Military Leaders And Meetings

Historical images depicting various military leaders in formal settings during the mid-20th century, showcasing uniforms, somber tones, and significant military discussions.

New American Army Chief Attends Memorial Service for Iceland Air Crash Victims in London -- Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers chatting with Lord Louis Mountabatton as they left the Royal Military chapel after the memorial service.A memorial service was held at the Royal Military Chapel in Wellington Barracks, London, for Lieutenant General Andrews, Bishop Leonard and other victims of the recent Iceland air crash. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, the newly arrived successor to General Andrews as Commander in Chief of the United States Army in the European Theatre of Operations, attended - his first function in England, Lord Louis Mountbatton, Chief of Combined Operations, was among the well known people attending. May 11, 1945.

Anefo photo collection. Reception Moveo on Soestdijk. May 4, 1954. Soestdijk, Utrecht

New French C-in-C in Indo-ChinaThe newly appointed commander-in-chief, Indo-China, General Ely (centre), at Hanoi Airfield on his arrival from Saigon recently for Military talks with General Cogny (right) Commander of the French Land forces in the Tonking Delta. On the left is General Salan, the C-in-C's military Adviser. June 17, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

10/22/1940. Franco and Hitler Walk under the Watchful Eye of German Soldiers during the interview in Hendaye.

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). El general José Miaja Menant (1878-1958), militar español republicano, dirigiendo unas palabras a los soldados de la XI División acompañado del comisario político del Partido Comunista Santiago Álvarez Gómez (1913-2002), y el general Enrique Líster Forján (1907-1994).

Vittorio emanuele III with English and French generals, bari, November 1943

Montgomery Is Decorated By France -- General Charles De Gaulle (Left) and Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery Salute during the ceremony at the Invalids, Paris, in which the British commander was invested with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor by Gen. De Gaulle. This photo was taken by Henry L. Griffin, Associated Press Photographer with the Wartime still picture pool. May 30, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

SHAPE Exercise CPX-4. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Barcelona, 11/25/1941. Discovery of a monolith in memory of nine aviators of the Condor Legion.

'Architects of Victory: Historic meeting between Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of t

New American Army Chief Attends Memorial Service for Iceland Air Crash Victims in London -- Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers chatting with Lord Louis Mountabatton as they left the Royal Military chapel after the memorial service.A memorial service was held at the Royal Military Chapel in Wellington Barracks, London, for Lieutenant General Andrews, Bishop Leonard and other victims of the recent Iceland air crash. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, the newly arrived successor to General Andrews as Commander in Chief of the United States Army in the European Theatre of Operations, attended - his first function in England, Lord Louis Mountbatton, Chief of Combined Operations, was among the well known people attending. May 11, 1945.

May 1939 Adolph Hitler And Benito Mussolini During Hitler'S Visit To Italy

Charles De Gaulle With Gen Henri Giraud, Algeri, Algeria, 1943.

(L to R) Lt. Gen. Doyle O. Hickey, Cofs, Hqs Fed; Lt. Gen Maxwell D. Taylor, Newly Appointed CG, Eighth U S Army; General Otto P. Weyland, CG Feaf; General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U S Army; and General Mark A. Clark, Cincfe, Confer Prior to General Collin's Departure from Tokyo international airport, Tokyo, Japan. General Collins Leaves Tokyo for Northern Japan to Continue his tour of the Fec and Korea. January 30, 1953. (Photo by US Army Photo).

Hitler greets Young Hitler Youth conscripts guarding the Reich Chancellery on April 20, 1945, the day of Hitler's birthday

Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, and Winston Churchill at the Potsdam Conference. While there, Churchill's Conservative Party lost to Labour, and Clement Attlee became Britain's representative at the Conference. July 1945. - (BSLOC_2014_15_25)

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Lt. Gen. E.K. Smart with U.S. & Aust. Forestmen at his press conference (You Can't say in Melb.) take at background including wale Chart. April 01, 1942.

General Thomas Blamey - Sir Thomas & Wife. November 2, 1949.

Reich President von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor.

Heinz Guderian at division headquarters in Tolotschin Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

Field Marshal Lord Montgomery is greeted in Washington by Lieut. M. B. Ridgeway and Sir William Morgan. General Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.

