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Historical Soldiers in Combat

A collection of black-and-white images depicting soldiers in various combat poses, showcasing military gear and tactics from different eras, conveying a serious and intense mood.

American soldier of 1st Infantry Division motioning to woman refugee to keep her children's heads down during battle, Vietnam, U.S. Army Signal Corps, January 16`, 1966

Photographic print of German soldiers using a machine gun during The Great War. Dated 20th Century

Italian prisoners marching at El Alamein

Marines dine on Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) during a break in training. Country: Unknown

11/30/1921. Melilla. The Recent Operations. Volunteers of the third Pursuing the enemy with their Shots from the newly occupied Taxarut position.

Anefo photo collection. The Hague police and fire brigade save a boy from a former German bunker in a mining field. He was saved with the help of the magirus car ladder from the Hague fire brigade. December 24, 1945. The Hague, South Holland

A Marine from 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, uses an AN/PRC-77 field radio to send in a report while on guard duty during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Two Marines from Headquarters and Service Battalion, The Basic School (TBS), Marine Corps Development and Education Command, field strip their M-60 machine gun during a portion of the Super Squad '79 competition. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

' Sur le Marne; le fusil allemand contre char d'assaut, examine par un de nos sapeurs', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Photographer, SGT J. S. Orlando steadies his camera as he prepares to take a picture. The photographer is undergoing combat awareness field training to prepare him for combat situations. Base: Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEORGE TOBIAS in OBJECTIVE, BURMA! (1945), directed by RAOUL WALSH.

American assault troops, carrying full equipment, moving onto beachhead, landing craft jam harbor in background, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, U.S. Army Signal Corps, June 6, 1944

286-MP-FRA-6269_6276. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Combat-ready Marines from Co. B, 1ST Bn., 4th Marines, charge out of an LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. "War Winter" by Jan Terlouw Verilmd by the VARA; German soldiers during recordings. March 14, 1975. Low Zuthem, Raalte

VICTOR MCLAGLEN, NEIL HAMILTON and WALLACE FORD in THE LOST PATROL (1934), directed by JOHN FORD.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldier with machine gun. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

DN-SN-85-00754. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Photograph of a wounded French Soldier being helped by comrades during World War One. Dated 1915

Soldiers get some respite from heavy shelling near Vittoria, Sicily, during World War II.

A young German army conscript eats rations somewhere on the eastern Front during World War two 1942

Cycle Trick -- Four Aboard one motor-cycle travelling at 30 miles an hour over the turf at Royal Park, Melbourne, is just routine after only three week's practice by Army Signals dispatch riders. They call this manoeuvre "Weeping Willow." September 16, 1950.

Photograph of from Rear View of Two Military Individuals in Prone Position Operating a Machine Gun (Believed to be an Exercise at Exhibit).

Soldiers wearing Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear spray a truck with a decontamination solution during Nuclear, Biological, Chemical training. Base: Fort Monmouth State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines Defeat Japanese On South Pacific Tarawa Island.U.S. Marines crawl forward over a beach on Tarawa in the South Pacific Gilbert Islands to attack a hidden Japanese gun position. In a three-day offensive, U.S. forces seized Tarawa and the adjacent Gilbert Islands of Makin and Abemama and killed or captured 5,700 Japanese soldiers. January 16, 1944. (Photo by U.S Office Of War Information Picture).

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Zeeland Visit from the British minister Attee to the vandalism and inundations on Walcheren. The visit goes per Dukw (amphibious vehicle). At Sint Laurens. March 1945. Walcheren, Zeeland

DN-SN-88-07092. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Alert eye is kept on the snow covered Korean front by Pte. Henry Horneman, of Tamworth, a member of C Company, first Battalion. January 23, 1953.

events Second World War WWII German Wehrmacht light 5 cm mortar (Granatwerfer 36) in firing position circa 1940,

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht, sitting in front of a farmer's lodge

Two Marines patrol along a road while participating in an exercise near the 3rd Marine Regiment's combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Shield. The Marine in the foreground is carrying a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon (SMAW).. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A combat control team on the firing line. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Vietnam: March, 1968 A 101st Airborne soldier crouches behind a rock as he searches for a sniper in the trees ahead.

