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Military Inspections and Honors

Historical photos showcasing military inspections and honors involving officers and dignitaries, featuring formal salutes and troop formations.

Storm course. Spectators at the final exercise of April. .

World War One was to have a devastating impact on Russia. When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II. Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg greatly weakened the Russian Army in the initial phases of the war. The growing influence of Gregory Rasputin over the Romanovs did a great deal to damage the royal family and by the end of the spring of 1917, the Romanovs, who had ruled Russia for just over 300 years, were no longer in charge of a Russia that had been taken over by Kerensky and the Provisional Government. By the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had taken power in the major cities of Russia and introduced communist rule in those areas it controlled. The transition in Russia over the space of four years was remarkable - the fall of an autocracy and the establishment of the worlds first communist government.

Kaiser Karl at the field fair in Vladimir Wolinsky.

Italian soldiers carrying a wounded comrade after the Battle of Zanzur, September 20, 1912, Libya, Italian-Turkish war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIX, No 39, September 29, 1912.

At the 10th Bayr.inf.div. soon Kalusz. 19.8.16. .

Spanish rider braider egg.

'Reorganizing the Serbian Army: troops in training on Corfu Island', First World War, c1916, (c1920). From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920

Officers visiting trench at Pervijze in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

'La Bataille de la Somme; Les prisonniers allemands du secteur de Frise-Herbecourt-bois de Mereaucourt a droite, un tonneau d'arrosage, ou ils viennent chercher de l'eau', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Photo collection First World War. In a German prison camp for Americans: German officers with a captured American. 1914-1918}

Germany -- English prisoners returning from work to Doberitz

Italian Bersaglieri posing in front of their barracks in the Dolomites, Henri de Rothschild (attributed to), 1916 photograph Bersaglieri, an Italian infantry battalion, pose for their barracks. A few of them carry the typical headgear of this army unit, a black -green hat with rooster springs on the right. Part of photo album Medical mission H. de Rothschild to the Italian front 1916. Dolomites photographic support gelatin silver print war (+ land forces). barracks (+ land forces) Dolomites

Greenville, South Carolina: September 8, 1934. National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets route strikers at the Woodside Mill following disorders in connection with the general textile workers strike.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front in France. Captured German strong point (called a "pill box" by the British Tommy being used by British soldiers as a comfortable dug-out. {1914-1918. Frankrijk

U.S. Army Signal Corps ca. between 1909 and 1940.

September 1936. Advance of the Republican Troops. Photo: Luis R. Marín.

''Les Succes Britanniques au Nord de la Somme; Prisonniers allemands blesses, diriges, par nos allies, de Contalmaison sur la Boisselle', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The picture shows prisoners of war from different countries with different skin colors that sit on the ground and talk.Arabic, black and white soldiers reflect the composition of the allied forces .. The picture shows war prisoners from different countries with different skin colors sitting on the ground and talking.Arabic, black and white soldiers reflect the composition of the allied forces.

South Africa: a group of armed Boer soldiers. 1896.

British artillery soldiers with gas masks on during battle in World War One. Circa 1918

Dresden. Protect for leap finished

English volunteers trained by the British army in Lincolnshire, during World War One 1914

Inspection by his imperial Highness Prince Oskar von Preussen, Narajow & Hinowice.

A detachment of German infantry. Peking, China , Soldiers, Troop movements, China, History, Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901

Visit of the Emperor in Persen. .

Shabs, storm exercises: inspecting the storm course exercise by Feldmarschall Freiherr Conrad von Hötzendorf. .

Royal Visit Prince Gustaf Adolf Visits Malmen. Military, with the prince in the middle, walks along a road.

Investiture by the Duke of Connaught, in Barracks Square, Jerusalem, March 19th, 1918. 1918, Israel

30th Pennsylvania Infantry. Dimensions: 15.9 x 20.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 in.). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1861-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location. This card dates from the conclusion of the third Anglo-Afghan war of 1919. The card shows a picket of Afghan infantry at the Boundary line between the British and Afghan territory on the North West Frontier. Date: circa 1920

''La seconde bataille d'Ypres; Nos zouaves, le 24 avril 1915, le long de la route de Lizerne a Boesinghe, a 150 metres des petits postes allemands', 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 The British Army column enjoying a break and resting their horses during march. Note stacks of the soldiers equipment alongside the road.

