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Military Industry and Warfare History

A collection of historical images depicting military operations, weapon production, and significant events from World War II and the 1950s, featuring factories, soldiers, and explosions.

SWEDEN - 1944 - fire burning from furnaces at a steel factory in Sweden.

Video telephone conversation between an Army Corporal in Centralia, Pa. and a WAC in Seattle, Wash. Both can see the other in a video-telephone exhibit of the Signal Corps. Displayed at Fort Monmouth, N.J., as part of Armed Forces Week program. Ca. 1950. - (BSLOC_2014_17_142)

David Livingstone memorial in Blantyre; Livingstone found dead, kneeling beside his bed. Photoprint.

Anefo photo collection. Model of the National Army Monument Grebbeberg. August 25, 1949. Gelderland, Rhenen

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The 'Bats' officer signaling to a Hawker Sea Hurricane (not in view) on board HMS AVENGER, one of the escort carriers that helped to break the back of the U-Boat menace.

Games room for sick officers.

A Group by the Gun. Unknown maker

Ilgod package for the messle

03/31/1924. Andalusia Express crime: the body of Antonio Teruel Moments after his suicide.

England: c. 1918 Lady Monson collects eggs for the wounded and sick soldiers of the British Empire. Every week 200,000 newly laid eggs are required for the soldiers and she does her part colecting them in her motor car.

The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Here in the capitol Helsinki the chief of the local Home Guard units. December 1939. Photo Kristoffersson ref 99-15.

In the style and spirit of the Hitler Youth (HJ) and the so-called Heimattreue Jugend, old and neo-Nazis met in the Teutoburg Forest accompanied by the Viking Youth with drums and fanfares, Germany, Europe

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the Wehrmacht while writing in the accommodation (probably at the Hague)

Two U.S. sailors visit the International United SEAMAN's Service Club while on a port visit. Base: Casablanca Country: Morocco (MAR)

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 Government information service. National information service, monitoring, Olivierse. undated

07/06/1975. View of one of the Hooded Men of the Polisario front in the confrontation against the Puns.

The Winter War. A military conflict between the Soviet union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion on november 1939 when Soviet infantery crossed the border on the Karelian Isthmus. About 9500 Swedish volunteer soldiers participated in the war. Rovaniemi, North Finland. Here Eugene Hortobagyi reporting for Hungarian daily paper 8 Orai Ujsag, and a Finnish officer. January 1940. Photo Kristoffersson ref 49-9.

Tuskegee Airmen Playing Cards in Officers' Club, left to right: Walter M. Downs, New Orleans, LA, Class 43-B and William S. Price, III, Topeka, KS, Class 44-C, Ramitelli, Italy, Toni Frissell, March 1945

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Prison in Tjipinang. A prisoner (Japanese?). June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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