Mr. Churchills Visit To Iceland -- The Prime Minister inspecting American Marines. On the return journey from his historic Atlantic meeting with President Roosevelt, Mr. Churchill visited Reykjavik, Iceland, where he was given an enthusiastic welcome. Addressing the cheering crown of Icelanders, the Prime Minister told them that Great Britain and American would defend Iceland and after the war assume her Independence. October 14, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Legion of Merit Award to Capt. Cabanie, French Navy. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Another Russian Walkout -- Russian Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko returns salute of military policeman as he walks out of four-power Allied Council in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 18, after he refused to take part in discussion involving disposition of 376,000 Japanese prisoners of war still uncounted for by the Soviets, it was the third time in six weeks the Russians walked out of council sessions where the prisoner of war discussion was on the agenda. January 22, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Here of the Soviet Union Lieutenant-General of tank troops V. Mishulin and Hero of Socialist Labour Military Engineer of first rank A. Kostikov. March 28, 1942.

Charles De Gaulle With Marshal Alphonse Juin, 1945.

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French General and first President of The Fifth Republic. General de Gaulle greets allied commanders in France including General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) during World War II. Photograph.

Left to right: Major General A. J. H. Cassels (C.B., CBE, DSO); Lt-Gen. Sir Horace Robertson (KBE., DSO) and Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet (Commander 8th Army) chat before the inauguration ceremony of the 1st Commonwealth Division in Korea recently. August 28, 1951.

Allied leaders drink a victory toast at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. L-R: Field Marshall Sir Bernard Montgomery, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Marshal Gregor Zhukov, Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur Tedderog. June 10, 1945.

Officers signing an official document in Vilnius a portrait of several people Photo Film Photographic Laboratory

Officers Farewelled. Army Minister Francis says farewell to Major R.A. Gordon in charge of detachment, as he boards a plane at Mascot with Australian troops for Korea. September 01, 1950.

Henri Philippe Pétain 24 April 1856 23 July 1951, Marshal Pétain was a French general, later Chief of State of Vichy France, from 1940 to 1944

US submarine captain WWII.

Józef Piłsudski Douring the Ceremonies in Zakopane A Portrait of Saveral People Czechowicz, W.

Adolf Hitler with Benito Mussolini and senior Nazis, 1944. The photograph was taken after the unsuccessful attempt on Hitler's life on 20 July 1944. Left to right: Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler, Colonel General Loerzer, Hitler, Mussolini. The photographer is unknown.

***** General Chiang-Kai-Shek inspecting a ***** newly-formed Officers Training Corps.Chiang-Kai-Shek, G.O.C. Chinese ***** an officers' training corps to prepare China for a long compaign against ***** Japan. Lectures are given by the General ***** other officers who have returned from the *****. June 19, 1938.

Potsdam-Big Three - Allied Conference - War Conference. August 20, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Tito At Farewell To Britain Parade -- President of Yugoslavia, wearing full uniform with light grey greatcost and with scarlet Lapels seen saluting as he inspected the Naval Guard of Honor at Westminster Pier. London, before embarking in a port of London Authority vessel to travel down the Thames to the Yugoslav Training ship 'Galeb'. The Marshal was leaving after his five-day visit to Britain. On right is Britain's First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, and back is Mr. Anthony Eden, Britain's Foreign Minister. March 21, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

Kaiser Karl I. When the funeral of the Gross Admiral Anton Haus in Pola, 10.2.1917 Grossadmiral Haus died on his flagship Viribus Unitis on 8.2.1917

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Wallace Beery (far right), on-set of the Film, "The Bugle Sounds", MGM, 1941

Milan's Lord Mayor Commemorates Armistice -- Count Gallarati-Scotti, Lord Mayor of Milan, who has only one arm, saluting at the memorial.Fascist chiefs and civic dignitaries gathered at the War Memorial in Milan to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice. November 8, 1938.

Black and white photograph of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Benito Mussolini in Florence, May 1938.

Anefo photo collection. Farewell dinner for the Canadian Lieutenant General G.G. (Guy Granville) Simonds. Some invited guests. December 12, 1945

Military in discussion ...

Image of Dr. A. Seyss-Inquart (Left, Rijkscommissaris) at a football match of the S.S.- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Niederlande against Munich 1860 who was played in the Zuiderpark in The Hague in the context of the Truppenbenreung; Right (in uniform), presumably, Dr. Hermann Harster (press advisor and Persönlicher Rereferent of Seyss-Inquart).

December 11, 1941. The Führer has received General Moscardó after the latter's visit to the front lines where the Blue division fights.

Celebrations To Mark Prime Minister Churchill's 69th Birthday Mr Winston Churchill is given 'three cheers' by the men and officers of the Persia and Iraq force.

