near Glenfield. The march is part of the hardening up process for the trek to Bathurst next week. August 6, 1940.

Anefo photo collection. Spoorburg taken into use at Buggenum. December 3, 1945. Buggenum

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Crescendo in Veluwe. March 13, 1951. Gelderland, Veluwe

Photo collection First World War. The British Advance in The West. One of Our Many Light Railways. 1914-1918}

WifStavarfs AB. BARLASTKAJE September 9, 1902. The photograph received 5th prize in the Swedish Tourist Association's pristäflan (prize competition) in 1902.

State railways, SJ operating defense men. SJ Operating Defense was formed in 1946 and had the task of protecting important facilities for emergency preparedness and war. The operational defense was closed in 2005.

AMS-91 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Federal siege guns of Battery Sherman at Vicksburg during the American Civil War Date: July 1863

The Marshalling Yards At Mantova, Italy Near The Brenner Pass Were Destroyed By Maafbombers In The Last Stages Of The Battle For Italy.

16' howitzer railway mount model E , Artillery Weaponry, Howitzers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

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