Military Engagements in Combat

Dramatic images of soldiers in combat situations from various wars, depicting intense military actions and tactical maneuvers.

Photograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing a 75mm gun at an enemy position near Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation 'Market Garden' was put into action; a bold plan devised by Field-Marshal Montgomery to drop thousands of airborne troops into Holland to capture an invasion route into Germany. The British First Airborne, American 81st and 101st Divisions took part in the plan, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Date: 1944

Vintage photograph. Ambushed Marines pinned down by enemy machine gun and small arms fire. Within a few minutes after the ambush the Marines had destroyed the enemy and were continuing to push forward

Members of the M-60 machine gun crew of the Combat Support Co., 1ST Bn., 21st Inf., 25th Infantry Div., fire toward the Orange Forces in a counterattack to restore the forward edge of a battle area during the height of the joint South Korea/U.S. training exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Suwon Country: Korea

Milt-Aust-troops in Korea. December 1, 1950. (Photo by Public Relations Section HQ BCOF).

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Brigade Princess Irene. Normandy sponsoring. August 1944. France, Normandy

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.

Photograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing a 75mm gun at an enemy position near Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation 'Market Garden' was put into action; a bold plan devised by Field-Marshal Montgomery to drop thousands of airborne troops into Holland to capture an invasion route into Germany. The British First Airborne, American 81st and 101st Divisions took part in the plan, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Date: 1944

The basic training of conscripts in 1965 in a barracks in Dortmund and on a military training area in the Lueneburg Heath, Germany, Europe

''Pendant le Combat; Les premiers soins aux blesses', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Wait in Kramat. Poded photo of three knil soldiers with weapons in attack. 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

CAPT. Albert Davis of the 726 Tactical Control Squadron uses a Soviet RPG-7 portable rocket launcher to defend the compound against aggressors during an exercise at the Forward Operating Location Training Area (FOLTA). Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo photo collection. Marines repeated, exercise at Ermelo. September 23, 1965. Ermelo

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Coppening procession. BuyG (Salatiga sector). Colonel D.R.A. Van Langen (Midden) and Lieutenant-Colonel J. Tijman look at a tenna grenade defer, which was taken in a treatment campaign in the vicinity of BuyG. October 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Lance Corporal William Anglin, left, and Lance Corporal David Droster, members of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, act as a rear guard during Operation BIG VALLEY, a patrol west of Howard Air Force Base. Anglin and Droster are each armed with an M16A2 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher. Subject Operation/Series: BIG VALLEY Country: Panama (PAN)

Ejército, servicio militar. Ejercicios de entrenamiento. Campamento Sant Climent Sescebes, Girona. Años 70.

Dutch Troops In Action In Indonesia -- Dutch troops watch their armoured transport struggling through the sticky mud of the jungle as they advanced inland during the recent military operations in Java. January 04, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Captives Of Chinese Communists -- Nationalist troops captured in the fighting at Woosung, China, 10 miles North of Shanghai, are herded toward prisoner of war camps by Red guards (wearing helmets). June 17, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Young Cardiff Man Who Ran Away from Home Now Fighting with Franco's Troops in Spain - Frank Howard Thomas, adventures Englishman from Cardiff, Photographed in the trenches at Navalcanero. Frank Howard Thomas, of Fascadale, Bryngwyn Road, Cyncoed, Cardiff was a commercial traveller for his father, a wholesale provision merchant, but he got fed up and ran away from home after leaving a note for his mother and father. He got to Liverpool, took a boat to Lisbon, crossed Portugal to Seville and asked to join General Franco's forces. He was sent to Burgos and from there was put in the Tercio, or Spanish Foreign Legion. He is now in the front the at Navalcanero. December 21, 1936. (Photo by Keystone).

