← Military & Defence

Military Life and Historical Encounters

Photos capturing military life, including soldiers in snowy conditions, historical artifacts, and early modern warfare.

Long ribbon of miners bound for the Klondike gold fields climbing over the Chilcoot Pass, in 1898.

Appointment on the small PAL, right of the entrance to the mine pollen under construction, taken on May 2, 1916.

Commanster, Belgium, February 1, 1945Engineers of the 75th Division stand knee high in a snow covered road as they search for enemy mines before tanks move up to attack at Commanster.

American infantrymen of the 29th Regiment., 75th Infantry Division fighting in fresh snowfall near Amonines, Belgium, U.S. Army Signal Corps, January 4, 1945

Field mess in the Alpine training school for the Guardia di Finanza in Passo Rolle, with Cimon della Pala in the background, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LIV, No 19, May 8, 1927.

Railway accident at Loster 1917.SJ 12719

Russian - German WarGerman soldiers in a position on the Russian front. June 17, 1942. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Snow in Jerusalem, 1921 Arabs in tent in snow. 1921, Israel

Doctors A. Desjardins and Cervelli and men in the Dolomites; Le Docteur A. Desjardins et le Docteur Cervelli (Médecin de la Chambre des Députés). Three men on horseback amidst men in the mountains. Right Doctor Cervelli, doctor on behalf of the House of Representatives, presumably that of Italy. In front Doctor A. Desjardins, probably a Frenchman. Part of photo album Medical mission H. de Rothschild to the Italian Front 1916.

The long-drawn out battle of the Vistula ends in a crushing defeat of the Red Army by the Poles, seen here posing later in the year with guns taken from the bolsheviks. Date: 13 to 25 August 1920

Members of the expedition led by geographer and geologist Giotto Dainelli Dolfi (1878-1968) cross a stream on Siachen glacier, Tibet, China, 1930, photo by Elly Kalan, from da L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LVIII, n 21, May 24, 1931.

Duke of Aosta Emanuele Filiberto (1869-1931) with soldiers in the trenches of the Karst region, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 2, January 9, 1916.

Accommodation of the Ultner stands on the Fratta Secca.

Officer of the Landsturmbatalon .Nr.153. .

Iveldingen, Belgium January 20, 1945American Infantrymen of the 517th A/B Regiment, 7th Armored Division, Headquarters Co, 2nd Battalion, US First Army, trudge through the snow as they march along the edge of a woods, near Iveldingen, in the drive to recapture St. Vith.

Hr.ms. Mijnenveger Ameland, probably the commissioning on January 10, 1943 in England.

Military assistance after severe snowfall during strict winter conditions.

Archduke Leopold Salvator at the Platzesswiese plant.

The sweat grape. The Director with officials on hunting excursion.

Route from the second hunt of the 4th Army Command.

War album 88, picture 25621.

Accommodation of the 38.infanterieBrigade in the forest at Helenka, 8.1.1917.

Excerpt from the Leipziger Illustrated Zeitung No, of December , page , Snexelator patrol, After, Albert Singer -, drawer

Scout And Pal -- A skiing scout and his sled dog on patrol over rough country in the north. These men can thrive under the most severe conditions, going sometimes for weeks with only their dogs for company. December 20, 1942. (Photo by Kenneth Stone, International News Photos).

Diesel truck at a narrow bridge "death trap". Original caption: An F.W.D. Diesel truck was destroyed at a narrow bridge "death trap" on the Army Road. The driver received only minor burns by rolling in the water of this creek. Section B1. Army Map Mile 25.5. May 24, 1943. Photograph by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

March 1918. On the Eastern Front. Military telegraph post, covered by six meters of snow, on Mount Ortler. Photos: bufa and rosemary.

Gefangene Ital.Offiziere and Hudajuzna 10.9.17. .

US Army truck towing a jeep in the Monte Cassino area, Italy, World War Two 1944

Sweden, Gästrikland, Gävleborg (depicted, place) Sverige, Gästrikland, Gävleborg (Avbildad, ort)

Meeting of Archduke Karl with General Suren in Swydiwez Svidovec) 12.9.1916 Archduke Karl was from 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.

Military assistance after severe snowfall during strict winter conditions.

Mountain stretcher System of Major Hülgerth. Medical patrol. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Baggage on Mount Zebio during a blizzard, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 25, June 24, 1917.