British Naval Division at Antwerp, Belgium, First World War, 1914, (c1920). 'With the British Naval Division at Antwerp: a maxim-gun squad in action during the last days of the German bombardment'. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume I, edited by Frank A Mumby. The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920

The 24th U.S. Infantry at drill. Camp Walker. P. I. , Military life, Soldiers, Military training, Armies, African American soldiers

Tukish Prisoner of War ('Detention') Camp at Kiangheri (Asia Minor) during the First World War, housing captured British and Colonial troops, captured during the Dardanelles Campaign Date: circa 1915

Photo collection First World War. German soldiers relaxed under the use of alcoholic beverages. 1914-1918}

British soldiers marching to Kroonstad, South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Kroonstadpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print marching away (troops) Kroonstad

Austrian ambulance

Set of timber-framed buildings housing apprentices of the Public Works Department. Original manuscript caption: Apprentices Quarters. P.W.D. 1923.

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Anthony Eden. Mr. Antony Eden escorted to reception post at Gaza airport. 1940

Review of the students from the Military academy'. The banner reads: 'Long live the proletariat, the commanders of the Red Army'.

Raising the American Flag over Fort Santiago, Manila, on the evening of August 13, 1898 - Spanish American War

Dresden. Protect for leap finished

Siege of Jerusalem, Oct. 22, 1938, Israel

Elsevier photo collection. Funeral procession funeral Queen-Mother Princess Emma. Military units Rijswijk Delft. March 27, 1934. Delft, Rijswijk, South Holland

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. Two men stand on the edge of 'Bloody Lane,' filled with dead Confederate soldiers on the battlefield at Antietam, Maryland. View is toward east from the north bank, with a trampled cornfield and destroyed rail fence in the background. Photographed by Alexander Gardner on Sept. 19-21, 1862 (BSLOC_2018_7_167)

Photo collection First World War. The German Offensive in the West. The first recording of the breakthrough west of St. Quentin. The arrival of the first English prisoners in a gathering place at St. Quentin. English gas masks piled in the middle. 1914-1918}. France, Sint Quentin

War album 95, picture 28193.

Moroccan War, 019/12/1911. Artillery.

Photograph of French Soldiers crossing a bridge on their way between battle fronts during World War One. Dated 1916

Soldiers using a periscope and a sniperscope on the beaches at Gallipoli. The Gallipoli campaign was a military campaign in the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey), from 17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. The Entente powers, Britain, France and Russia, sought to weaken the Ottoman Empire, one of the Central Powers, by taking control of the Turkish straits

Hindus troops. (14-7-1916). Hindu troops, July 14, 1916 WAR 1914-1918. Hindu troops, July 14, 1916. Photography of Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939).

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front. Handing out rations to the German prisoners taken in the new push. 1914-1918}

Photograph of French Soldiers in the Trenches as a battle continues. Dated 1916

Wounded transport at Piave 15.6.18. .

Grenadier-Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, König von Preußen (2. Königlich Sächsisches) Nr. 101, 1903, Dresden, beim Enfernungsmessen, 2. Grenadier, Regiment Nr. 101, Germany

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. B. Nederlands Front - Meidagen '40 .. German soldiers stick a river or channel with rubber boats ('s-Hertogenbosch). May 1940. The Netherlands

The awarding of the War Cross to allied soldiers in the Dardanelles - 16th July 1915. Engineers Park, Sed Dur-Bahr, Turkey. 16th July 1915

Visit of K.K.Lir.21 at Dobrowlany. 16.8.16. .

Meuse in a camp wine distribution.

Co. B, 170th New York Volunteers ca. 1861 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Co. B, 170th New York Volunteers 267966

Oschatz. K.S. 1.Ulana stimulates. No. 17 - Complimentary. on. Fire position

British soldiers and horses boarding a train to the battle front during the Boer War, Feb. 1900. Their first priority was relief of the besieged cities of Ladysmith, Kimberley, and Mafeking, all taken in early Boers offensives in 1899 (BSLOC_2017_20_50)

World War I - french soldiers rest during a break in the 1916 Second Battle of Verdun offensive.

12. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177, Use of weapons, Mauser rifles, Pickelhaube of Germany, 1914, Dresden, Schützen in Feuerstellung

Regiment of lancers leaving the battlefield at Lo and head for Hoogstade in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

On field station, Royal Saxon Protection Regiment No. 108Dresden. On field guide, shooting regiment no. 108

Soviet tanks and infantry in the offensive near Belgorod, Russia. August 1943

Use of weapons, 2. Königlich Sächsisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 13, 1903, Dresden, 2. Königlich Sächsisches Jäger, Batallion Nr. 13, Zielübung, Germany

Soldier with Rifle and Bugle 1880s-90s Unknown. Soldier with Rifle and Bugle 269552

Milowitz. Military camp

Inspecting by Se.K.K.Howige Archduke Leopold Salvator.

Prisoners of war in the collecting box Munkacs. .

Visit S.M.Des King Friedrich August von.sachsen 6.9.1917 in Chorostkow. .

World War 1 - Brotherhood of arms on Mount Kemmel : a Colonel Francois and two English Colonels surrounded by officers of their regiment.

Soldiers from the Guard Company unknown

Examination of suspected spies Probably Bojan, Bukovina; photographer: Fotostelle 3.

Turkish regimental command. .

Performance of the 8th (4th) Battalion Regiment Shock troops during the 1st police action in the Dutch East Indies. Firing a mortar.

Mornings' work - killed in 15 minutes - Paul Rainey's African hunt.

British military observation balloon with ground crew, during World war one

2nd Uhlans Regiment of the Polish Auxiliary Corps in the march from Undesechlib to Syno Dolong (III) Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

March 3, 1906. The Moorish Gunners of the "Turki", Bombing the Mar Chica factory.

Infantry barracks of Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Army, Use of weapons, Multiview postcards, 1912 postcards, Milowitz, 1912, Schützenübungen

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front. Troops warming themselves in front of a fire by the roadside. 1914-1918}

World War 1, nocturnal relief of the front line in the west, the white boards on the ground serve as signposts in the darkness (original picture text from 1915, original colouring), illustration, reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical, Soldiers marching through trenches in the moonlight, tense wartime atmosphere

Fort McPherson, Georgia: September 13, 1918 Soldiers who were wounded in France are recovering and playing a game of baseball on the hospital grounds at Fort McPherson.

Photo collection First World War. The forest on the crown of the Hartmannswillerkopf (the Vieil Armand 936) conquered by the Fransche Alpijnsche Jagers in February-March 1915 and has since retained by them notwithstanding the frantic attacks of the Germans, who is again a great defeat member (end of December 1915), is Totally destroyed by the guns. "1915. France, Lorraine Hartmannswillerkopf

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ca. 1910.

Elsevier photo collection. Deil (Betuwe) juvenile free strawberry reception Zijj strawberry season destroyed damaged strawberry season. youth busy "free-picking". 1940-1945}. Betuwe, Deil

Prisoner Italian in Fellatal. .

Dunkirk, North, France , 1917 - North of France, Belgium - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (September 1-5) (French - Dunkerque , Nord , France). Military personality, military uniform, group portrait, front, weapon, hairstyle , headgear, man, army, Personality, clothing, human beings, First World War, Society, France, Dunkirk, hero of Drie Grachten the heroes of Dric Grachten

The Drums of War-- The Empties Serve A Hundred Purposes. This image depicts empty oil drums stacked up by the thousands on an island base in the South Pacific.

Lienz, Excellence of Roth at the Passeier - Standers, 3.11.1916. .

At the scene of the Leloutre crime case about to begin a reconstruction near the railway tracks. Date: 1920s

The Battle of Champigny, November 30, 1870. By De Neuville, from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920.

French legionnaire colonial soldiers resting in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria. postcard 1910

Group picture: Command Colonel Janecka, Cost Alta. Recorded in May 1916..

Archduke Karl visited on 16.1.1916 the Isonzofront at Sempas (Schönpass) and Dornberk (Dornberg) to make decorations.

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