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Black-and-white images depicting military inspections during World War I, featuring soldiers in uniform and commanders interacting on the battlefield.

Inspecting by Se.K.K.Hoism Archduke Karl Franz Josef.

Excellence Conrad v. Hötzendorf with his staff when climbing at Valbonasattel. .

Photo collection First World War. Official Photograph of the British Western Front. Church-Parade at a base depot in France. 1914-1918}. France

Soldiers with a dog set up in a semicircle unknown

Soviet parachute troops, Moscow, c1939-c1945. Artist: Unknown

Austrian prisoners captured in the Karst (Carso) mounting on a railway wagon, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 47, November 21, 1915.

Austrians leaving front

03/31/1921. Melilla Campaign: General Cabanellas Giving Some Instructions to the Soldiers.

The surrender of Jerusalem to the British, December 9th, 1917 The two British sergeants , Sedgewick and Hurcomb. 1917, Israel

Spanish American War. 14th Regulars fighting from captured Filipino trenches in woods near Passay, Phillippine Islands.

Soldiers at a car in France. Part of photo album from a army exercise in Southwest France in 1902.

Excellence Roth on the Ponalestraße, 15.Pril.1916. .

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade and DEILER Surabaya. KNIL unit or militia. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

'Le Retour des Vainqueurs; Les acclamations du bataillon a la princesse Patricia: au premier plan, le lieutenant-colonel Gault, un des deux seuls officiers du debut de la guerre que l'armistice ait retrouves servant encore au bataillon'. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

497 men, 16 officers in Villach captured at Santa Lucia on 17.III.1916.

Sentinel at the American military camp, the arrival of the first American forces in France, First World War, photograph by Jean Clair-Guyot from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3879, July 7, 1917.

Army Commandeur, Archduke Friedrich, visited and inspected on 24.10. The troops.

Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832-1909), the Governor General of Caucasia on an expedition by Russian Photographer /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/c. 1880/Photograph/Russia/History,Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

Parade of the Infantry Regiment No. 59 in front of Kaiser Karl in Trento.

Jnspecting His Majesty Kaiser Karl in Veneto 9.8.18. .

Parade of the Infantry Regiment No. 59 in front of Kaiser Karl in Trento.

Marching column of the SA. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

British 55th Division troops blinded by gas In World war One 1915

New York, New York: March 19, 1920 A firing squad firing a salute over the grave of Oliver Dyer who fought in many batttles on World War I, and was gassed at the Battle of Argonne Forest. He was buried at Calvary Cemetary on Long Island.

Osterr.The swords in the Ulanenkaserne in Vladimir-Wolynskij. .

September 27, 1936. Toledo (Spain). Spanish Civil War. Having just liberated the Alcázar of Toledo, General Moscardó (1) explains to General Franco (2) and General Varela (3) the vicissitudes of the siege in the courtyard enclosure.

Inspecting the German Infantry Division 223 by headquarters Böhm-Ermoli. .

Group portrait of (presumably) arms of the Deuxième Régiment du Génie. .

Field marshal leewant Josef Nemeczek, right next to the field marshal leewant Ensign Ruthner, right next to the Ensign, Stafflefebel Plos. Photo shows the field marshmallant with decorated soldiers of the Landwehrfanteriedivision 44.

Inspecting the German Infantry Division 223 by headquarters Böhm-Ermoli. .

12/31/1934. The centenary of Joan of Arc. Photo: L. Marin.

Message of the commander of the XL. Corps Feldmarschalleutenant Habermann in Papfalfa Archduke Karl was on of 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.

03/31/1917. On the Franco-Swiss border. A group of French Customs Officers (On the Left) and Swiss (On the Right), at the Borders of Both Nations.

Charge by the Royal Naval Division on the Gallipoli Peninsula. World War One, 1915.

Guerra mundial 1914-1918. El kaiser Guillermo II y su estado mayor alemán en el frente. Año 1914.

Civil War. First Cavalry Army Unit Camping by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1919-1920/Photograph/Russia/History

Inspecting the Turkish troops by Feldmarschalleutnant Hofmann.

Soldiers with carved wooden heads, historical image, ca. 1915, World War I

In.itfaliaians A.d.xi.Isezing. 4.9.17. .

Soldiers are waiting for the food edition at Gorizia (Görz).

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Polish freedom fighters. A column of Polish Sappeys (genistics) sing as they return to their camp after a day training somewhere in France. November 8, 1939. France

Review of the Polish Legions Branches in Czeremoszno by General of the German Army Friedrich von Bernhardi, DCA of the Operational Group (Armeegruppe Bernhardi), which included in July 1916 the Polish Legions (II). Front of the Polish Legions in Volhynia Janowski, Stanisław (1866 1942)

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front. Americans in France .. 1914-1918}. France

Apartment of the GM. Wieden of Alpenbach. .

Ernst Axfors collection 25 army soldiers from in 4 and / or in 5 regiment march with packed equipment on the back of the exercial plan on the Malmen camp area.

Flight drivers and aviation panel at Västgötamanövern, 1931 Flygörare and aviation panel gathered on airfields for passage of flight at Västgötamanövern, 1931.

Russian defenders of Van in Turkey under the command of a Russian officer in 1915 during world war one

Prisoners of War - Arrival in Pretoria of the Royal Irish Fusiliers captured near Ladysmith - Boer War

German soldiers for a barracks, 1941 - 1942 photograph German Wehrmacht soldiers are in three rows in line for a barracks. All wear a helmet. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service Netherlands

Gen. D.E. Aultman & staff

Rebel troops assembling at police headquarters during the February 26 Incident. The February 26 Incident. Ni Ni-Roku Jiken, also known as the 2-26 Incident, was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers with the goal of purging the government and military leadership of their factional rivals and ideological opponents

Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester, third son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured second from left marching in the ranks at the Eton College Officers' Training Corps. Date: 1915

War album 55, Figure 15293.

