Military Statues and Monuments

A collection of notable military memorials, including statues commemorating figures of war and honor, depicted in various settings with dramatic skies.

Cuba, Villa Clara Province, Santa Clara. The impressive statue and monument in memory of Che Guevara was erected in 1987 to mark the 20th anniversary of the revolutionary's murder in Bolivia.

Close-up of a war memorial, Illinois Korean War Memorial, Springfield, Illinois, USA

The "39er Memorial", from July 1939, to the 39th Fusilier Regiment at Reeser Platz, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

DN-ST-89-09743. Country: Vietnam

Young girl at National War Memorial, Ottawa, Canada

Low angle view of a war memorial, Soldiers And Sailors Monument, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Solemn Journey: Honoring the Fallen at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Standing among the endless rows of white crosses at the Normandy American Cemetery, the weight of history is palpable. The somber silence is broken only by the breeze, a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made. Copyright: xZoonar.com/WalterxGxArcexSr/GrindstonexMediaxGroup/WalterxArcexPhotographyx 22081873

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, for touring, participation in events highlighting the restoration project--funded jointly by the National Park Service and the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative--aimed at replacing interpretive battlefield markers and conserving the array of bronze statuary and stone monuments at the Civil War site. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the events, including the unveiling of the first group of 22 metal markers identifying the specific locations of various Union and Confederate artillery batteries during the siege and defense of Vicksburg, were National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and country music star Trace Adkins, among other dignitaries.

Soldier from the terracotta army, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

General Thomas J. 'Stonewall,' Jackson Monument, Boulevard and Monument Avenue, Richmond, Va. , Monuments & memorials, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center

(9 March 2014) --- The statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, looms over the town square in Karaganda, Kazakhstan March 9 as officials prepared to commemorate him on his 80th birthday. Gagarin, who died in an aircraft training accident in 1968, was launched into the history books from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 12, 1961. NASA astronauts and officials were in Karaganda for the commemoration in advance of supporting the landing March 11, Kazakh time, of Expedition 38 crew members Oleg Kotov, Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASAs Michael Hopkins in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft.

DN-ST-86-01531. Base: Moscow Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

South Atlantic, United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, Falklands, Port Stanley, Stanley, View of 1914 battle memorial

A Republic of Korea Marine Corps monument sits in front of the headquarters building for 1st Marine Division, ROK Marine Corps, during a combined evening colors ceremony between ROK and U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division during Freedom Shield 24 in Pohang, South Korea, Feb. 29, 2024. Freedom Shield 24 is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance the combined defense posture, and further strengthen security and stability on the Korean peninsula. Marine Corps

monument of Battle of Kahlenberg Ukrainian Cossacks Vienna 19. Döbling Wien Austria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks with Scott Desjardins, Superintendent of the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Frank Pandolfe, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Luxembourgian Prime Minister Xavier Bettel; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg David McKean; and his wife, Kathleen Kaye, on July 17, 2016, as he tours the site following two days of bilateral meetings with government officials.

Royal Artillery Memorial with freshly laid wreaths on Hyde Park Corner / Wellington Arch, London, England, UK, Europe

Soldier statue at Liberty Park, New Jersey, USA

Memorial for fallen Soviet soldiers, Bergen, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

The "39er Memorial", from July 1939, to the 39th Fusilier Regiment at Reeser Platz, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

War memomorial in Giesing, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Veterans Memorial Plaza is shown Aug. 5, 2022, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Veterans Memorial Plaza is a tribute to all of the men and women who have served the nation during each era of F

Second World War Two Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe

Congressional campaign trip: Springfield, Illinois, wreath laying ceremony - Lincoln's Tomb, rally. President John F. Kennedy departs the tomb of President Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, after laying a wreath. Walking behind President Kennedy are Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois) and Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner.

A view of the Navy and Merchant Marine Memorial located on the George Washington Parkway. The memorial, maintained by the Parks Service, is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the Navy and Merchant Marine Service during World War II. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Royal Marines Museum. Large Statue Of A Royal Marine Holding Gun On Display In Front Of Building And Union Jack Flag Flying Behind.

Weinheim, Germany, November 2020: War monument for German soldiers died in World War 1 and 2 with three soldiers with weapons and drum, Europe

Communist, bronze memorial, laotians fighting for freedom in front of a red flag, at back statue of the former president Kaysone, Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial Museum, Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Australia, Canberra, Australian War Memorial, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, naval mosaic

Wellington-Bogen zur Feier des Sieges gegen Napoleon bei Waterloo in London, UK *** Wellington Sheet to Celebration of Victory against Napoleon at Waterloo in London, UK 1129212741

War memorial for fallen soldiers

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Soviet tank T-34, Soviet memorial, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, Europe

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Visit Of Prince of Wales To Australia. January 01, 1920.

Army of the Ohio memorial marker for Indiana at Shiloh Military Park in Tennessee.

Guests and Fort McCoy staff members participating in a Community Leader Engagement event visit Veterans Memorial Plaza on July 6, 2022, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly two dozen community leaders from Tomah, Sparta, Black River Falls, Volk Field, La Crosse, and other nearby municipalities gathered at Fort McCoy to see the posts mission first-hand and learn more about the Army mission at the installation.

Pennsylvania Memorial, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, USA

United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Hampshire, Portsmouth. Statue of the soldier in front of the Royal Navy Museum

England, London, Green Park, The Royal Air Force WWII Bomber Command Memorial

A Great War Memorial stands at the Place de la république; it honors the fallen children of World War I at Carentan, France, May 31, 2022. This year, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commemorates the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history, and highlights the U.S.' steadfast commitment to European allies and partners.