Armed with an M-16 rifle, a member of 104th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania National Guard moves forward during annual training exercise. Base: Fort Pickett State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Undersecretary of Defense Doworwitz, left, visits with a group of Marines from Headquarters and Service Company, 1ST Light Armored Infantry (LAI) Battalion, during Operation Desert Shield. Brig. GEN. James M. Myatt, commanding general, 1ST Marine Division, is second from left.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Patrol gang. Rest break. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Latest Pictures Form The Western Desert Outside Derna -- Troops bringing up water to the forward positions outside Derna. May 22, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

A corporal of the Mariniers (Kplerns) as a gun granary shooter on the field of the Van Ghentkazerne (VGKAZ) to the ROTAUM. The anti-tank weapon is placed on a 7.62 mm NATO fal rifle. FAL means fusil automatique army (light automatic rifle) and is produced by the Belgian factory Fn (Fabrique Nationale de Herstal).

Sergeant B. Mateo, a machine gunner with the Combat Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, fires his M-60 machine gun on an Orange Force truck during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Cheop Yeong Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

STAFF Sergeant Lave Jr. of Company B, 1ST Battalion 327th Infantry constructs a defensive postion during a training exercise. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Several LAV-25 light armored vehicles pass between two columns of Marines from Co. K, 3rd Bn., 7th Marines, during the combined Thai/U.S. Exercise Thalay Thai '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Country: Thailand (THA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Padang. Soldiers in Brencarers. July 25, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Men of the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment rest while on a patrol in Burma, July 1944. Men of the 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment rest while on patrol, July 1944.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers on the side of the road posing as if they want a lift from a military vehicle. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Captain James L. Jordon of Shreve Port, La. in conference with his officers after the beach-head at Cape Gloucester had been established. January 03, 1944. (Photo by Department of Information, Commonwealth of Australia).

HUE, VIETNAM - 20 February 1968 - Walter Cronkite (centre-right holding microphone) and a CBS camera crew use a jeep for a dolly during an interview w

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations. The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state. U.S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned

Vintage photograph. Marine rifleman operating rifle in Bush

Japan/USA: American marines with the bodies of their colleagues, Battle of Peleliu, September-November 1944

The basic training of conscripts in 1965 in a barracks in Dortmund and on a military training area in the Lueneburg Heath, Germany, Europe

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.

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldier with card in his hand grabs to an object on the ground. What looks like a booby staircase or land mine. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Film recording with actor of Johnson in the Harskamp for the Fim "The Last Blitzkrieg" sitting the actor of Johnson. 17 June 1958. Gelderland, Harskamp

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Infantry II KNIL to depok. Unit in camouflage uniform passes a PADI field. July 1946. Depok, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Marines from Weapons Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 1ST Bn., 3rd Marines have a live-fire exercise with the M-47 Dragon medium anti-tank/assault weapon. The battalion is going through combat readiness evaluation at the Pakalula Training Area. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Brig. GEN. James M. Myatt, left, commanding general, 1ST Marine Division, listens as a Marine from 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, explains a point about an M-224 60mm mortar. The Marines are in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A Marine from Co. K, 4th Bn., 12th Marines, digs in the ground to bury the spade of the M-198 155mm howitzer before the gun can be fired during Operation Bear Hunt '88. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '88 Base: Uncheon Country: South Korea

Headed For The Front -- Laden with heavy flame-thrower equipments, Corp. Coy Atkins (right) of Campbellsburg, Ind., movies toward the front line in South Korea. Pvt. Ray Blair (left) of Clear Springs, Md. accompanies him with a bazooka. Both are with First Cavalry Division. July 27, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Schietbivak in SOEMOWONO of the 441E battalion. The 411e Bataljon held a final major exercise before occupying his posts in the T-Brigade area. These men have quite aware in the last six weeks, because Major H. Vaessens, main instructor of the B division from Venlo knows how to tackle. With interest, the instructor and commanders follow the transactions of their boys, which is clear from this Tjit (hilltop). V.l.n.r. Vandrig D. Vos from houses, Major P. van Workum from Haarlem and the instructor, Major Vaessens. November 9, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, SOEMOWONO

