Military Operations Photography

Black and white images depicting military operations, including divers, artillery training, and troop evacuations, showcasing the realities of service.

Some of the wounded crew who were able to walk, being assisted ashore. September 13, 1942.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Workplace. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Black and white photograph of the Air Bridge to Berlin; from 28 June 1948 to 12 May 1949, Allied airplanes flew 200,000 missions transporting 1.5m tonnes of equipment and merchandise. Here is a photo inside one of the airplanes with two servicemen caring for the parcels.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Medan, Pematang Siantar, Goenong, Bajoe, Belawan, Sumatra's east coast. A large group has been stored in a palm oil factory. Five rattan chairs stand for them. There are three women on it. A man in the foreground addresses them. 19 December 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Aircraft, Burma, India & Training

Famous explorer, Sir Hubert Wilkins (r.), with some of his crew inspecting the U.S. submarine, in which he will try to reach the North Pole. September 18, 1930. (Photo by International News Photos, Inc.).

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Prince Bernhard Chapel to Semarang. Landing craft is next to passenger ship. Soldiers take over. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

"Niagara" - Also Salvage Scenes - Merchant Shipping. February 24, 1942. On 19 June 1940 she was under the command of Captain William Martin and had just left Auckland when, off Bream Head, Whangarei at 3.40 am, she struck a mine laid by the German auxiliary cruiser Orion and sank in 121 metres (70 fathoms) of water at 5.32 am. The mines were part of an extensive field of moored contact-type mines laid by the Orion on the night of 1314 June, and a further three mines were disposed of by minesweepers in the area. A secret and large consignment of gold from the Bank of England was in Niagara's strong room and went down with the ship. There were 295 boxes, each containing two ingots of gold (590 ingots total), valued at £2,500,000.[4 The gold was payment from the United Kingdom to the United States, which had not yet entered the war, for munitions supplies.The Claymore recovered 555 gold bars

Anefo photo collection. Military action in Indonesia. December 30, 1948. Indonesia

He Has Made Victoria Crosses For Forty Years Alec Forbes -- Alec Forbes melting down bronze from guns captured at Sevastopol, during the Crimean War, to make his 751st V.C. The sixty year-old moulder, who has made all the V.C.'S for the past 40 years at work. January 01, 1945.

U.S. Thunderjets Arrive at Reims. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Gen. Donaldson collects forms on bridge Toll. January 23, 1938.

Arrival of the anchor from Christopher Columbus' caravel the Santa Maria, October 25, 1950, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade. training. Hygiene section work. 1943. Britain

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Recordings in the Surabaya sector. Doctor Deleman van inf. XXIII operates its jeep itself. December 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

Army-Navy Football Game, Philadelphia, 1:30PM. Man works with wires connected to a train at Pennsylvania Railroad's Thirteenth Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where President John F. Kennedy would board a train for Washington, D.C., following the Army-Navy Football Game.

First train with Russian prisoners of war on the line between Narvik and Karlshäll at the end of the Second World War.

Anefo photo collection. Radioactive army recipients Delft. July 11, 1961. Delft, South Holland

Supply Section Of The 353Rd Fighter Group. England, April 1945.

An Assembly Line With A Heart...Members Of A Service Squadron Attached To The P-51 Mustang Fighter Group Do A Mass Production Job Of Turning Out Several Hundred Toys For Local English Children Invited To A Christmas Party At This 8Th Af Station. Dolls We

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Workplace. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

These Bombs, Which a member of the Royal Australian Air force ground staff is slipping into the racks beneath a wing of an Avro Anson machine at Laverton, were some of those dropped on to the practice target towed by the destroyer Vampire off Cape Schanck this afternoon during large scale practice. November 28, 1938

Naval training station, Newport, R.I., learning how to use a wireless telegraph ca. between 1909 and 1940.

(Henry) Pu Yi, 'The Last Emperor' of China. Figurehead of Japanese puppet state of Manchuko in WW 2. Shown after World War 2, undergoing 'rehabilitation' in PRC.

Germany The German-Language Tabloid, "Frontpost" Designed To Give Germans The World News From An Unbiased Viewpoint, Is Distributed Daily To Enemy Foxholds. It Is Carried In Revamped Practice Bombs Which Open Upon Trigger Release And Dump The Papers On

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.

A hundred thousand dollar shipment of penicillin arrives in Chicago. The miracle drug release was controlled by the War Labor Board, that reserved 85% for the military during World War II. As the war ended, more of the drug was made available to civilians. May 8, 1945.

DD-936 Decatur , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Anefo photo collection. Ammo found under kitchen floor in plot at Sprengenweg in Apeldoorn. November 7, 1967. Apeldoorn, Gelderland

Dunkirk. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard USS Quincy at Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum, February 14, 1945

Rehearsing For The Horse Of The Year Show: The five members of the Swiss Cavalry School seen adjusting their riding boots before going out for rehearsals this morning. Five members of the Swiss Cavalry School who will be performing a Quadrille at each performance of the Horse of the Year Show to be held at the Harringay Arena this month, were soon rehearsing in uniform at the Arena this morning. October 02, 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Italian prisoners during The Battle of Egypt. Egypt was a major battlefield in the North African campaign during the Second World War, being the location of the First and Second Battles of El Alamein.

