Historical Military Portraits

A collection of early 20th-century military figures in formal attire, showcasing the authority and camaraderie among generals and ambassadors in various historic settings.

PAUL VON HINDENBURG German General and statesman with General Ludendorff and Oberst Hoffmann during World War One

08/31/1923. Ceuta. The new Superior Commissioner. General Aizpuru (X), Greeting the Authorities Upon Their Arrival. Photo: ros.

ORDERS CHINESE TROOPS TO WITHDRAW FROM MANCHURIA:Marshal Chang Hseuh-Liang, youthful Manchurian war lord, who today instructed his troops to withdrawn from Mukden and offer no resistance to the advancing Japanese Army Diplomatic relations between the two countries are sorely threatend after the clash between the Japanese and Chinese at Mukden before Marshal Chang's order was given. October 28, 1931. (Photo by Wide World Photo)

World War 1 - Trotsky reviewing red army trops, 1917,

PAUL VON HINDENBURG German General and statesman with General Ludendorff and Oberst Hoffmann during World War One

Poll photo collection. 1945

07/17/1922. Madrid. In the Ministry of War. The Minister President, Mr. Sánchez Guerra (1) in the Presentation, Verified Yesterday, of the senior staff of the Department, among which is HRH Infante D. Fernando (2).

''La cooperation Britannique; Le general en chef de l'armee britannique salue par les marins et les ouvriers du port', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Admiral Darlan - France (Deceased). January 01, 1943.

Feldmarschallieutnant by Felix, regimental commander of.j.R.No.1. After the church behind the front.

Captured Serbian general and his ADC in Yugoslavia, photographed by Heinrich Hoffmann. Heinrich Hoffmann (12 September 1885 - 15 December 1957) was Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Funeral ceremony for the death of King George I of Greece (in the centre General Ameglio, Colonel Trombi and Count Noris), Rhodes, March 26, 1913, Greece, photograph by Arturo Faccioli, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 14, April 6, 1913.

German General Eduard Dietl (21st July 1890 - 23rd June 1944) in 1943. Standing at the Finnish theater of war between the generals Schörner (left) and Ritter von Hengl .

The mayor of Arcangues being handcuffed by the police during the inventory of ecclesiastical assets in the Low Pyrenees region, France, photograph from L'Illustration, No 3291, March 24, 1906.

The Prince of Wales talking to a British soldier at the front, World War I, c1914-c1918 (1936). Artist: Unknown.

Spanish Civil War: Generals Franco and Queipo de Llano with the Bishop of Salamanca 1937.

World War I . 1914, General Nikolai Vladimirovich Russki 1854- 18 October 1918. general of the Russian army. Russki was 1896-1902 Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kiev Military District and during the Russo-Japanese War, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Manchurian Army. At the beginning of the First World War, he was commander of the 3rd Army of the Russian Southwest Front. Between August 1915 to April 1917, he held the chief command of the northern front. In September 1918 he was taken prisoner by the Red Army in the North Caucasus as a hostage and murdered by the

U.S. Army Surgeons Commanding "Kentucky Unit", on duty at Sarisbury Hospital, Largest ARC Hospital in Great Britain, l. to r. Major D. Barrow, Major S. Hanes, Lt-Col. L.S. Hughes, Major J.T. McClymonds, Major W.O. Bullock, Sarisbury, England, UK, American National Red Cross, 1918

Visit to the German General John of just in Pomorzany. General Ernst Kletter Noble by Gromnik and Generalmaj Eduard Bölz welcome the German Alliance Partners.

Hitler with General Ludendorff after the attempted putsch in October 1923.

07/31/1918. In the Ministry of War. The new Undersecretary, General Berenguer (1), and the Outgoing Undersecretary, General Aranaz (2) (Ricardo), with the Heads of the Ministry after the inauguration of the First, Verified yesterday.

Adolf Hitler and General Wilhelm Keitel inspecting the Maginot Line, France, 1940. France built the system of fortifications in the 1930s to protect its eastern frontier from invasion. But in 1940, the Germans simply bypassed the supposedly impregnable line, entered France through the Ardennes, a strategy disregarded by the French due to their belief that the terrain would be impassable for German tanks. The photographer is unknown.

'Victors of the Western Desert in Conference', 1941. Artist: Unknown.

Isonzofrontreise Kaiser Charles I. on 10.4.1917.

