Historical Military Operations

Black and white images depicting military forces in action. Scenes include soldiers on rocky terrain and recovery efforts at disaster sites, highlighting war and cooperation themes.

British soldiers are pictured in a crater captured from the German army. The crater was created by the explosion of an Allied mine buried beneath enemy lines. Date: 1916

***** Forces Move Forward, The Syrian Frontier - British soldiers keeping a good look-out among the rocks near the frontier. September 30, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

WORLD WAR II. German army tactical exercises.

"Atom Bombs" On Bristol -- Troops Carry away a stretcher case from an awkward position on a blitzed site. Civil and Military co-operation in Bristol was tested over the weekend Feb. 10/11 when 1,500 troops joined forces with the civil defense in tackling the damage caused by an assumed atom bomb attack. "Exercise Medusa" Was the first full-scale anti-atom-bomb test ever carried out in Britain. February 12, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

British soldiers are pictured in a crater captured from the German army. The crater was created by the explosion of an Allied mine buried beneath enemy lines. Date: 1916

C-124 Globemaster Crash Scenes These three pictures show the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster which crashed west of Tokyo, Thursday,June 18, shortly after takeoff from Tachlkawa air Installation en route to Korea, with 122 passengers and seven crewmen. There were no survivors. In photograph AF-4656-1 small fires still smoulder after fire crews had brought the blaze under control with chemical spray. AF-4656-4 shows one engine of the Globemaster partially burled in mud. This engin

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.

07/31/1909. A company of the Melilla regiment No. 49 Fortifying a house in Sidi Musa -Approximate date.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Padang. Double recording. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Hara-Kiri at Tarawa -- Those Japs who resorted to hara-kiri during the Marines conquest of Tarawa in the Gilberts, didn't all fall by the traditional Bamaurai sword. This is a picture of self-inflicted death shortly after the Japanese had killed himself by thrusting his big toe against the trigger of his rifle, with the muzzle against his chest. Note the Jap's toe still is pressing the trigger. A second dead Jap can be seen under the roof of the demolished dugout. December 20, 1943. (Photo by Official U.S. Marine Crops Photograph).

Anefo photo collection. Catastrophe at Liège, work to remove the embers. February 4, 1961. Liège

''Epaves du combat; Un coin du champ de bataille', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

World War I, The Battle of Cambrai, British soldiers in a trench, 1918

Comb of Monte Sabotino with machine gun and observation levels.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

March 1916. In the Verdun region. French fighter in a trench preparing a periscope to examine enemy movements.

France, July 1915. The fighting in northern France. English soldiers occupying an enemy trench after a mine was blown up.

Japanese assault on the Russian trenches in Port Arthur, the conquest of a cannon, China, Russo-Japanese war, drawing by Fortunino Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 46, November 13, 1904.

04/30/1917. On the Western Front. French soldiers in a position taken from the enemy.

World War I, French soldiers searching in the ruins of a town in France, ca. 1918

Antietam, Maryland. Dead soldiers in ditch on the right wing where Kimball's brigade fought so desperately. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Woerner Eugen (herr) Collection German troops resting in the trenches. (Siegfried Line, May - July 1917).

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Princess Irene Brigade takes liberation Netherlands, sleep German built bunkers. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

World War Two: French army in trenches guarding the approaches to the Rhine 1940

'L'Attaque Britannique du 25 septembre 1916; La concentration des renforts diriges sur la ligne de feu, au cours de la matinee,' 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Brastagi. On their arrival in Brastagi, our troops did a lurid find. In a mass grave, 18 mutilated seem were found. Elsewhere in the village, 40 terrible mutilated seem to be found from other victims of the TNI. August 22, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. Gun emplacement somewhere on the Central Railway.

Italy. sicily. sommatino. mine. september 1928.

Troops in Cyprus. November 19, 1941.

WW1 - Out of their lairs in Polygon Wood, North Country troops bomb Hun machine-gunners. Polygon Wood is a forest located between Ypres and Zonnebeke, Belgium. Date: 1917

07/31/1916. The English in Campaign. Soldiers of Various Corps Working in a Newly Occupied Position - Assembling an Electrical Water Condensing Machine.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection View looking towards Krithia from the Front line: Gallipoli, 1st May 1915.