"Monty" Descends British Mine - Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, chief of the imperial General *****, of his Battledress at *****. October 23, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

AE-21 Suribachi and AE-22 Mauna Kea , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

AN-93 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Opening the bridge over S. Salpian area Bohorok. An officer of the December 7 division will open the bridge by cutting a ribbon with a scissors in a pillow provided by a little girl. January 27, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

guerra, soldato smista posta militare, 1943

Madrid, 12/30/1936. Militias receiving, at the Command, their bonuses, consisting of food, tobacco, liquor, winter clothing and footwear, and a large amount of cash.

Feather money made from breast feathers of money bird *****. May 30, 1941.

08/31/1936. The Aragón battalion escorting the body of Juan Ramón Fernández.

Military assistance to the population affected by floods of Florence. Water purifier Aqua Vita by 11 geniusbataljon.

Bob passes a pot of paint up to "Dobbie" as they prepare to start painting, the roof of the Ponsonby Rugby Club's training shed. After a course under the New Zealand Rehabiliation Training Scheme, the pair formed a partnership and are doing quite well. both boys were in Italy and Africa during the war and it was there that they gained selection in the Kiwi side to tour Great Britain. "Dobbie" is a first-class five-eighths and has represented Auckland on several occasions. He is only 24 and Bob predicts bigger things for him in the future. July 13, 1951.

DN-SN-88-07606. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

First Chinese Telephone Operator in San Franciso, Classic Photography

V 5756. Thule (depicted name)

Workers Liberated From Nazis Discus Freedom -- A young Italian (left) and an elderly Russian both formerly workers under the Nazi forced labor system discuss their newly found freedom with a Belgian boy March 6, 1945, following liberation from the Germans by the Allies. The little Belgian is wounded in the hand and is homeless. All three are under the care of the Belgium Government at an Allied displaced persons' center at Namur, Belgium. April 23, 1945.

WORLD WAR ONE. Armaments manufacture circa 1914

Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Processes & techniques. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

"Operation Hailstorm" - US Army Helps Lyons. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A studio image typfying a contemporaneous Occidental view of China, including opium smoking and and Qing Dynasty queues. Dated to the end of the Qing era, probably c. 1900.

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Secretary of the Air Force Berne Orr observes the operations of the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing while touring various U.S. Air Force installations in Europe. Base: Raf Bentwaters Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

The Cameroon (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Messer (left) with brigade captain G. Hodson (right) and ***** Allan Beach inspect equipment of a tank-pumper used by the Forestville Volunteer Bushfire Brigade in Warringah Shire, NSW. March 24, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch mine sweeps. Crew Dutch mine sweeper, former persons fishing fleet. Men entertain themselves accordion music. March 1942

U.S. General Jonathan Wainwright ordering the surrender of American forces in the Philippines. He is supervised by a Japanese Army censor. May 1942. World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_8_134)

St. Nazaine Shipyards - St. Nazaine Shipyards. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of two Wehrmachers (well with the Hague)

North Africa Pix - Barry Bingham, Chief, ECA Mission to France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. Military drinks from a metal cup. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A signal woman operating levers in a railway signal box.

Miss Anna Rochester of Buffalo, New York, USA, serving chocolate to Pvt. Henry Schwenks, of the 326th Infantry, Co. A, 82nd Division, Canteen at American Red Cross Evacuation Hospital #6 & 7, Souilly, France, American National Red Cross Photograph Collection, March 12, 1919

The British Army on the Western Front 1914-1918

Sealing and labelling some of the thousands of flasks of blood donated by citizens of Moscow: 1941. World War II

Donzere-Mondragon (Vagn Hansen). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Mess Management SPECIALIST 1ST Class (MS1) R. Aragoza, right, instructs MSSA (SEAMAN Apprentice) Nazario and MSSN (SEAMAN) Bernier in proper methods of food preparation aboard the amphibious assault ship USS TARAWA (LHA 1). The photo was taken on the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

To make this epaulette for the Royal Navy 10,000 yards of gold wire were used. December 30, 1932.

Atelier MESSIER (Aircraft). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Sint Nicolaas preparation. November 30, 1945

The Trinidad Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, September 1944 A Trinidad Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve rating at the wheel of a patrol yacht, keeping the forenoon watch.

Philippines, Richard D Kepple from navy's Seabees helping girl

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied commander, accompanied by General Omar N. Bradley, CG of the 12th Army Group; MG Manton Eddy, CG, XII Corps, and Colonel Bernard Burnstern, touring German salt mines in which stolen treasure was hidden, Merkers, Germany, U.S. Army Signal Corps, April 12, 1945

Anti-gas Clothing For Air Raid Wardens, 1941 A half length portrait of an Air Raid Warden wearing gas protective clothing, gas mask and steel helmet. The gas protection outfit is an oilskin overall, similar in style to Churchill's 'siren suit'.

02/25/1978. Seville. For twenty-four hours ABC has coexisted with the Sevillian firefighters. In the image.

Shipments of blue and white United Nations flags are being made to the unified United Nations forces assisting the Republic of Korea in defense against the North Korean Communist invaders. The use of the UN flag was authorized recently by the UN Security Council.The photograph shows two U.S. airline hostesses holding one of the flags, which are being sent to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commanding General for the unified United Nations forces, to be distributed to the Korean battlefronts. June 21, 1950. (Photo by United States Information Service).

The Camargue - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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