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Military Life and Training in History

Images from military training in various capacities. Includes soldiers in trenches and machine gun positions during early 20th-century conflicts.

Troops from the American military standing in the trenches during World War One. The soldiers are armed and wearing helmets, preparing for battle. The trenches are muddy and there is barbed wire in the foreground.
Troops from the American military standing in the trenches during World War One. The soldiers are armed and wearing helmets, preparing for battle. The trenches are muddy and there is barbed wire in the foreground.
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Participants in the excursion to Sicily. Circa 1924.
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British military operations staff at a military headquarters facility monitor troop and aircraft movements. Circa 1942. World War Two
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State funeral - Admiral von Trotha - Hitler - Admiral Raeder. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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The journalists at the Austrian headquarters, battles on the eastern front of the Carpathians, Poland, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 17, April 25, 1915.
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Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) showing image of the French Resistance; German soldiers search for resistance fighters in a village.
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Captain Stewart, General's Johnston & Chaytor, Major Westmacott. From: World War I photograph album, 1919, by Herbert Green.
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French conscript labour departing for Germany for service in the STO, Paris, 1943-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250,000 labourers to Germany by the end of 1942. As an incentive the Germans agreed to repatriate one French prisoner of war for every three volunteer labourers. But the volunteer numbers were insufficient and a form of conscription, the Service du Travail Obligatoire (STO) had to be introduced. By the time France was liberated an estimated 650,000 men and 44,000 women had been sent to work in Germany. The photographer is unknown.
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General Foch and senior army officers greet French air ace pilot Captain Guynemer besides an aircraft of the French army 1917aircfraft in September 1916
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Moment of rest in a shelter for French soldiers behind the trenches on the western front, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 11, March 12, 1916.
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The aviator Cecil Grace at the start of his last flight from Calais, France, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 1, January 1, 1911.
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Photo collection First World War. Frost? In a Calèche a gift is offered by festively dressed civilians. {1914-1918}
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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 at Rovaniemi, North Finland. Finnish Major General Kurt Wallenius, 1893-1984. He was appointed Commander of the Lapland Group by Gustaf Mannerheim who was commander-in-chief of Finland's defence. The Lapland Group though outnumbered, repulsed
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Drowning Victim Rescued. Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866 - 1943)
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Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. With the British navy in war time. How the Fleet receives its mails. Sorting letters in "Imperieuse.". 1914-1918}
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Photograph of King George V (1865-1935) and King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934) eating near the Mole at Zeebrugge. Dated 1918
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Two men transport manure using a portable at a barracks in France. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doakau Fils, the army and sights in France.
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Buttelborn, Germany: April 4, 1945 While a group of youngsters looks on, a five-year-old German boy puffs on a cigar that was dropped by a soldier of the U.S. Third Army en route to Frankfurt.
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First Roastur who went on wheels in the 5th district. The year was 1941. Place Vansbro. The course laps equipped with a sawdusted stove. It also contained such facilities as a drying room and a dry toilet with entrance from outside. People from left: Erik Olsson, Erik Barås, Gert Johansson, Algot Engström, brother Hansén and Dahlberg.
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General Board Change of the General of the Infantry Josef Roth, Freiherr von Limanova-Lapanov in Dehtho (Galicia).
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January 1916. The English organization in the war. Military Post Office Served by Engineer Soldiers.
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Elsevier photo collection. Return of a number of wounded Korea volunteers with the ship "General McRey" in Rotterdam. Herman Goossens also belongs to the returned, who was injured 18 days to the front, where he was found again by South Koreans. He is greeted here by his brother-in-law (left) and brother (center). June 15, 1951
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Kinglise, sum, France group of Algerian skirmishers , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Roiglise , Somme , France Groupe de tirailleurs algériens). Military uniform, group portrait, front, colonial army, hairstyle , headgear, man, Clothing, human beings, First World War, colonial history, France, Royglise, group of Algerian skirmishers
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PAIL PAGE BILD at 1/54.
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Excursionists at the well of Giama el-Turk. 1931
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Caricature of Tsar Nicholas II and his ministers. 1917
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Exercise shooting with a sniper rifle at the shooting area in Ferlach.
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PUBLICIDAD: VARIOS.
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1950's, China - Volunteers from a North China machine factory sign up for military service in Korea to help the spread of Communism.
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Black and white photo of the signing of the Franco-Soviet Pact, May 1935.
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05/22/1911. Customs Visit Taking declaration of the weight of the Engine, amount of Essence, Etc. After landing the Planes in San Sebastián.
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Touring Club Members at the Taormina Theatre. 1924
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Visit Sr.M.Kaiser Karl in Ober Drauburg.16.xii.16. .
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11/21/1921. Melilla. The Valladolid commission on Mount Arruit. His Highness the Infante D. Alfonso (1), the Duchess of Victoria (2), and the Marchioness of Cavalcanti (3), with the Mayor of Valladolid (4), Distributing the Gifts of said city to the Soldiers of the Regiment of Farnese.