Funeral of King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 20 January 1936) . King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

Anefo photo collection. Honoring crew Neeltje Jacoba in Ijmuiden. January 18, 1951. IJmuiden

MacArthur keeps his pledge - This remarkable study of General MacArthur, nonchalantly puffing on his corncob pipe, was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer at the historic moment when Mac Arthur surveyed the Leyte Island beachhead and saw his famous "I will Return" pledge fulfilled.

Tunis... Victory Parade - On the dias at the saluting base. Gen. Juin, Gen. Alexander, Gen. Anderson, Gen. Eisenhower and Gen. Giraud, Air Force officer centre is Air Marshal Tedder.A Victory Parade was held in Tunis on May 20th when units from the Allied Forces marched through the town. All the Allied Commanders were present and the salute at the march past was taken by Gen. Eisenhower, Gen. Alexander, Gen. Anderson and Gen. Giraud. May 28, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg .. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

General Sanjuro and Colonel Francisco Franco

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. Coast Guard Cutter sinks sub. After blasting a U-Boat from beneath the surface of the Atlantic, then battering it with deck guns until it was ready to sink, Commander Harold S. Berdine, right, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPENCER, takes time out to talk over the action with Captain Paul R. Heineman, USN, escort commander.

''Autour de la Bataille; Le colonial Mathieu Jouy photographie entre le general Joffre et le general Roques, ministre de la Guerre, au moment ou il vient de recevoir la croix de la Legion d'honneur', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The Duce Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) attend the armed forces parade in Berlin, Germany, with Adolf Hitler, Marshal Werner von Blomberg (1878-1946), Admiral Erich Raeder (1876-1960) and General Werner von Fritsch (1880-1939), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LXIV, n 40, October 3, 1937.

The Firs All-American Bombing Attack On Occupied FranceBrigadier-General Ira C. Eaker chats to the reporters.The first all-American bombing attack on Occupied France was launched by a unit of Flying Fortresses operating from a base in Britain yesterday. It was a successful high-level precision raid on railway yards and other targets at Rouen and Caen. All the Fortresses released their entire bomb-loads on the target. Brigadier-General Ira C. Eaker commanding General U.S. Army Air Force Bomber Command led the attack in a Flying Fortress, all the U.S. bombers returned safely. August 18, 1942.

SHAPE Handover Ceremony (Handover of SHAPE Command). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

***** Dr. Ley, the new ***** labourer organisations, speaking on behalf of Hitler during the workers meeting at ***** Berlin. June 19, 1933. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd).

Maxim Gorky, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, Joseph Stalin on Lenin's Mausoleum Tribune, Anonymous

Portrait of Adolf Hitler with King Vittorio Emanuele III. 1941

Benito Mussolini speaking from the balcony of the Government Palace, Cagliari, 14 May 1942, Italy, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXIX, No 21, May 24, 1942.

J.B ChifleyLeft to right Lt/Col D.R. Jackson Co "P/F *****, J.B Chifley, Dr. Coombs. May 14, 1946. (Photo by Arthur Bullard)

Field Marshal Papagos Visits Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

German Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler meets Spanish Nationalist, General Franco, in Berlin 1936

Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg German minister of war with Adolf Hitler on manoeuvres 1938

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); German general Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), Commander of the African Corps, standing over a map instructing his officers.

09/02/1942. The Minister of the Army, Mr. Carlos Asensio Cavanillas, takes the oath of office before the Head of State.

Anefo photo collection. Visit of Veldmaarschalk Montgomery to Amsterdam (1945). Montgomery in conversation with mayor Feike de Boer .. 1945

NATO Ministerial Session. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Australian Wins King's Prize -- The Duke of Edinburgh (left), shaking hands with Respect P.A. Pavey after winning the gold medal on his left arm at Bisley today. At centre is Major Munro, Chairman of the National Rifle Association. The famed King's Prize for rifle -- shooting on the Bilsey ranges, Surrey, went to Australia for the first time today, July 17. When respect P.A. Pavey, of Oakley, Victoria, gained first place with a score of 283 points. The prize cheque of £250 and the national rifle Association Gold medal were presented to the winner by field marshal Viscount Mountcomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. July 17, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Entertainment: Carré "Meet The Navy". Show "Meet The Navy" organized by the Canadlan Leave Center in the Theater Carre in Amsterdam. July 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

SHAPE Exercise CPX-4. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

In September 1945, Gracey led 20,000 troops of the 20th Indian Division to occupy Saigon. During the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, the Allies had agreed on Britain taking control of Vietnam south of the 16th parallel from the Japanese occupiers. The French, anxious to retain their colony, persuaded Gracey's Commander in Chief, Lord Mountbatten, to authorise Gracey to declare martial law. French General Leclerc arrived in Saigon in October 1945 to assume authority but it was not until well into the first half of 1946 that enough French troops had arrived to allow General Gracey to withdraw.