Anefo photo collection. Marvobegrafenis Sergeant Marinier R. Ursimius, Willem de Zwijger 20 Doorn. September 5, 1957. Doorn

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.

Chemical defence unit (PVChO) by Russian Photographer /State Museum of History, Moscow/1930s/Photograph/Russia/History

Francisco Franco 1892 ñ 1975, dictator of Spain meets with key officers in a forest, at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

Food of the flyer Oblt.otto Säger FLG.Comp. 42 Falled on 19.8.17. .

Public School boys Battalion during the Battle of the Somme 1916

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Cody's funeral procession. The band and pipers of the 1st Battalion, the Black Watch leading the cortege. Large numbers of civilians wearing simple suits and flat caps are walking alongside the pipers. Despite the fact that he was not in the armed forces as a sign of the respect and esteem he was held in Cody was giving a funeral with full military honours, his coffin being borne on a gun carriage that was part of a 1/2 mile long procession, before being buried at the military cemetery in Aldershot. It is thought that every battalion based at Aldershot was represented at the funeral, along with virtually the entire compliment of the RFC. The whole of the 2 1/2 mile funeral route was lined with crowds, with around 100,000 people attending. Hundreds of telegraphs of commiseration were sent to Lela Cody including ones from King and Queen and the Secretary of State for War. Several hundred floral tributes were laid at his grave with many comin

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Photograph of British soldiers at a camp in Belgium. Dated 1914

U.S. Army field camp, Ft. Myer, Va. (prior to 1915).

Alicante. 02/12/1911. The King's trip to Alicante. HM Don Alfonso XIII (x) at the Pigeon Shoot examining a shotgun.

British Military Camp at klm. 41, Lubban-Nablus, Middle East Rd. Troops of the Black Watch on Nablus, Middle East Road, West Bank

The Commanding of the German Ostemian General Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria insokes the Viennese troops of the 25 infantry division.

12/31/1943. Japanese Aviators of a Bombing Squadron Receive the Final Instructions Before Starting the Flight.

The new grey uniforms for the Italian Army Infantry, 1909, Italy, watercolour by Dante Paolocci (1856-1926), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 37, September 12, 1909.

After the fall of Erzurum: Grand Duke Nicholas reviews the serried ranks of Caucasian and Siberian troops from his field automobile.

Large group of members of the Turkish Cavalry posed on horseback

09/30/1915. In East Prussia. A group of Russian Prisoner Soldiers Busy in Repair Work in the Cities That Their Offensive Destroyed. Photo: Hofer.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Herbegrafen's ereveld Antjol. Beginning of 24 executed by the Japanese honorary salute shots. February 8, 1948. Ancol, Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Concert band of the Solovki prison camp / Anonymous / Photograph / 1928 / Russia / State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg / History

The British Army in the Far East 1945 Women of the ATS, newly-arrived in Burma from Ceylon, waiting for transport, 16-17 July 1945.

Austrian spies arrested in an Italian camp, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 16, April 16, 1916.

Karl I visits the front in the South Tyrolean Fleemstal Front trip Emperor Charles I from 17.1. until 19.1.1917 to Tyrol and South Tyrol

Fort Lyon, 26th New York Infantry. No. B545, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Capt. Apostol, Bulgarian Leader

Captured trenches strengthened to withstand counter-attack, World War I, 1914-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers

Lufberry at Guynemer Memorial

Επιτελειον , Soldiers. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

A military dog in Germany. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

At Le Mort Homme; A Stormtrooper's cuirass, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Col Chas. R. Howland & staff

The soldiers and the general mezzetti during the governor's speech teruzzi, Gialo 1920-30.

World War 1 - North of Monastir on March 1917 french infantry regiment in position.

Yatta political drama, Dec. 18, 1938, West Bank, Yatta, Middle East

Rosa Zang, who, after the withdrawal of the Italians, informed the Austrian troops that Cortina was free Belluno, Dolomite front; photographer: Flamm, 16. Korpskommando.

07/27/1914. General Weyler in Melilla. Captain Zegri (1), eyewitness of the Battles of July 23 and 27, 1909, explaining to General Weyler (2) the place where they took place and where General Pinto died.

King and Queen visit Bordon Camp - The King and Queen watching machine Gunners in Action.The King and Queen Went from Windsor Castle to Aldershot today, where they watched a number of military exercises near Bordon camp. April 13, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

Emperor Charles I. in Pergine, 17.1.1917 In January 1917, Emperor Karl visited the front in South Tyrol

Major General Drake-Brockman (Australian Court Judge). February 16, 1950.

The French Foreign Legion on manoeuvres, Boudenib, Morocco, 1911. The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 as an elite unit of foreign volunteers. The Legion's primary function in the 19th and early 20th century was the expansion and protection of France's overseas territories. The photographer is unknown.

Mine gate.

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Anthony Eden. Mr. Anthony Eden with men and officers of the A.I.F., Australian Imperial Forces. 1940

Group portrait, aerial and scout group. Aerial and scenic school at Malmen in 1926. 23 Men set in front of the officersmässen on the ore.

Pekinj: Homing of the Albanian in the court of the castle Kadri Beg.

German and British soldiers fraternising during a Christmas Day cease-fire in 1914 during World War I. 1914

World War I 1914-1918: The blind leading the blind. Men of the 55th British Division, casualties of a poison gas attack walking in single file with hand on shoulder of man in front, 10 April 1918. Chemical Warfare Military Soldier

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee Mikhail Kalinin at the First Cavalry Army by Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)/Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1920/Photograph/Russia/History

Parade of the Infantry Regiment No. 59 in front of Emperor Karl in Trento.

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