Japan/USA: Marines tend to a badly burned colleague, Battle of Peleliu, September-November 1944

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, negotiate a log obstacle on the "Green Hell" obstacle course during a jungle operations training course. Country: Panama (PAN)

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Dutch Civil Defense Exercises / Citizens Protection Exercises. December 1943. Britain

1930S Couple Man & Woman Wearing Jodhpurs And Riding Boots Woman Is Posing With English Setter Bird Dog & Shotgun The Man Is Shooting Film With Movie Camera

Oberwesel, Germany, March 26, 1945Men of the 89th Division, U.S. Third Army, crouching low in a DUKW for concealment and protection as it crosses the Rhine River.

Members of the Lebanese armed forces assist members of the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit during their arrival to participate in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Infantry II KNIL to depok. Knil soldier looks through a field vision. July 1946. Depok, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

March 1937. Stretcher Bearers Carrying a Wounded Person.

***** Victoria the Main gun training Co show ground ***** Troops. November 25, 1940.

Journalist injured in Vietnam 19th October 1966

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Auxiliary connection exercise. stretchers and other material is removed from a truck. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Russians On The Offensive In Poland - The Russian caption accompany this photo, which was received in New York By radio from Moscow on Jan. 28, describes it as Soviet infantry attacking the Germans on the second white Russian front in Poland. January 28, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Large purification promotion in the W-Brigade area. Middle Java. Purification campaign in the area of the W-Brigade 1-II RI took 2 weeks out. By Kali's, about shank bridges and by abandoned Kampongs. For example, the infanterist shows what he is worth! Arm in arm raises the boys a fast-flowing kali .. March 15, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

The British Army in Burma 1944 Private Putterill of the Royal Sussex Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, armed with a Bren gun during a patrol, 22 November 1944.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Kota Padang. Kotta Pandan. If there is a break, a picture can be made. No trace of opposition, such as the carefree attitude of these guys. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

A member of Marine Air Control Squadron 6 (MACS-6) dig out a bunker during an exercise. Country: Unknown

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Borneo (1947 February). Soldier in the jungle. February 1947. Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

07/31/1936. A Machine Gun Located on land taken in Paredes de Buitrago (Madrid).

U.S. Marines Fight in The Marshalls - U.S. Marines set up a communications unit in the ruins of a Japanese building shortly after American forces stormed ashore on Namur Island in the Kwajalein Atoll on Jan. 31, 1944. Namur was one of the first islands captured by U.S. forces in the amphibious operations which led to the seizure of Kwajalein, the largest atoll in the Marshall Islands of the Central Pacific. The U.S. Navy announced that American troops killed 8,122 Japanese and took 264 prisoners during this action. November 26, 1945. (Photo by War Pool Photo).

Cannon Comp. 'weapons sighters' 372nd Infantry , Soldiers, Optical devices, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 372nd. Jack Miller Collection

The Bazooka -- U.S. Army Model -- The U.S. Army's New anti-tank gun, said by Army officials to be capable of destroying any enemy tank on the battlefield today, is tested on the Fort Warren, Wyo., target range. Dubbed the "Bazooka" by soldiers it is fired from the shoulder by a single man after it has been loaded by another soldier. April 20, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

DN-SN-87-09959. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SN-88-00661. Subject Operation/Series: ARDENT GROUND '87 Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DA-SN-84-07967. Subject Operation/Series: BRIMFROST '83 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines attend a memorial service for CPL Reagen who was killed by a land mine shortly after his arrival in Lebanon. U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force following a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

1940s US ARMY INFANTRY MEN SHOOTING RIFLES IN ACTION CARRYING HEAVY BACKPACKS DURING WW2 COMBAT

Parachute Troops of The Netherlands Brigade "Princess Irene", Trained in England, Landed With Every Airborne Unit on Sunday, 17th September, Over Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven.A Dutch member of the Netherlands parachute troops looks ***** direction of his homeland where he will ***** within a few hours. February 19, 1945. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service Photo).

