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Historical Military Parades

Black and white images of military parades and public events, showcasing soldiers, celebrations, and significant historical moments from the early to mid-20th century.

The Marquis of Magaz, Magaz y Pers, Antonio (1864-1953) arrive in Berlin as Nationalist Spain's Ambassador in 1939
The Marquis of Magaz, Magaz y Pers, Antonio (1864-1953) arrive in Berlin as Nationalist Spain's Ambassador in 1939
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Alpini, military parade on June 2, Rome
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07/24/1918. The festival of Santiago Apostol in Madrid. 1.-HRH the Infante D. Fernando Conversing after the campaign mass with the officers of the Lanceros del Príncipe regiment, of which he is a colonel. 2.-The Soldiers of the Queen's Lancers Regiment Listening to the Mass Celebrated Yesterday Tomorrow at the Count-Duke's Barracks.
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An Illustration showing a German officer selecting French citizens for deportation to Germany. The Illustrated London News reported that some twenty-five thousand French men and women had already been taken to Germany from the occupied territory for forced labour in concentration camps. Date: 1916
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07/31/1917. Commemorative festivities in Anzuola (Guipúzcoa). Simulation of the prison of Abderramán Iii, carried out by the Anzuolanos in the year 850, in the battle of Valdejunquera.
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Rome. 10/28/1922. The stage of fascism in Italy opens with the "March on Rome." In the center of this historic photograph, and from left to right, De Bono, Benito Mussolini and De Vecchi.
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01/21/1938. Spanish Civil War. The Combatants Precariously Sheltered around the monument in the Plaza "del Torico" in Teruel.
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06/18/1937. Placing the national flag in the Bilbao council, Moments after the taking of the City.
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Photo of American soldiers on top of Nazi Rally Grounds wall celebrating occupation, Nuremberg, Germany (Large format sizes available)
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Hitler Youth troop marching circa 1933
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Valencia, 1937. The poet Miguel Hernández harangues the troops during the Spanish Civil War.
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06/16/1909. Madrid, at the Ayer charity festival. The children's battalion Making Evolutions in the Bullring during the party that the Waiters of the great Peña held to benefit the Santa Cristina asylum.
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12/01/1936. The Quintas Mobilized by the Republican government, doing military training.
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Russia/Germany: A victorious Red Army soldier raises the Soviet Flag over the ruins of Stalingrad, February 1943
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Group portrait of a few soldiers from the 930e Compagnie R.A.S.C. (G.T.) On the site of the Hojelkazerne (Croeselaan 39) in Utrecht, including Jimmy Bowey, Evans, Pratt, Wally Wallace and Cutts.
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Wreath-laying ceremony at the Huenefeld grave. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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08/21/1936. The Aranjuez Militia battalion, as it passes through the Puerta del Sol, Madrid.
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The prisoners of war arrive. The station was put into operation in 1892.Ljungbyhed has long been characterized by its character as a military exercise site.
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Operation August Storm (Battle of Manchuria). Japanese prisoners being led by Red Army troops in Li-shenchen. Manchuria. August 1945.
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Workers with Guns
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Orense, 07/1910. Anti-clerical demonstration in Ourense. In the image, the protesters arriving at the Civil Government building.
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The Prince Of Wakes And The Seaforth Highlanders -- The Prince of Wales taking the salute at the March past of the Regiment. Dover Castle may be seen in background.H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, who is Colonel-In-Chief of the Seaforth Highlanders, inspected the 1st Battalion of The regiment at Dover Castle, on Nov. 22nd. They will be leaving for Palestine shortly. January 09, 1934. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).
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English conscripts in front of a recruitment centre in the months before world war Two 1939
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12/31/1937. Artillery piece in Valencia with its Servants Prepared for the taking of Teruel.
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Members of the National Recreational Club (Opera nazionale dopolavoro, OND) exhibiting pennants, April 5, 1936, province of Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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Victory Parade: Parade Passing Along Whitehall - Australian contingent passing along Whitehall. June 8, 1946. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).
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German soldiers enter the Sudeten land in 1938. The Sudeten crisis of 1938 was provoked by the demands of Nazi Germany that the Sudetenland be annexed to Germany, which in fact took place after the later infamous Munich Agreement
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World War I, post war victory parade in Paris, France, July 14, 1919
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Players during the war dance of gold miners, southafrica, africa 1920 1930.
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Japan: Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese army, waving the Japanese Naval Standard, celebrate victory at Shanghai, 1937
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High angle view of infantry soldiers, Nuremberg Rally, Nuremberg, Germany, September 13, 1937
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) Italian fascist dictator, 1922. Artist: Unknown
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Ernst Thaelmann, leader of the German Communist Party, KPD, speech in front of party members, historical photography, in front of 1933, Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe
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Red Army soldiers in St Petersburg; Russia 1918
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Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) and his mistress Clara Petacci hanging in a public square after their execution by Italian Communist partisans in April 1945.
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Napoleon's Guns Fired In Paris -- The guns being fired on the ramparts of the Invalides.The triumphal battery of Frederick 1 of Prussia, taken from Prussia by Napoleon were fired at the Invalides in Paris May 10, to mark the opening of an exhibition of military trophies stolen by the Germans during the last war and recovered since. June 04, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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1930s GROUP OF MEN ADVERTISING AD PARADE TROOP HOLDING MARKETING ADVERTISING SIGNS AND BANNERS KOBE JAPAN
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Black and white photograph pertaining to the Munich Conference of 1938 showing crowd offering a warm reception, to Adolf Hitler in Berlin.
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12/31/1930. Mr. Azaña upon entering the generality accompanied by Mr. Maciá.
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Service men and women send up cheers at news of Japanese capitulation, 9/2/45.
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The Captain of the Hull Fishing ***** " Lady Shirley" ***** reading the Prime minister's signal of congratulations to the crew after the little vessel, by accurate fire, had compelled the surrender of one of Germany's latest U. boats. Forth-four survivors of the U-boat were landed a Gibraltar. October 23, 1941. (Photo by British Official Admiralty Photo).
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May Day Demonstrations In Prague -- The "Dollar Dragon" passing through the Wenceslas Square, Prague. The Stars and a Stripes seems to form the hat-band of the "Dragon".Thousands of people with representatives from all the various State organisations, paraded through the streets of Prague in one of the biggest May Day celebrations ever seen in the Czech capital.Anti-American flavor in a public demonstration in Prague. The "Dollar Dragon" has a stars and stripes hatband. May 4, 1950. (Photo by Sport and General Press Agency Limited).
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Military Color Guard Marching in Snow
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Hitler with young Nazi party members in Munich 1930
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Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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Wuhan Literary and Art Division performed for Air Force soldiers a dance drama "Hanqi Zhuangge". Cultural Revolution China 1967
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Police action in Poland during the martial law of 1981-1983.
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Holy War is pronounced at the Fatih Mosque, Constantinople, Turkey, 14 November 1914, (c1920). 'The Fetwa of the Sheikh-ul-Islam: How the Holy War was proclaimed in Constantinople'. Sheikh Al­Islam Ürgüplü Hayri Bey, the supreme religious authority in the Ottoman Empire, issues a fatwa declaring an Islamic holy war on behalf of the Ottoman government. In it he urges his Muslim followers to take up arms against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro in the First World War. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume II, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresh
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The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to have constituted a genocide. Several former Khmer Rouge cadres are currently on trial for war crimes in Phnom Penh.