National War Memorial; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

FDR Memorial, Washington, DC, USA

Commemorative figures three soldiers on Utah Beach, France

Dante monument with Italian weapons in Trento. .

France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-09-23. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-09-23. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

The U.S. Marine Corps colors fly over the Semper Fi Marine Monument during a Memorial Day ceremony in San Clemente, California, May 30, 2022. The city of San Clemente adopted 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, in 1996. The Heritage of San Clemente Foundation donated a plaque with the names of the 13 service members killed during the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul in August 2021, and presented the plaque during the ceremony.

USA, District of Columbia, Washington. Korean War Memorial

Canadian War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, wrapped in tributes to fallen soldiers of all wars Canada participated in. Laid on Remembrance Day and after the shooting of an honor guard. (Large format sizes available)

An 18-inch chocolate replica of the National Guard Minuteman stands on top of a cake donated to The National Guard by Cake Boss, a nationally televised show about extravagant cakes, at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Dec. 13, 2011. The cake was part of the 375th birthday celebration of the National Guard.

Russia, Moscow; The butcher Kuzma Minin & Prince Dmitry Podjarsky who led to expel the Poles from the Kremlin in 1612

Katyn Memorial by Andrzej Pitynski Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Fireworks erupt over the John Basilone Statue in Raritan, N.J., Sept. 26. The entire weekend feature events meant to honor and celebrate the Marine Medal of Honor recipient. (Marine Corps

Anefo photo collection. Image of Wibaut again on its base after repair work after damage during blowing head clearing. March 23rd 1982

Official imagery from the memorial services for Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel Woodrow Woody Williams, Medal of Honor recipient, held at the West Virginia State Capitol, Sunday, July 3, 2022. Born in Quiet Dell, West Virginia in 1923, Williams, 98, was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while he served as a demolition sergeant serving with the 21st Marines, third Marine Division while fighting Japanese forces on Iwo Jima on Feb. 23, 1945. At the time of his death on June 29, 2022, he was the last living World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

Veterans Memorial Plaza is shown Nov. 17, 2022, at the Commemorative Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. It was the last day of 2022 where the flags were still posted at the plaza and it was a snow-filled day. The 900 block of Fort McCoy and the 11-acre area surrounding it are at the hub of the forts history-preservation efforts and is called the Commemorative Area. The Commemorative Area consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoy's unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942. Three of the buildings an administrative facility, a dining facility, and a barracks are set up to depict Soldier life during the 1940s. Display items include a World War II chapel, bunk beds, footlockers, mannequins, and potbelly stoves. Another building highlights four different modern military training venues, and a separate facility shows various training aids. The area also has the Equipment Park. Vetera

Civil War monument. Vicksburg, Mississippi. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Pennsylvnia Memorial and cannons at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA

Statue of George Washington, Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

World War II memorial at the Banzai Cliffs in Saipan, Northern Marianas, Central Pacific

France, Center France, Gentioux, war memorial with the inscription "The pair's quest for honours"

War memorial bronze soldier and gun by P. G. Bentham c 1920, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK

The Women of World war II Statue in Whitehall

Memorial for Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (18951948) who was a Swedish diplomat and nobleman noted for his negotiation of the release of about 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps during World War II. He was assassinated in 1948 by the militant Zionist group Lehi.

Plaque commemorating Commonwealth Graves and Memorial for fallen WWII soldiers, Alamein, Egypt

Flag with cowboy at Karl May House, western, rifle, figure, Karl May, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Monument commemorating the members of the police force Polizia di Stato. Cortina d Ampezzo in the Dolomites of northern Italy, Veneto. (Editorial Use Only)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center

040318-F-0558K-097. Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Statue of Unknown Soldier, City of Heraklion, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe Copyright: KarolxKozlowski 1245-2854

South Carolina Generals Monument, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

LONDON, UK - NOVEMBER 6 : Close-up of Part of the Battle of Britain Monument on the Embankment in London on November 6, 2012

USA, Virginia, Richmond, Hollywood Cemetery, grave of Confederate Major General George E. Pickett, who led the famous Pickett's Charge during the US Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in 1863

USA, Georgia, Fort Oglethorpe. Chickamauga Battlefield National Military Park. Memorials throughout park to various battles

Gedenkstätte für den 14. Oktober 1973 an der Kok-Wua-Kreuzung. Eine Studentenbewegung in Bangkok stuÌrzte die MilitaÌrdiktatur // 28.11.2024: Bangkok, Thailand, Asien *** Memorial for October 14, 1973 at Kok Wua intersection A student movement in Bangkok overthrew the military dictatorship 28 11 2024 Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Monument to commemorate the Mississippi Sixth Infantry's losing battle at Rea Field in the Civil War at Shiloh Military Park in Tennessee.

Police officers from the High Altitude Rescue Team remove a banner with the inscription For Democracy in Syria / Defend Rojava from the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 16 December 2024

Soldiers from the 27th Infantry Regiment visit the Holy Farm Home Orphanage located in Osaka, Japan, Sept. 3, 2022. The 27th Infantry Regiment 'Wolfhounds' relationship with the orphanage dates back to 1949.

Revolutionary propaganda, "Hasta la victoria siempre", Spanish for "ever onward to victory" with portrait of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Las Tunas, Cuba, Caribbean, Central America

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