British troops fire a 3-inch mortar from a Bren gun carrier near Pyingyaing, between Kalewa and Shwebo, Burma, January 1945. 2nd Division troops fire a 3-inch mortar from a Bren gun carrier near Pyingyaing, between Kalewa and Shwebo, January 1945.

DM-SN-89-07962. Base: Uncheon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to and liberation from Kediri. Infantreists are looking for coverage behind a wooden building. Another state on a sidewalk. Right armored cars on the road. December 24, 1948. Indonesia, Kediri, Dutch East Indies

PFC Jim Williams, a candidate in the Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP), 2nd Battalion, 75th Infantry (Ranger), fires an M-60 machine gun under the supervision of SGT Gary King during special weapons training on Range 31. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An American being carried up a one three track on Mount Tambu to a front line dressing station. The American was ambushed at a water hole. Eight shots were fired at him from a range of 25 feet. Three hit him, but none of the wounds were serious. September 03, 1943. (Photo by Department of Information, Commonwealth of Australia).

Vintage photograph. US Marines digging in on the beach at Saipan

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return from Peeteran to Patjet 3-5 Infantry Regiment. Surabaja sector. The carriers are on the ground with their cargo, while the soldiers of the section continue. July 23, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

1940S Men Soldiers Loading T-34 Rocket Launcher Mounted On Sherman M-4 Tank World War 2

British Troops In Korea - British Troops. March 14, 1951. (Photo by H.Q. B.C.O.F, Hobson).

During Operation CAX 6-82, riflemen of 2nd Battalion, 1ST Marines, 1ST Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, form a defensive perimeter line around the top of a hill. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Practice? A wounded is further transported per stretcher from shore. October 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action at Semarang. Connection troops. Radio telephonists at work. July 23, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Armored armor and trolley in action to the south-east of Solo. Three soldiers are in the body of a heavily armed armor. An officer looks at a staff card. A captain next to him speaks in a microphone. Radio equipment can be seen. 28 March 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Solo

Marines from the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, Duke university, watch as a member of the 1ST Reconnaissance Battalion fires a 155mm howitzer. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is the military arm of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), a political group composed of ethnic Kachins in northern Burma (Myanmar). In May 2012, the Associated Press reported that the rebel group had 8,000 troops. From 1961 until 1994, the KIA fought a grueling and inconclusive war against the Burmese junta. Originally the KIA fought for independence, but now the official KIO policy goal is for autonomy within a federal union of Burma. The Kachin are an ethnic minority group that is indigenous to Burma. The northernmost region of Myanmar is Kachin State where about 3 million Kachin people live. They are mostly Christian these days, and are renowned for their traditional herbal medicines.

Anefo photo collection. Military Training Camp in Bloemendaal (Visit General Curls). February 25, 1946. Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland

DM-SN-89-01598. Country: Unknown

Using a map, SGT William Bellamy, the squad leader, shows his fire team leaders the route they will follow during their rehearsal for the Marine Corps Super Squad event. All of the men are from The Basic School (TBS), Enlisted Instructor Company. Base: MC Combat Dev Center Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

VADM M. Staser Holcomb, commander, 7th Fleet, greets other dignitaries as he arrives for a briefing of operations during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Paratroop recruits ***** going a course of instruction, ***** synthetic ground apparatus, and ***** static balloons and 'planes. ***** Breaking away to cover after ***** from the container dropped with ***** speed with which they collect their ***** of paramount importance. February 22, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

07/31/1936. Republican Soldiers Prepare to Shoot at National Aircraft.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Five-day advance by Mountains Patjet, Sendi, SOEMMENT GONDO, Djurang, KoEli, Lember, Brantas, Djoenggo, Batoe. Patjet Batoe. "Tracks?" Snipers came by here, the experienced woudloper says. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

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