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Military Parades and Riots

Depictions of military parades, historical protests, and troop inspections, showcasing various uniforms and ceremonial styles throughout history.

German regiments being played into Warsaw following their capture of the city during the Russian retreat of 1915. The band is preceded by a soldier carrying a 'jingling johnny'. Date: August 28th 1915

3000 Italian soldiers leaving Rome for *****. September 22, 1935.

MARCHA VERDE SOBRE EL SAHARA ESPAÑOL, ORGANIZADA POR EL REY HASSAN II PARA ANEXIONARLO A MARRUECOS, SE INICIO EL 6 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1975. Location: RIF REGION. Nación.

The guard parade in Stockholm. Vaktparaden i Stockholm.

Russian Troops March into Warsaw in 1983. When the Bolish uprising was put down by the Czar in 1863, he received every assistance from Bismarck. There is an historical parallel in the fact that almost the same condition were repeated in division of Poland. January 13, 1940.

Martial Law For Czech Nazi - Crisis Increases Picture Just Received Of Henlein Meeting At Which One Man Was Killed -- Serious riots have been taking place to-day in Czechoslovakia, and the Czech. Government has proclaimed a modified from of Martial Law. Here is a picture just received of the mass demonstration held at Maehrisch-Ostrau during the week-end. At this Demonstration a Sudeten Deputy was hit by the police which incident caused the suspension of Benes-Henlein Negotiations and enraged Germany. September 13, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

Italian troops entering Sibenik, Croatia, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 50, December 15, 1918.

Propagandistically staged funeral procession with prominent National Socialists in Berlin-Kopenick on 26th June 1933 / Anonymous / Photograph / 1933/ State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow / History

Like a Box of Soldiers -- The Life Guards in wonderful formation leaving the Horse Guards Parade after the ceremony of Trooping the Colour in Honour of The King's 68th Birthday this morning June 2. July 11, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photograph of the last remaining British troops leaving India through the India Gate. Dated 20th Century

Anefo photo collection. Royal Princess Irene Brigade Netherlands. Refund road Tilburg via Hilvarenbeek. German prisoners found vicinity Hilvarenbeek raised. November 1944. Hilvarenbeek

HITLER SUBIENDO LAS ESCALERAS DE BUCKEBERG ENTRE JOVENES UNIFORMADOS. ADOLF HITLER.

heinrich Himmler leads a group of nazi members during the Beer Hall Putsch, Munich, Germany 1923

Madrid, 05/04/1915. A view of the numerous onlookers who came to observe the work of extinguishing the fire at the Las Sales Palace complex that was almost completely destroyed.

State act at the memorial under the linden trees in Berlin. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Lenin, vladimir ilyich ulyanov

German Prisoners, Captured in Germany - Germany War Files. January 1, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Adolf Hitler proclaims 'Wehrfreiheit' (Defence Freedom). Date: 1935

Benito Mussolini watching a blackshirt parade on the 17th anniversary of its founding, February 1, 1940, Rome, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVII, No 6, February 11, 1940.

Anefo photo collection. Belgian envoy inspects the honorary guard. January 15, 1949

Belgian Army troops, on leave in London, wait at Aldwych for railway passes to visit their refugee families. As many men who were granted leave from the front had relatives in England, Belgian soldiers were a familiar sight in London during the First World War. Date: 1915

Dresden. Barracks des 2. Grenadier regiments no. 101.

Photo collection Government information service. DIAS Opening States General. undated. The Hague, South Holland

coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 1953.

Pyotr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov (1874 - 1964), Russian military leader. After the February 1917 revolution, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Petrograd Military District. On September 2, 1917), he was appointed commander of the Caucasian native cavalry corps. September 9, 1917 promoted to lieutenant general . On October 20, 1917, he was the military governor and commander of the troops of the Terek region . In February 1918 he left the Caucasus to continue participating in the Great War. He died in exile

Eindhoven Greets British Liberators -- A group of Dutch nurses stand in the street and wave greetings to British Liberating forces and armor as they pass through Eindhoven, in Holland. Other civilians join in welcoming the allies. This is a British Official Photo. September 27, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

German soldiers surrender in Berlin April 1945

American troops marched down the Champs Elysees to the cheers of Parisians. August 25, 1944, World War 2. They are fully equipped for battle, the just passing through, in pursuit of the retreating German armies. (BSLOC_2015_13_86)

New York, New York: April 21, 1919 The 332nd Infantry marches up Fifth Avenue on their way to Central Park where they will receive medals from the Italian Attache for fighting in Italy against the Austrians.

Withdrawal. Monument To Alfonso Xii Inaugurated on June 6, 1922.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstrations in Paris T.G.v. and for the Gaulle. June 1, 1958. France, Paris

Tokyo, Japan: c. 1940. A Japanese military high school students organiization parading in front of Japanese officials and the German and Italian ambassadors.

08/10/1920. The strike in Bilbao. Patrol of Alfonso Xiii's cavalry regiment guarding the Arenal dock. Photo: spike.

