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Military Memorials and Sites

Images of historical military sites including barracks, concentration camp memorials, and military cemeteries showcasing structures and grave markings.

Boezinge, Belgium, 09/10/2017.Yorkshire Trenches, the preserved trenches, once ;ost and rediscovered and kept as a memorial.
Boezinge, Belgium, 09/10/2017.Yorkshire Trenches, the preserved trenches, once ;ost and rediscovered and kept as a memorial.
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Aerial view of the field of figures near Eichstaett in the Altmuehltal nature park Park, a memorial made up of many individual figures against war, terror and expulsion
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Electrified Barbed Wire Fence Separating Sections Of The Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolska, Poland
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DF-ST-85-13175. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Fort Union National Monument
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Japanese Amphibious Tank II World War, Peleliu Island, Micronesia, Palau
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Xi'An, China - 26 November 2025: View of the Terracotta Army soldiers standing in formation, a silent legion emerging from earth, each figure a testament to ancient craftsmanship.
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First Division US Army Memorial, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
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Yuma Territorial Prison burial grounds
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Compiègne, Oise, Picardie, France forest of Compiègne fittings for a military camp , 1916 - Regions at war Meuse, Haute -Marne, Oise, Somme - Stéphane Passet - (February -30 July) (French - Compiègne , Oise , Picardie , France Forêt de Compiègne aménagements d' un camp militaire). Military uniform, forest , wood, hut, portrait, camp, forehead, hairy, ephemeral architecture, man, Clothing, human beings, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, France, Compiègne, Compiègne forest
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Bunker am Atlantikwall Bunker am Atlantikwall Copyright: xZoonar.com/DagmarxRichardtx 7049821
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RAF Upper Heyford was a Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. The station was first used by the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 but was not brought into use for flying until July 1918 by the Royal Air Force. During the inter-war years and continuing through the Second World War until 1950 Upper Heyford was used mainly as a training facility. During the Cold War, Upper Heyford initially served as a base for United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) strategic bombers and later United States Air Forces In Europe (USAFE) tactical reconnaissance, fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft in the UK. With the end of the Cold War, the presence of the 20th TFW was deemed no longer necessary in the United Kingdom. The USAF presence at RAF Upper Heyford was gradually run down (phased down). 2017
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6000, 2000 year old Teracotta figures, Army of Teracotta warriors, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China
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DF-ST-85-13150. Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO I Country: Honduras (HND)
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Second world war information panel by defensive structures at Fort Henry, Studland Bay, Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
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000510-F-2167C-001. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)
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The WW2 American D-Day landing Omaha Beach monument Les Braves on the beach at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer at sunset, Normandy, France, Europe
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War cemetry at the slaghenaufi village, lavarone, Italy
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Nike rockets on the launching area of the 12th group of led weapons.
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France, Brittany, Crozon Peninsula. Pen Hir Cape. Memorial to Battle of the Atlantic
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Rare anti invasion and aircraft iron structure, Worbarrow bay , Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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Hawk rockets on a truck with a launcher as a 3 group led arms supporter in West Germany.
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RAF Upper Heyford was a Royal Air Force station located 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. The station was first used by the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 but was not brought into use for flying until July 1918 by the Royal Air Force. During the inter-war years and continuing through the Second World War until 1950 Upper Heyford was used mainly as a training facility. During the Cold War, Upper Heyford initially served as a base for United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) strategic bombers and later United States Air Forces In Europe (USAFE) tactical reconnaissance, fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft in the UK. With the end of the Cold War, the presence of the 20th TFW was deemed no longer necessary in the United Kingdom. The USAF presence at RAF Upper Heyford was gradually run down (phased down). 2017
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Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 178th Wing evacuate a simulated combat casualty June 6, 2022 as part of a medical readiness exercise during Agile Rage 22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Exercises like Agile Rage 22 are re-defining Air Force operations, shifting focus to decentralised command and control for distributed operations.
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A military obstacle course outdoor
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Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Dig. Pit number 2. Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. CHINA
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England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, 1880.
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An M60 armored vehicle launched bridge is deployed during a field exercise. Country: Unknown
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A U.S. Army Paratrooper gets dragged by his German T-10 parachute during Exrcise Falcon Leap on Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 14, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise
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The first firing order moves out with targets and ammunition in hand. They are preparing to qualify on Gasinci Firing Range in Croatia with their 9 mm sub-machine guns. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Gasinci Country: Croatia (HRV)
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Bailly , France , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Bailly , France). Rear-fronst, snow, stele, funeral architecture, funeral inscription, front, military cemetery, religious architecture, army, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, Registration , Information, Company, France, Bailly, Boche cemetery
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Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers with Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), train with members of the French Foreign Legion at the French Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) site, Djibouti, April 15, 2022. Members of CJTF-HOA regularly train with and work alongside Allies, partners and government organizations to achieve a unified effort to improve safety, security and prosperity in East Africa.
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Camouflaged members of a Marine sniper team wearing ghillie suits patrol a forest during training at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21446113
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Barbed wire fence around a concentration camp, Auschwitz, Poland
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Scenes from the campus of Virginia Tech, sight of a shooting masacre that left 33 people dead
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and the public have a critical role to play when something doesnt look right. Antiterrorism Awareness iWATCH Army is a modern version of neighborhood watch focused on the threat of terrorist activity. It encourages people to identify and report suspicious behavior to military police or local law enforcement for investigation.
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Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Erpeler Ley, memorial
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Neutral zone, barbed wire, electric fence, camp boundary, death strip, memorial site, concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg near Berlin, Germany, Europe
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View of the entrance to the Sumay Memorial Cemetery. It is all that remains of the village of Sumay. The village was destroyed during the World War II liberation of Guam in July 1944. The earliest legible inscription dates back to 1911. The languages appearing on the tombstones include Chamorro, Spanish and English. State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)
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Achtung minen german mines Warning german mine field with world war two tent Copyright: xZoonar.com/michaelxtraversx 1887876
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British Flag on Battle Road for fallen soldiers at Minute Man National Historic Park, Lexington/Concord, MA
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Volunteers from the Air National Guard and Grissom Air Force Base join together in patrolling an eight-mile dike for leaks, after a recent flood. Base: Fort Wayne State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen KZ Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21446084
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France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.
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Juno Beach in Normandy, France
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British Lt. Gen. Jonathan Riley, a historian, guiding Soldiers of the 773d Civil Support Team, 7th Mission Support Command, points out established fields of fire from a defensive fighting position at Omaha Beach during a staff ride July 19, 2022. "A staff ride is a historical study of a campaign or battle that envisions a systematic preliminary study, an extensive visit to campaign sites, and an opportunity to integrate lessons derived from each. A significant component of this detailed study is the analysis of the terrain over which the action took place and the effect of that terrain upon the battle or campaign. It is this three-dimensional visualization of the battlefield that separates a staff ride from a battle analysis." - Staff Ride Team (army.mil)
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Les Braves Memorial, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Created by Anilore Banon 2004.
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One of the headstones that mark the mass graves of fallen Jacobite soldiers at the Culloden battlefield, Scotland, UK
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Federal Armed Forces Schwerin
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Terracotta decorations of the local first citizens adorn the hill side at the Albert Ekka War Memorial in Agartala. Lance Naik Albert Ekka, PVC was a soldier in the Indian Army. He was killed in action in the Battle of Gangasagar, during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. He was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest award for valour in the face of the enemy, Pakistan. Tripura, India.
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Culloden, Scotland. Culloden Battlefield is the site of one of the bloodiest massacres in Scotland's history. Here marks the memorial of the battle. (MR), (MR)