Commander of U.S. Ground Troops in EnglandThe newly announced commander of U.S. ground troops in England, Major-General Mark W. Clark, (fight), photographer with General Dwight Eisenhower, the C-in-C U.S. Army in ***** theatre of Operations. July 15, 1942. (Photo by Keystone)

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Premier Wilson and Minister Brown on flysheet D Ypenburg. 26 February 1967. The Hague, Ypenburg, South Holland

American And French Chiefs Of State Take Salute On White House Lawn -- President Harry S. Truman welcomed General Charles De Gaulle, Provisional President of France, to the white house today with full military ceremony as the French General arrived to begin a there day state visit.The picture which was made on the south grounds of the white house shows General De Gaulle (L) and the President as they saluted during the playing of the national anthems of both countries. August 22, 1945. (Photo by ACME Photo)

***** Reception - Lord Mountbatten speaking Lord Mayor & Lady Mountbatten. March 27, 1946.

Visit Kaiser Karls I. in Czernovitz.

Visit from State Secretary Koninklijke Air Force W. DE TOOM to the airbase.

Anefo photo collection. Visit General Montgomery. November 10, 1948

GENERAL RAFAEL GARCIA VALIÑO. Location: EXPOSICION DE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. MADRID.

'Le commandement devant Verdun; Le general Joffre et le general Nivelle', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Montgomery And Churchill At Alamein Reunion In London - The beribboned war leaders smiling together Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery (left) and Mr. Winston Churchill at the reunion of Eighth Army and Desert Air Force Veterans at Empress Hall tonight. Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, the commander of the British Eighth Army in its successful offensive at E1 Alamein in October 1942, presided, and Mr. Winston Churchill, the wartime Prime Minster, was guest of hiniur, at the reunion of Eighth Army and Desert Air Force Veterans at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, London tonight (Friday). Today is E1 Alamein Day, Commemorating the battle which started the Eighth Army on its historic advance across North Africa. Field-marshal Montgomery is now Commander-in-chief of the Western Union Forces. October 21, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. Pressed the courtyard, police stop people. 11 February 1964. Binnenhof, The Hague, South Holland

Montgomery And Churchill At El Alamein Re-Union In London -- The beribboned war-leaders, smiling together, Field-Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (left) and Mr. Winston Churchill, at the re-union of Eight Army and Desert Air Force veterans at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, London, tonight.Field-Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, the commander of the British Eighth Army in its successful offensive at El Alamein in October 1942, presided, and Mr. Winston Churchill, the war-time Prime Minister, was guest of honour, at the re-union of Eight Army and Desert Air Force veterans at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, London, tonight, (Friday). October 21, 1949.

Gauleiter Mutschmann. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

House Committee Opens Hearing On Peacetime Draft Washington, D. C. -- As the House military affairs committee opened hearing on President Truman's request for continued two-year drafts of men 18 through 25, major Staff of the army's Planning Division told the group of the Army's plans for reduction. General Edwards revealed that the army plans to reduce its strength by 2,500,00 by next July 1. Shown above, left to right are Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry, Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army's personnel division, Rep. Andrew J. May, Chairman of the house military affairs Committee, and Gen. Edwards. August 28, 1945. (Photo by ACME Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Chefs from Staff Atlantic Pact in The Hague Bradley, Aittenbeyer, Baele. March 28, 1950. The Hague, South Holland

A command transfer takes place at the Marines Mariniers corps in the Van Braam Houckgeestkazerne (VBHKAZ) in Doorn. Prior to the prefilé in Doorn, there is an animated conversation between the new commander and an officer of the National Police Corps.

Scene at presentation of bust of John Adams at State House today. Gov. Fuller, 9 year old Abigail Adams, who unveiled bust, and Sen. Wellington Wells, president of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in Massachusetts. At the left are members of the guard of honor in Colonial costume.

German Police Officers See Exercise 'Holdfast& - General Herbert Giese (centre), of the semi-military west German Federal Border Police,Inspecting a British jeep with Rolls-Royce online during his visit with members of his "staff" to the headquarters of exercise "Holdfast here. The German police officers were given first-hand reports of the situation of the mock-war in North Germany, and were shown new heavy tanks and other weapons used in the manoeuvres. September 21, 1952.

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