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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
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
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Tito Kisses The Flag -- At a ceremony to mark the tenth anniversary of the Yugoslav People's Army. Marshal Tito Kisses the new army flag before presenting it to one of the Proletarian brigades. December 28, 1951.
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Military parade in Piazza della Vittoria, October 28, 1939, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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Canadian Highlanders marching through London at the Lord Mayors Show in 1915. Date: November 13th 1915
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In Liberated Cherbourg: German Takes his Dog to Prison Camp One of the German soldiers being marched through liberated Cherbourg on the way to internment has his dog with him. June 28, 1944.
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Parade of July 14, 1919, Orchestra of American Marine Troops, Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Place de l'Etoile, 8th arrondissement, Paris. Great War, World War I 1914-1918. Musical instruments WAR 1914-1918. "Parade of July 14, 1919, Orchestra of American Marine Troops (US Marine Corps), Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Star Place". Paris (VIII ARR.). Photograph of Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939).
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08/31/1936. Forces of the Castellón column Entering Segorbe (Castellón) Photo: Vidal Corella.
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82nd Airborne Div. parade, Victory Park, 1946 , Soldiers, Military parades & ceremonies, United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd. Jack Miller Collection
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The 1st of May celebration Dvortsovyi Square, Petrograd. A large crowd of mostly soldiers with some men and women in Dvortsovyi Square in Saint Petersburg.
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March of the Hitler Youth at the Brandenburg Gate. 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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Roman youth departments parading in front of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) and the Chief of the British fascists, Sir Oswald Mosley (1896-1980), during the sport-gymnastic event organized in Piazza di Siena to celebrate the founding of Rome, 21 April 1933, Rome, photo by Bruni, from L'illustrazione Italiana, year LX, n 18, April 30, 1933.
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German army marches by the Arc de Triomphe; Paris during the occupation of France, in world war two. 1940
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'Hands of the Army', 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton.
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People of Smolensk after its liberation by the Red Army, 1943. The Russian city of was liberated from German occupation at the end of September 1943 during a major Russian offensive. The fighting destroyed over 90% of the city's buildings. Smolensk was one of 12 cities to be awarded the title 'Hero City' by the Soviet government after the war. The photographer is unknown.
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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany
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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany
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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany
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German troops are cheered after their liberation of Danzig. On September 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland, Danzig (according to the German a "German" city) was one of the first to be occupied.
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Anefo photo collection. Food provision: Wageningen. Parade of the Shock troops Regiment in Middelburg. March 1, 1945
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Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of the dead, two minutes of silence on the Dam in Germraat overview. May 4, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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02/01/1915. Cannons Taken From the Germans, Exposed to the Public in the Courtyard of the French Army Museum.
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A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977), directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH.
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Meeting of striking workers Tverduring the Russian revolution. 1917
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The 8888 Nationwide Popular Pro-Democracy Protests (also known as the People Power Uprising) were a series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (today commonly known as Burma or Myanmar). Key events occurred on 8 August 1988, and therefore it is known as the 8888 Uprising.
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Anti-Eisenhower Demonstration -- A crowd of Anti-Eisenhower demonstrators stop before a cordon of police on the avenue Chaps Elysees in Paris, Jan. 9. The hotel Astoria, General Dwight D. Eisehhower's temporary headquarters, is the light building at left, second from the Arc de Triomphe. January 10, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Poll photo collection. Liberation Noord-Brabant along the corridor Bergeijk - Valkenswaard - Aalst - Eindhoven. Members of the resistance are an honorary hedge at the Texaco gas station in Aalst to welcome the Princess Irene Brigade. September 21, 1944. Aalst, Noord-Brabant
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WORLD WAR I (1914-1918). German troops entering in Liege. Drawing by Philip Dadd (1915).
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podium with swastika prepared for a rally in Nuremburg 1936
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07/06/1907. Madrid. Transfer of the Remains of General González Hontoria. Passage of the funeral procession through the Plaza de Santa Cruz in front of the Ministry of State.
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Nazi Germany, Fanfare of Hitler Youth, c. 1933.
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Anefo photo collection. Start 61st four-day from Nijmegen; Participants on the bridge over the Waal. July 19, 1977. Nijmegen, Waal
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Parade and Demonstration in Moscow on Nov. 7, 1945 in honor of the 28th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.Powerful artillery on Red Square. These guns ***** German fortifications. November 20, 1950. (Photo by V. Kinelovsky, Pictorial Press).
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Photograph of a parade in Danzig greeting Hitler and Nazi soldiers. Dated 1939
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Vladimir Lenin delivers a speech at Sverdlov Square in front of troops leaving for the Polish front. Moscow, May 5, 1920. Photo by G. Goldstein.
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Assembly. 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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British soldiers arrive in Austria during World War One. 1917
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Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany
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Anefo photo collection. Tattoo Delft, Lanciers during storm attack, overview. August 25, 1964. Delft, South Holland
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Poll photo collection. Rome: The papal Swiss Guard in Vatican City. Knee bends performed by the peloton in excercence-out with the guns in a rot. December 1937. Italy, Rome, Vatican City
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soldiers from the Durruti Column (the largest anarchist column) formed during the Spanish Civil War
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Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); German troops enter Salonika in aid of Italian forces in Greece, April 1941.
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A tank makes a show of force in the streets of Warsaw as Piludski's supporters overcome all resistance.
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Nazi rally in the USA, 1930s.
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Poll photo collection. Visit to Copenhagen. Changing the guard for Amalienborg Palace at 12:00 in the afternoon. 1934. Denmark, Copenhagen
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Home And Mediterranean Fleets At Gibraltar -- Combined Bands of the Royal Marines of the Mediterranean and Home Fleets, now at Gibraltar following combined exercises in the Western Mediterranean, taking part with members of the band of the Scots Greys in the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony on No.1 Parade Ground, Gibraltar. The Fleets leave Gibraltar this week end for further exercises before returning to their bases, the Mediterranean Fleet to Malta, and ships of the Home Fleet to their home ports in the United Kingdom. March 29, 1954.
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Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection American troops marching through Winchester on their way to the railway station.
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Hungary. Budapest. Kossuth Lajos Ter (square of the Parlamient). Anniversary of the Revolt of October 23th 1956.
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Gun trucks, Italian troops on parade, November 11, 1936, Genoa, Italy, 20th century.
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06/24/1919. Madrid. Distribution of National Shooting Awards. The minister Mr. the deer Delivering the King's Cup to the Soldiers of the electrotechnical center David Dopazo and German Nalda.