Marshall Foch - Famous French Was Leader - France. April 25, 1928.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

The king of Bavaria; Ludwig III., Visit the Heeres Group Commando in Sighişoara (Schässburg, Segesvar), 7.11.1916 Archduke Karl was from June 1916, upper-commander of a sub-section of the Eastern Front and commanded several armies between Brody and the Carpathians. As part of this commander, Archduke Karl inspected his associated units.

Degree Day At The Royal Albert Hall -- The Earl of Athlone inspecting the Guard of Honour of the London University O.T.C. of which he is Chancellor.The Earl of Athlone afterwards presented the Degrees to the Undergraduates. August 19, 1937.

Charles de Gaulle held as a prisoner of war, 1916

Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss - Austria. November 6, 1933. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.).

Grand Duke Nicholas (Tall figure (centre), in 1915, during World War One. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856 - 1929) was a Russian general in World War I (1914-1918). A grandson of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia, he was commander in chief of the Russian Imperial Army units on the main front in the first year of the war, and was later a successful commander-in-chief in the Caucasus region. He was briefly recognized as Tsar, Emperor of Russia in 1922 in areas controlled by the White A

Crown Prince Constantine of Greece speaking with farmers near Monastir, Macedonia, First Balkan War, photograph by Rhomaides-Zeitz, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 50, December 15, 1912.

Francisco Franco 1892 ñ 1975, dictator of Spain meets, in Las Palmas in the Spanish Civil War.

07/31/1920. Saint Sebastian. The League of Nations. First session of the international military commission on Armaments. The Delegates, after the session.

03/31/1922. Madrid. In the Queen's Lancers barracks. General Weyler (1) in the tribute paid to the soldier of the Alcántara regiment Antonio Serrano (2), for his behavior in the retreat from Mount Arruit.

British Army and Naval Chiefs at the Saluting base at Paris's "Big Parade" -- British Navy and Army Chiefs with General Gamelin at the saluting base during Paris's "Big Parade" today, July 14. Left to Right, Viscount Gort, and General Gamelin.A huge military parade - in ***** the British Brigade of ***** of British blue jackets took part - was held in Paris today. July 23, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

World war two: Captured and blindfolded US Air force pilot, with two Japanese soldiers. Captured during the during Doolittle air raids on Tokyo. 1942

Wounded Austrian Officer on Patrol on Isonzo

Prisoners from Dieppe -- Commandos guard blindfolded Germans, brought back to Britain as prisoners from the Dieppe area, where Allied raiders struck yesterday at the German-held French coast. One prisoner (right) is wrapped in a blanket. August 20, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

General Castelnau, General Joffre and General Pau - French Generals of World War One. Captioned "Pour La France !.." February 1915

British Army Representatives leave Hendon in a Bristol-Bombay Troop carrier, for Berlin, where they are to witness the German Army manoeuvres. The number of Foreign guests is to be strictly limited. The inclusion of the British Representatives is therefore interesting and is some part due to the personal hospitality extended to Field Marshal Von Blomberg by the British Service Chiefs during his Coronation visit.L-R, Lt. Col. Neville, Brig. Pakenham Walsh, Wing Commander Maurice Moore, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, Sir Cyril Deverell, Chief of Imperial Staff, and Group Captain Don. September 22, 1937.

Vicente Rojo, already as General, with Manuel Azaña during the magazine To the Troops They Made on November 13, 1937 in Madrid.

General von Schoeler - German Intendant General (responsible for logistical suppplies). Pictured with Major Morshach. Date: circa 1914

The King of Bavaria visiting the Imperial German Army headquarters, 1917. Left to right: Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg, King Ludwig III of Bavaria, Quartermaster General Ludendorff, Admiral von Holtzendorff. A photograph from Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern. The photographer is unknown.

Scene in a Courtroom. Erich Salomon (German, 1886 - 1944)

05/09/1919. In the center of the army and the Navy. Colonel D. Manuel de las Heras (X) Receiving the baton given to him by his classmates from the class of 1898, for being the first of them to have reached the rank of colonel.