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A soldier who was worth at the coffin of Marshal Józef Piłsudski unknown
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Visit to Beersheba Agricultural Station (Experimental) by Brig. Gen. Allen & staff & talks to Bedouin sheiks of district by station superintendent. Other guests & Mr. Bell the host to Arabic dinner party. 1940, Israel, Beersheba
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Plunged through pavement The Murder of the Shirt Waist Makers. text. Photographs. 1911-05. General Research Division. Socialism , United States
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Madrid, December 1952. Postmen prepare to begin delivering letters.
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Photo collection Government information service. Occupation of the house of the Indonesian ambassador in by South Moluccans. Prime Minister De Jong, Minister Luns and Mayor Geertsema run along the seized weapons after the occupiers have surrendered. August 31, 1970. The Hague, South Holland
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Ukraine 1919Nestor Makhno's headquarters for the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine. during the Russian Revolution
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Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front. Work of the Waac Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in France - The Officer Inspecting Mess Tin Cleaning in An Infantry Camp. {1914-1918}. France
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Students from 27 schools in Shanghai went to Tongji University to say farewell to the students leaving to Beijing to petition. The students were petitioning against Kuomintang's rule.
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Photograph taken during a gunnery class in Communist China. Dated 20th Century
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''A Salonique; L'arrivee a Toulon des consuls arretes, de leurs familles et du personnel des consulats', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.
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Toledo. Tipos.
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Le Hamel, Somme, Picardie, France Group of officers at the forefront , 1915 - Picardie - Stéphane Passet (French - Le Hamel , Somme , Picardie , France Groupe d' officiers aux avant-postes). Religious habit, military uniform, hut, group portrait, camp, furniture, domestic life, front, trenches, ephemeral architecture, man, army, Clothing, human beings, housing , architecture, daily life, First World War, society, France, Hamel, group of officers at the forefront
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Postcard image of William Jubb , Military officers, Jubb, William C., Sergeant, 1841-1934-. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters
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Sweden, Gästrikland, Gävleborg (depicted, place) Sverige, Gästrikland, Gävleborg (Avbildad, ort)
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Victims of a crashed V1 or V2 In the Netherlands, International News Photos, 1944 photograph Netherlands Paper. baryta paper gelatin silver print civilians during bombardment. non-combatants in military situations. projectiles, explosives, etc. Netherlands
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Help goods for Rotterdam, 1940 photograph Aid supplies such as mattresses and blankets were collected by the Female Volunteers Corps and are ready for shipping to Rotterdam. Text strip stuck to photo. Amsterdam photographic support non-combatants ~ war Amsterdam
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Elsevier photo collection. Prince Bernhard awarded Schalkhaar Westenbergkazerne Wardremiment Fuseliers Princess Irene. Presentation banner acting commendant, lieutenant colonel fuseliers b.f.m. Wijtenburg. July 6, 1965. Overijssel, Schalkhaar
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The rubble of Lindbergs abandoned post aircraft, Christmas Eve 1926.
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Excl. From Benigni, the hand is enough for the Greek Orth. Pastor. .
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Three duchesses doing war work at the start of the First World War. Above: the Duchess of Westminster working at her sewing machine in the open air at Gifford House, Roehampton, wearing a large hat, making items for a field hospital. Below left: the Duchess of Hamilton in her uniform as a Red Cross nurse. Below right: Millicent Duchess of Sutherland arriving at the front in Belgium to serve as a Red Cross nurse. Date: August 1914
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Seville, 06/22/1935. Fire in the palace house of the counts of Campo Rey. In the image, firefighters acting on the fire that caused great losses.
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Cuba, November 1896. Cuban War. Extraction of a Mauser bullet from a San Quentin soldier.
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Photograph of German army photographers taking ID photos for Identity cards in a French village occupied in World War One. Dated 1915
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The beginnings of the parliamentary work of the XXIV legislature ... The Cambarottal - De Felice duel, 1913
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Touring Club campsite on the Tremiti Islands: President Chiodi visits on inauguration day. 1958
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Oise, France autopsy of killed horses , 1915 - Picardie - Stéphane Passet (French - Oise , France Autopsie de chevaux tués). Horse, rear-fronst, military uniform, real animal, corpse , skeleton, hairy, man, First World War, clothing, animal, human beings
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Von den schweren Kämpfen im Westen. Leichtverwundete werden aus der Kampffront in ein Lazarett gefahren.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , Military personnel , German, World War, 1914-1918 , Medical aspects, World War, 1914-1918 , Transportation , German
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MILITANTES REPUBLICANOS. Location: EXPOSICION DE LA GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. MADRID. AZAÑA MANUEL.
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Field Marshal Svetozar of Boroevic, General of the Infantry, Commander of the 5th Army, with bust recording around the spring of 1916 in Postojna (Adelsberg) Slovenia
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Lions shot by police -- Leipzig