A Business-Like Barricade.A fully-Equipped Japanese bluejacket gutpost behind their Sandbag Barricade in devastated Chapel, while two armored motorcars lend the support of their Heavy machine guns. The above scene took place on February 10 shortly after the Japanese launches their heaviest attack of their drive to capture Chapel and the Woosung forts. July 3, 1932. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

''Les Peripeties d'une Attaque; L' attaque a reussi: le long des boyaux, des prisonniers defilent; ils appartiennent au 5th regiment de la Garde prussienne et plusieurs sont coiffes du nouveau casque de tranchee, enorme et pesant, de l'armee allemande', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

British field kitchen

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-Brastagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. The road on the Piso-Piso plateau is digging through the TNI with tankfalls. Soldiers of the field's yesie busy with the removal. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

American Dead On Western Europe Battlefront -- U.S. Soldiers killed while fighting inside the Reich lie sprawled behind a hedge. On the extreme left (back ground) is a medical corpsman, who had been moving down the line to give help. A wounded Nazi was seen near him, but when the cameraman reached the spot the America was dead and the German one. February 12, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office Of War Information Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Japanese victim Balikpapan Borneo. 1940-1945}. Balikpapan, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

British soldiers, half-drowned in their sinking inflatable boat, clambering aboard an enemy warship.

10/31/1917. On the Western Front. The King of Italy (X) Contemplating the Ruins of Coucy Castle during his recent visit to the French front.

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Princess Irene Brigade takes liberation Netherlands, sleep German built bunkers. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 Battle of Albert. British troops moving along a communication trench. A wounded man is lying on the floor of the trench. 1st July 1916.

Dead soldier Possibly in the area around Podhajce, Galicia, photographer: Korps Hofmann.

Remains of wreck of the Grafton, Carnley Harbour. From the album: 1907 Sub-Antarctic Expedition; circa 1908; North, W. gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-Brastagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. Tank trap in the road along the Piso-Piso. Before the genius goes to work, the environment is explored by the infantry on possible obstacles. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Bit Artillery Exercises -- Field guns in Action. A Divisional Artillery Exercise, with a great barrage and demonstration of Field Artillery moving into action took place somewhere in England. April 22, 1940. (Photo by LNA).

On To Rangoon -- Troops of the 14th Army hurling the Jap back in an all out drive towards Rangoon shattered an enemy stand at Pyawbwe, 22 miles south east of Meiktila, Burma. More than 1,100 Japanese were killed and a number of tanks, guns and ammunition dumps destroyed in this headquarters and concentration point of enemy escaping from the North.Japs defending Pyawbwe waterf works made determined efforts to deny the area to advancing allied forces. They were killed in the assault that carried our troops into the village. April 01, 1945. (Photo by British Official Picture).

'La Bataille de la Somme; ancienne tranchee allemands', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Photograph of Soviet Red Army soldiers during a street battle during the Siege of Berlin which helped bring on the German surrender in World War Two 1945. Dated 20th Century

Flanders Operations; Before relief of the Belgians by the French: a French officer inspects the Belgian sector', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917

French soldiers before the offensive of October 23 in 1917, of the battle of Chemin des Dames, Aisne, France.

Photograph of Soviet Red Army soldiers during a street battle during the Siege of Berlin which helped bring on the German surrender in World War Two 1945. Dated 20th Century

Men of the King's Liverpool Regiment carrying barbed wire picket posts along a communication trench near Blairville Wood, 16th April 1916.

A French battery of the 75th has a narrow escape, World War I, 1915. A huge crater next to the unit's guns. A print from Le Pays de France, 30th September 1915. The photographer is unknown.

Carrying a wounded soldier to a first aid post, Passchendaele, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers

guerra, trincea di cemento sul carso, 1915 1918

The Cambodian Campaign (also known as the Cambodian Incursion) was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during mid-1970 by the United States (U.S.) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War. A total of 13 major operations were conducted by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) between 29 April and 22 July and by U.S. forces between 1 May and 30 June.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-brostagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. A combat trolley protects the genius, which has released the road from the bricket stone, raised by the TNI as a barrier. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Dead bodies on a street in Casablanca after French bombardment of the city, August 9, 1907, Morocco, photograph from L'Illustration, No 3365, August 24, 1907.

French - Fighting. April 16, 1918.