Bridges are strictly no place to be when TAC P-47s are overhead, as evidenced by positions of these two German armored vehicles in Belgium. Attacks like this were a prime factor in routing Von Rundstedt's mid-winter advance.

Felwache.infantr. Positions to + 1776 above ZA Grebenom. .

British Arctic Air Route Expedition: The ice cap station as it was found before digging, Mr. Courtauld being still under snow. May 29, 1931. (Photo by Mr. F. S. Chapman, British Arctic Air Route Expedition Photograph).

Snowy infantry shelters on taglita. .

Levico.Begrisen of the shot english aviator officers. .

Memorial of the battery 2/46 on the Mauthner Alpe with Battery Commander Captain Haas. .

The U.S. Army Jeep.... A Militarist's Dream Come True -- Clearing the runway of a Snowbound Airport. November 02, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Action in Upper Carnia against the passage of Mount Croce Comelico, September 7, 1915, Italy, World War I, photo by Aldo Molinari (1885-1959) from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 39, September 26, 1915.

Russia/Germany: Surrendered German soldiers marched into captivity through the snow, Stalingrad, 1943

Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war near a barrack, Karelia, Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergey Mikhaylovich (1863-1944)

In the streets of Pontebba during the advance. .

10/31/1909. The Emperor of Germany (X) Speaking with the Prince of Furstenberg, next to his hunting post in the hunt verified in the latter's possessions. -approximate date.

12/31/1939. Herd in the vicinity of Trévelez.

Position Marmolata: Team insiders of "D" position. .

Transfer of the corpse King Franz II from Naples from Arco to Trento. .

Evacuation of Finnish refugees, autumn 1944.

French General Joseph Joffre and Vittorio Emanuele III, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 38, September 19, 1915.

The operation of operations. Ski. Warm blueberry soup

12/31/1914. The Germans in the Campaign - Alpinist Soldiers Fighting in the Vosges with white uniforms to avoid being seen in the snow.

Alfonso Xiii during his visit to the Sierra de Gredos in June 1911.

Unknown military in Lenninge during the First World War. Okänd militär i Lenninge under första världskriget.

The operating defense yard, Tomnäs

Anefo photo collection. Dutch boy scouts in Switzerland. 19 August 1946. Switzerland

FIAT artillery tractors in action on mountain roads in the conflict zones, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 47, November 19, 1916.

***** Heroes Of Finland's "Suicide Patrol" - A remarkable feature of the Finnish ***** against the Russians has been the work ***** the "Suicide Patrols". Formed of the best ***** in Finland, these patrols penetrate ***** & ***** far into the Russian lines, going out hole departments and cutting communications. January 12, 1940. (Photo by Central News Illustrations Service).

Civilian Conservation Corps - Camps - Idaho. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

War album 19, picture 4853.

Evacuation of Finnish refugees, autumn 1944.

The operation of operations. Skiing and shooting. Warm blueberry soup

Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's promenade. Rumors have it that corsets and cosmetics often form a part of the officer's equipment in this gay country of the east. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Military uniforms,Romania,1920-1930, Military officers,Romania,Sinaia,1920-1930.

A photograph of three French soldiers, who do not appear to be wearing an official uniform, reading a message that has been delivered in the collar of a dog. Date: 1916

Barricades in Moscow after clashes between troops and revolutionaries on December 26-27, 1905, Russia, Russian Revolution, photograph from L'Illustration, No 3280, January 6, 1906.

The Defence of Kronstadt, Anonymous

The picture shows a soldier who looks at a smoking kolmila .. The picture shows a soldier who look at a smoking kolmila.

Information and Publications Maine, 1957 , Rescue work, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Photograph showing Lt. Helmer Hansen, of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12, standing with his sledge, dog team and Norwegian flag at the South Pole, December 1911. Date: 1912

State Railways, SJ Operating Defense. SJ Operating Defense was formed in 1946 and had the task of protecting important facilities for emergency preparedness and war. The operational defense was closed in 2005.

Captain Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen 1872 to 1928 At the South pole under the Norwegian flag Norwegian explorer of the polar regions From the book The Year 1912 illustrated published London 1913

Obervellach Explosion of light mines and hand-grenades. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Image reproduction: Julian Fa AT (1853-1929), wounded recently; Z: " Wiatr" 1906, No. 12, p. 5; Golcz, Jadwiga (1866-1936), Wiatr (Warsaw; magazine; 1906-1939); 1906 (1883-00-00-1883-00-00);

of 2