'La Fin d'une Regime et d'un Regne; La suite au quartier general de Mohilev; a gauche, le jeune grand-duc Dimitri Pavlovitch, qui fut melé au meurtre de Raspoutine', 1917. The end of a regime and a reign; (Tsar Nicholas II and) entourage at Mogilev; on the left, the young Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich, who was involved in the murder of Rasputin. 'Gr.-duc Dimitri, Aml. Nilof, Cte. Grabbe, Col. Mordvinof, Gen. Narischkine, Gen. Voieikof, Nicolas II, Cte. Freedericks, Pee. Dolgoroukof, Prof. Fedorof, Conseiller Yejof'. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration,

The twelve war leaders as pall bearers at the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph (called Armistice Day pre-World War Two) on 11th November 1920, l to r: Sir Hedworth Meux, Earl Beatty, Sir Henry Jackson, General Gatliff (Royal Marines), Sir Charles Madden, Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard, Lord Methuen, Lord French, Earl Haig, Sir Henry Wilson, Lord Horne, and Lord Byng - men of the highest distinction in the four services. Date: 11th November 1920

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, with troops during World War I, Bain News Service, 1914

Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch Trial. From left to right: Pernet, Weber, Frick, Kiebel, Ludendorff, Hitler, Bruckner, Röhm, and Wagner. The Putsch was a failed attempt by Hitler and the Nazi Party to seize power in Munich.

Blindfolded, the leaders of the unsuccessful revolutionary coup are brought to negotiate at Oporto with government representatives.

07/12/1916. The Railway Workers strike in Valencia proclamation of martial law in the Plaza de la Reina by Forces of the Mallorca regiment.

03/31/1915. German Soldiers Contemplating their Photographs in a Berlin magazine, in the vicinity of Reims - photo M. Sennecke - Approximate date.

A young boy wearing a nationalist army uniform in Fascist controlled Burgos, in Spain, during the Spanish Civil War

Beauséjour Fort, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

British War Minister and French Generalissimo - Lord Kitchener and General Joffre during World War I

Group acquisition: Quartermaster Department of the army command. FM. Archduke Eugen ,.

'Baseball, the national game of the United States, was played by American troops while in England. T Artist: Unknown.

Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill in Teheran. December 13, 1946. (Photo by TASS).

Senior Soviet commanders. 1939. From right to left: deputy. Commander of the Belarusian Military District, Commander F. I. Kuznetsov, commander of the Belarusian military district M. P. Kovalev and deputy commander for cavalry G. K. Zhukov. 1939.

Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor (1894 - 1972). Directly after World War One broke out the Prince of Wales begged to be allowed to go to France, and before the end of 1914 he got his way. A prominent Labour leader of the time has told how the Prince "caused his military superiors not a little anxiety by reason of the personal risks he ran from time to time."

Franco visiting defenders of the Alcazar of Toledo on the day when members of the Board of National Defense elect Franco, Generalissimo and Head of Government of the Spanish State.

Gen. Bell & Gen. Crowder

Co-ordinating Allied Strategy: General Joffre leaving the War Office with Lord Kitchener on October 29,1915, during his first visit to London since the outbreak of the war.Drawn by Christopher Clark.

10/31/1911. The King of Servia in Paris. Pedro I of Servia, Falliéres, General Roques and the Ministers Watching the Aviation Maneuvers.

Count Ciano as Witness at Alabanian Wedding: Count Ciano, Mussolini's Foreign Minister photographed as he inspected aguard of honour of Alabanian troops when he arrived at Tirana Airfield to act as a witness at the weddings today of King Zog and Countess Geraldine Apponyi. The count received an enthusiastic welcome. April 27, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

''Combat Aerien; Guynemer, sergent, photographie avec le capitaine Brocard, le 5 fevrier 1916, apres sa 5me victoire', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women police patrol giving giving information to men on leave at Euston Railway Station.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Rear Admiral L H K Hamilton, DSO, who was in charge of the raid on the Lofoten Islands (Norway) stood on the bridge of a ship and looking out to sea.

The British War Minister and the Italian Generalissimo - Kitchener and Cadora

12/19/1924. The senior commissar of the Red Army, Trotsky, watching from Lenin's mausoleum the parade of the military forces that took part in the commemorative party.

Major Anthony Eden Leads His Men to Camp. -- Major Anthony Eden leading his ***** to Waterloo Station.Mr. Anthony Eden, the statesman, became Major Anthony Eden, the Territorial Army officer, when the 2nd Battalion the Rangers (King's Royal Rifle Corps) left their headquarters in Montague street, Bloomsbury, London, to entrain at Waterloo station for Beaulieu camp, Hampshire, to undergo a fortnight's *****. Major Eden, who is second in command, ***** at the head of his men to the station. August 13, 1939.

03/31/1915. Arrival in Melilla of Ss. Ah. Rr. the Infantes D. Carlos, Doña Luisa de Orleans and Prince Don Ramiro de Borbón. HRH the Infanta Doña Luisa of Orleans Saluting the flag of the company that honored her upon disembarking.