British Troops In Korea - British Troops. November 27, 1950.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Modjokerto. Inlet mengetan and porong channel. Due to the destroyed lock, water flows .. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Mojokerto, Dutch East Indies

German infantry attacking at Verdun; world war one 1916

Photograph of a German trench used during The Great War. Dated 20th Century

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.

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

01/31/1915. In the Fields of Belgium. Belgian Peasants Collecting the Horses Killed in the Last Fights.

All Night Raid on Britain's Capital - Statue of John Milton', 1940, (1940). Artist: Unknown.

Germans fallen along a road used as a trench, Soissons, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 33, August 18, 1918.

World war two: German prisoners of war after the liberation of Colmar, France 1945

4th East Lancs

Spanish Civil War. American volunteer on look-out with periscope in front line trenches.

09/30/1914. The fight in Belgium. Trenches and Walls of one of the Namur Forts Destroyed by German artillery.

09/30/1909. The Savoy Regiment. In the capture of Nador. Savoy Soldiers Climbing To the Summit of Nador Advancing by Steps.

Colombo - Chancery Office Building - 1979, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

British Troops Under The Command Of The 1st., Canadian Army Advancing Into Germany -- A picture showing concrete and steel defenses of the Siegfried Line near Goch. April 16, 1945. (Photo by PNA).

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 badly shelled main road to Bapaume

An engagement in a Stalingrad street. November 1, 1942. ;An engagement in a Stalingrad street.

Scene of Ewell's attack, May 19, 1864, near Spottsylvania i.e. Spotsylvania Court House. Dead Confederate soldiers. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 726, LC-B811-726. Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va, 1864, War casualties, Virginia, Spotsylvania, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Confederate.

The Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873-1914), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United Kingdom in Singapore during early 1873. The war was part of a series of conflicts in the late 19th century that consolidated Dutch rule over modern-day Indonesia. The 'Gajo-, Alas-, and Batak Campaign' of the Aceh War in 1904 is mostly remembered for its hard crack down on the last Acehnese and Batak pockets of resistance. In particular the battle at Kuta Reh stood out, as the rebels refused to surrender and the death toll of 561 Acehnese included 189 women and 59 children.

Watching For Enemy Snipers -- R. Adamson, of Falkirk, Scotland, member of a Bofors Gun crew, watches for signs of enemy snipers hidden in the ruins of Sant' Angelo, Italy. May 29, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Major research Moerdijk fellowship NLM nevertheless crashed yesterday. remains aircraft spread distance. October 7, 1981. Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant

Russia/Germany: German soldiers frozen to death at Stalingrad during the bitter winter of 1942-1943

Something new in protecting an anti-aircraft gun is tried out by members of battery "L" of the 241st Coast Artillery at Fort Strong, cement bags form a ring around a 3-inch Anti-Aircraft Rifle. Commanding a broad expanse of the sea, the fort plays an important part in the defense of Boston Harbor. July 15, 1941. (Photo by ACME).

Tug Of War With A Gun -- British Troops Serving with the allied fifth army in Italy pull a heavy gun through thick mud to a front line position on Mount Roccamonfina. December 08, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Machine gun in the fighting position.

Bound for England American troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force watch German prisoners carry their wounded down to edge of the shore for evacuation to England. August 14, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

Advance Towards Catania - Chief Axis Stronghold In Sicily -- British troops holding positions of the Catania Plain under heavy shell and mortar fire.The 8th. Army line threatening the plain of Catania and the chief enemy stronghold remaining in Sicily. Stretches from Regalbuto to the mouth of the Simeto. July 28, 1973. (Photo by P.N.A.).

March 1915. To outwit the Aerial Scouts. French cannon hidden in the undergrowth to hide it from enemy aviators.

Trenches in the field hunter battalion no..32. .

Photograph showing the damage caused to a reinforced concrete wall by a 'Flying Dustbin' explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank was equipped with a Petard mortar, designed to attack bunkers and concrete strongholds. The charge fired by the mortar was popularly known as a 'Flying Dustbin'. Date: 1944

THE SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) -Original title: SHICHININ NO SAMURAI-, directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA.

Spanish Civil war (1936-1939). Trenches of East Madrid. Americans fighting in Spain.

A rocky foxhole provides cover for members of the 82nd Airborne Division standing guard at Point Salines Airfield during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

British Second Army Cross The Rhine: The first batch of about 200 prisoners. A burning farm is seen in the background. June 18, 1945. (Photo by British Newspapers Pool Photograph).

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