Image of members of the W.A .. (Weather department of the National Socialist Movement, N.S.B.) who for the headquarters of the N.S.B. (Maliebaan 35) in Utrecht form an honorary guard on the occasion of the visit of A. Hühnlein (Reichsleiter and Korpsführer of the N.S.K.K., National Sozialist Kraftfahrer Corps) to A.A. Mussert.

soldiers rest between action to qul riots in plaza de san jaime Barcelona Spain 1936

Franco Troops Enter Barcelona - Nationalist Troops Marching through one of the main streets of Barcelona, as they took possession of the city. Crowds gave the ***** salute. Note ***** Cameraman at work, *****. January 29, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

12/07/1942. Infantry festival in the basilica of our Lady of Mercy. The Captain General, Mr. Kindelán, Reviewing the Forces.

Anefo photo collection. Army: Princess Irene Brigade Amsterdam. Parade of the Princess Irene Brigade in Amsterdam. May 31, 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Men of the F.F.I. return the Germans fire.German Snipers at Paris Thanksgiving Service. When general de Gaulle attended a thanksgiving service at the Notre Dame, Paris, German snipers opened up as he arrived. August 28, 1944. (Photo by Topical Press).

Vladimir Lenin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Prime Minister) of the Russian SFSR, delivers the speech to motivate the troops to fight on the Soviet-Polish war.

Anefo photo collection. Chinese dragon game in Amsterdam TGV Japanese capitulation. Chinese dragon game, staged on the occasion of the liberation of the Netherlands. 1945. Amsterdam

Cubans Honor Submarine Victims -- Several thousand Cubans watched before the Capitol in Havana as the funeral procession for eight Cuban seamen, killed in the sinking of two Cuban merchant ships by a Nazi submarine, began to move to the cemetery Aug. 20. August 24, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

German occupation of Paris, 14 June 1940. Artist: Unknown

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Swearing a nefis officer for the Java Hotel. The Ljuitant explains the oath. August 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. The prince leaves the exhibition. July 24, 1947

Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy and fascist dictator, giving speech, Rome, Italy, U.S. Office of War Information, August 1936

Anefo photo collection. Military Defile in Rotterdam, Queen birthday. April 30, 1954

Belgian soldiers of the 9th Mixed Brigade, Battle of Liege, Belgium, 5-16 August 1914. Artist: Unknown

Berlin, Germany August 22, 1928Germany celebrates the 10th annivesary of its constitution with President Paul Von Hindenburg and Minister of Militia Dr. Grosner reviewing the Guard of Honor outside the Reichstag building.

Parade of July 14, 1919, Scottish soldiers, Champs-Elysees Avenue, Star Place, 8th arrondissement, Paris. WAR 1914-1918. Scottish soldiers at the July 14 parade, avenue des Champs-Elysées, Place de l'Etoile. Paris (VIIITH ARR.), 14 July 1919. Photography of Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939).

12/06/1961. Burial of the illustrious banker Mr. Ildefonso Fierro, whose official presidency was made up of the Ministers of the Interior, Army, Finance and Public Works, along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Undersecretary of the Presidency, who do not appear in the photo. His Mortal Remains were buried in the crypt of the Church of La Concepción. Secondly, his Sons, Don Alfonso, Don Arturo and Don Ignacio, with On Ildefonso's Sons-in-Law, in the Family Presidency.

Winter rally of Nazi party members in Munich, 1922

Benito Mussolini inspecting the Moschettieri del Duce elite unit on its fifteenth anniversary, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXV, No 8, February 20, 1938.

Inaugural ceremonies at U.S. Capitol, and Inaugural Parade. Inaugural Parade for President John F. Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. United States Park Police Mounted Unit of the National Park Service with Capitol Building in distance.

10/31/1905. The revolution in Russia: Russian Students Raise the Red Flag at the University of Saint Petersburg.

05/18/1939. The victory parade in Madrid.

Military Parade on Red Square in Moscow. 1925, Otsup, Pyotr Adolfovich (1883-1963)

Photograph of a public execution of German soldiers in Kiev. Dated 1946

Italian contingent in the Great Bastille Day Celebration in Paris marching down the Champs Elysees, 1919

Essen, Germany: January 27, 1923 French soldiers in Essen during the postwar occupation of the Ruhr district of Germany

Moscow April 1923 Communist Rally Parade Demonstration In Red Square Kremlin Russian Revolution Politics Communism 1920S

'Le jour de gloire; le general Montuori, en tete des troupes italiennes, salue la tribune d'Honneur', 1919. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Red Army Enters Bucarest -- Russian troops of the 2nd, Ukranian front, as the result of swift offensive, routed the Germans grouping the Area of Ploesti and entered Bucarest on August 31st. First troops in the Rumanian capital were tank men of Lt. Gen. Ereuehenk's Guards Corps. The Soviet tanks advancing through the streets of the Rumanian capital. October 30, 1944. (Photo by U.S.S.R. Official Photograph).

Paris General Strike And Mass Meetings -- A huge crowd making their way along the Cour de Vincennes, Paris, to attend the mass meetings in the Place de la Nation. It was designed to be an impressive feature of yesterday's 24 hours strike called by the French Labour Federations. Red Flags were displayed in profusion and numerous speeches were delivered but the noise made them inaudible. A very strong force of police prevented the crowd from making its way to the centre parts of the city after the meeting. March 26, 1934.