First Army Decorations Of The War -- Captain Francis Peter Barclay (centre, holding stick) and Lance-Corporal Herbert Arthur Davis (almost behind him) receiving congratulations. Captain P. F. Barclay was awarded the Military Cross and Lance Corporal H. Davis the Military Medal. Both men belong to the Norfolk Regiment and their decorations were given for conspicuous gallantry and coolness on night patrol. Captain Barclay led his patrol far into the enemy lines and secured a house and then continues the reconnaissance. On their return they were fired at by the enemy and took cover in a ditch, but being without ammunition they withdrew without loss to our lines. March 25, 1940. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

11/06/1921. Madrid. On the esplanade of the Royal Stables. His Majesty the King (X), in the ceremony of being presented with a Beautiful Hospital-Campaign Tent, capable of holding 24 Beds, given to him by the engineer M. Dumoulin on behalf of the Construction House.

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with locals on a village square

Two male higher officers walk in front of a house floor at a two male higher officers walking in front of a house floor at a port.

Greek Guerillas On TrialSeen here are some of the 111 Greek guerillas captured following the shelling of Salonika Feb 10. They are standing trial charged with conspiracy against the state, murder and treason. The trial began in Salonika Feb 27. May 21, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Original text: "The felt German General Quarter Ludendorff, in talks with a German distribution manager, outside the city manager in St. Quentin."Original text: "The felt German General Quarter Ludendorff, in talks with a German distribution manager, outside the city commander in St. Quentin.

French General Joseph Joffre after the meeting with the Duke of Aosta Emanuele Filiberto, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 38, September 19, 1915.

Mao Tse Tsung and General Chu Teh touring the proposed communist capital of China. Mao Tse Tsung. Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976. General Chu Teh. Zhu De (1 December 1886 - 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician, revolutionary of the Chinese Communist Party.

The politics and campaign of Morocco in 1922. 1. D. Juan de la Cierva (X), Minister of War, with the Madrid Journalists, before the cross of Mount Arruit.

1923. Rome. In the Quirinal Palace. King Victor Emmanuel (1) and the Crown Prince (2) with the 50 recipients of the gold medal in the European War, who were to present the Grenadier Officer Badges to the second. (photo Porry Pastorel).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2nd Infantry Brigade Poerwakarta - Cheribon; Evacuation TNI to Cheribon. PoerwakArta: TNI parts, which register here, are transported by train to Cheribon, from where the journey by boat goes to Republican area. Departure from TNI parts from Poerwakarta .. February 5, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Poerwakarta, Purwakarta

Photograph of the captured German officers and crew members of the U-58 submarine upon their entry into a POW camp at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Dated 1918

06/30/1919. Valencia. Delivery of a Flag. The colonel of the new Engineer regiment (X) Asking the corps to take the oath in the act of being handed the flag.

Members of the British Everest Expedition pose for a photograph; Bruce and Mallory stand on the left and middle, respectively. Date: 1924

Visit of the German Kaiser pair in Laxenburg Visit of the German Kaiserpaares.Kaiser Karl I and Kaiser Wilhelm II. Leave the station Akaiser Karl I, in honor of his guest, carries the German uniform, while Wilhelm II carries an Austrian uniform

Inspection - The Minister for the Army, Mr. Francis, chats to Australian soldiers when he inspected them before at Mascot for Korea. September 01, 1950.

08/31/1909. The Melilla campaign. The naval general visited the coastal battery of the Seco attack fort in detail a few days ago, and was very pleased with the thorough inspection he carried out there. The battery has four formidable 15-centimeter cannons, whose projectiles reach a distance of 8 kilometers.

01/31/1919. The Somatenes of Catalonia. Meeting of District Corporals, in Caldetas, with the general of the Somatenes, Mr. Cavanna (1), who was accompanied by the corporal and Sub-corporal of the Party, Messrs. Llusa (2) and Camprubi (3).

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard at demonstration of grant from K. L. in Hedel. Prince Bernhard is viewing here building a raft of pontoon plate bridge material. November 27, 1963. Hedel

Riofrío de Riaza (Segovia). October 1906. Royal hunt. HM King Alfonso XIII and a group of hunters who accompanied him on his excursion.

January 29th 1928 - The Funeral Procession Earl Haig, Edward, Prince of Wales -and Albert, Duke of York walking in the cortege. Date: 1928

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Queen Wilhelmina receives honorary doctorate University Oxford. Inspectorate honorary guard formed Dutch soldiers. October 14, 1943. Britain, Oxford

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