DN-SN-85-02101. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

A member of 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, won first place in the assembly and disassembly of the M-60 machine gun, while wearing a field protective mask, during the 1ST Marine Division Field Meet. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Bwa Gun (new). September 1, 1941.

Photograph of the Palmach an elite fighting force of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv. Dated 1948

DM-ST-87-01583. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Departure 41st combat group from Oirschot to La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

The German military cemetery. Identification of the physical residues of German soldiers by soldiers of the graver service.

German troops remove the border barrier between Poland and German, 1 September 1939. Nazi occupation of Poland caused Britain and France to declare beginning of World War II on 3 September 1939.

DA-SC-84-04323. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army personnel & armed police deployed at Beharampada Bandra to prevent rioting after religious fundamentalists demolished the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on 6/12/ 1992 ; The rioting continued till Jan1993 in Bombay Mumbai ;Maharashtra ;india

He Shoots Fire -- Fearsome spectacle of modern warfare as ail N.C.O. student squirts fire from an ack-pack portable flame thrower at the Small Arms Wing of the School of Infantry - popular known in the Army as the Small Arms School - at Hythe, Kent; to-day (Monday). Some of the Army's most up-to-date weapons were being demonstrated in connection with this year celebration of the School's centenary. February 23, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Infantrymen wade ashore in neck-deep water from their LCI's to Morotai Island Beach. Just south of the Philippines, south-west corner Morotai became a support base for the Allied Invasion of the Philippines. Sept. 20, 1944. World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_10_109)

A member of the 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, helps another Marine climb cargo netting on the "Green Hell" obstacle course during a jungle operations training course. Country: Panama (PAN)

Anefo photo collection. Training soldiers I.V.M. Broadcast to Lebabon in UN connection at Korps Command troops in Roosendaal; during search. February 2, 1979. Noord-Brabant, Roosendaal

DN-SN-85-02091. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD)

07/31/1914. The French Army in War. A company of Zouaves, sheltered behind trees, making fire.

Last dash to shore, aboard American-manned alligators, during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo. In background: smoke from ruins of enemy positions and from burning oil-wells. Shore installations were subjected to an intensive naval bombardment before the landing operation. July 12, 1945. (Photo by Australian Official Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Corporal with rifle in stop in scrub. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Soldiers with mules. 1925-35.

German execution squad shooting of Polish resistance near Krakow, Poland

DM-SN-89-01599. Country: Unknown

Marines exhibit Japanese flags.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Lithuania. A broom serves as a border marking. 1934. Lithuania, Poland

U.S. Marines watch explosions of bombs dropped by Marine Vought F4U Corsairs during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Korea, in December 1950

During his field training, PFC Ernest Sanchez carefully sights in on his target with the XM-76 heat seeking training weapon. Base: Northern Training Area (NTA) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Edwin Powell Hubble standing on path, dressed in fishing gear, holding rod and smoking pipe

The raising of the siege of Jerusalem Typical scene of troops in Old City before the lifting of curfew, an entrance into the Temple Area closed with timbers & barbed wire & guarded by troops. 1938, Israel

A member of the ***** who has joined ***** teaches a young ***** about a rifle. They ***** "Day Boys" at the Haberfield Drill Hall. June 1, 1940.

This picture of Hillary and Tensing, resting on the South Col on their descent, shows the size of the packs they carried. June 29, 1953.

JAMES COBURN in CROSS OF IRON (1977), directed by SAM PECKINPAH.

One of the first scout dog patrols to be used on Luzon in WWII. Briefing prior to a patrol.

Skirmishing, Camp Forest, Tullahoma, Tenn. , Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

French Army Recruits In Training - French Army Recruits at Montlhery, South of Paris, are seen hopping from one bar to another on a section of the obstacle course as part of training to Harden leg muscles and develop equilibrium. At the beginning of October 1950, French conscripts swerved twelve months in the forces, but on Oct. 26 Defence Minister Jules Moch introduced a bill extending military service from a year to 18 months to increase the number of French soldiers from 650,000 to 717,000. Moch said France would increase her armed strength from five to ten divisions by 1951, to 15 in 1952 and to 20 by 1953. August 11, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Feature Photo).

Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1942 / Russia / State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow / Portrait,History

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Fort Orange at Sint-Eustatius. 1947. Netherlands Antilles, Sint-Eustatius

U.S. General George Patton at Seine River Crossing, France, August 26, 1944

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