After having participated in the Dux camp, Young Avanguardisti (young boys from 14 to 17) march in front of the Duce Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) along Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LXIV, n 38, September 19, 1937.

Parade and Demonstration in Moscow on Nov. 7, 1945 in honor of the 28th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.Mortar and searchlight troops on Manezhnaya Square. In a few minutes they will be moving towards Red Square. October 20, 1950. (Photo by M. Trakhman, Pictorial Press).

Paris, France April, 1943Nazis riding through Occupied Paris.

'Liaison des armes et camaraderie militaire; bag-piper defilant en tete d'un regiment de territoriaux francais, lors d'une revue passee par l'etat-major de la Garde ecossaise.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Black and white photo of the mobilization of Italian Fascists. A group of men in the street shouting and raising their bayonets.

On January 30th, Shanghai workers assemble a meeting on Anti-Japanese actions. This happened during the Japanese invasion of China.

French Veterans Demonstrate For Higher Pensions -- A disabled French war veteran waves his crutches as he hops a long on his one leg during demonstration in Paris, Dec. 10, urging higher pensions for disabled veterans. December 13, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Maikundfüge on the school seat

Guerra de Cuba. Llegada y desfile del batallón de Tetuán ante el palacio del Gobernador en La Habana. Grabado de 1895.

'Petain et Foch a Strasbourg; La parure de fete de Strasbourg liberee: deux facades ornees sur la Grande-Rue et sur le quai des Bateliers. Le soleil, qui avait rayonne le 22 novembre, pour l'entrée de Gouraud et de ses braves, manquait a la journee du 25. Mais l'exaltation de la population sut donner a la fete de ce jour-la un caractere qui atteignit au sublime',1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Ernest Hemmingway (2nd from right) during the filming of 'The Spanish Earth' Tierra de Espana. The film was produced with funds raised by a group of American intellectuals who wanted to support the Spanish Republic. The film portraits the defence of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War

02/26/1937. Moment of raising the flag Offered by the third battalion of the 42nd Brigade, in the Segovian center.

American troops marching in Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 1919. They formed a composite battallion from all regiments of the Army of Occupation and carried forty regimental flags

Barcelona. Jura de bandera de 1902 en el Salón Victor Pradera.

The field parade, a weapons display by all units of the Bundeswehr and NATO on 22 March 1972 in Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

A tank in front of Franco's tribune, in the 1953 victory parade.

Parade of units of basic military training on Red Square. Moscow. May 25, 1918. Photo by G. Goldstein.

The liberation of Paris, August 1944. General Philippe Leclerc's French 2nd Armoured Division is the first Allied unit to enter Paris. The German defenders of the city surrendered to the Allies on 25 August. The photographer is unknown.

nazi members during the Beer Hall Putsch, Munich, Germany 1923

Hitler takes the salute at a Nazi rally Germany late 1920s

05/31/1918. The great German offensive. German army forces during a brief rest in a square in Armentieres. Photo: bufa.

World War I, victorious American soldiers renaming Hindenburgstrasse to Wilson U.S.A. in Vigneulles, France, 1918, U.S. Signal Corps photograph

MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO. REINA DE ESPAÑA . 1858 - 1929. SE CASO CON ALFONSO XII EN EL AÑO 1879. "INAGURACION DE LA ESTATUA DE ALVARO DE BAZAN EN MADRID, AÑO 1891 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Nazi march in 1930-33

Adolf Hitler reviewing Nazi troops during the Nuremberg Rally of 1936.

Paris Pays Tribute To IkeGeneral Eisenhower standing in an open car with General Koenig acknowledges the cheers of the crowd as they pass a reminder of Nazi occupation.At a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe yesterday June 14, General De Gaulle decorated General Eisenhower with the companion of liberation. Parisians lined the streets of the capital giving the general a thunderous welcome. After pinning the decoration on Ike's Tunic Gen. De Gaulle kissed the allied leader on both cheeks after the ceremony General Eisenhower drove down the Champs Elysees acknowledging the cheers of the crowd. July 2, 1945.

NATO Council Meeting. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. Military ceremony on the dam. Members of the Prins Bernhard Chapel march over the dam in the middle of the public; On the background the new church and the entrance to the Nieuwendijk. May 1945. Amsterdam

1993 Armed Forces Day Parade, in Madrid, presided over by Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain and Their Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias.

Factory workers drilling with guns in their free time in the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) 1942

In war-torn Dresden. The war generation carries the trauma with them until the end of their lives. Date of recording estimated

Riots follow De Valera's arrest Date: 1923

War album 20, Figure 5237.

London's Farewell to King George VI - The silent multitude watching the funeral procession as it enters the East carriage Drive at Hyde Park Corner. The Royal coffin drawn on a gun-carriage by naval ratings, is seen in the Drive.Sorrowing London bade farewell to King George VI to-day (Friday) when his funeral cortege passed form Westminster Hall to Paddinton Station, where the coffin was entrained for Windsor. February 15, 1952. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Parade on Red Square. Moscow 1918.

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