Military Training and Operations

Historical footage of military training, operations, and nuclear research from different decades showcasing strategic initiatives and preparedness.

1944 - The 1st Cavalry division opens fire on Los Negros Island at night.

Anefo photo collection. submarine Royal Navy recently returned Mediterranean sea tolerated 20,000 tons enemy ships. Subject Hr. Ms. "O21". officer Lieutenant sea 2nd class looks periscope. {1940-1945}

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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pladjoe-West Palembang; 8th field artillery department. Man busy with tools. November 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Plaju, Sumatra

DD-944 Mullinnix , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

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.

May 1945 - Sailor at work in the electric engine control room of USS Batfish (SS-310) on war patrol.

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The British Army in North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1939-45. Food and other supplies for the Yugoslav National Liberation Army, being packed into parachute canisters by British soldiers at an Army depot in south-eastern Italy.

Shock troops from command Limburg / Regiment Limburg during the Second World War. Commander and other staff at work at the Staffkwartier of command Limburg.

International Ice Patrol - 1948. This is the Navigator of one of the Coast Guard's converted B-17 planes on International Ice Patrol. Plane patrols last from 8 to 10 hours over water - the exact position of the plane must be known at all times. Contact with the cutter on the Ice Patrol is maintained by audio. These converted B-17's are the "eyes" of the Ice Patrol. Combined air and surface operations and the effective use of radar and loran by Coast Guard patrol units contributed to the success of the 1948 International Ice Patrol. It was the mission of the 1948 patrol to locate and report ice conditions contributing a menace to navigation to determine set and drift of icebergs to collect weather information and surface and sub-surface oceanographic data and to keep all interested parties and commercial shipping informed thereof. The importance to mariners of "ice broadcasts" is evidenced by the fact that practically all commercial radio transmission ceases during these broadcasts. The

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Shock troops from the command Brabant / Regiment Commando-Brabant during the Second World War. Military times Folding a so-called "Wolletje". In a dormitory in an alloy building.

Photograph of Coast Guardsmen at Work. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen at work.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Venezuela and the Eastern Caribbean. GRUIS OF HR. Ms. Van Speijk. 1948

Merchant Navy Hotel- Naval Accommodation in Bedford Square, London, England, UK, 1944 Dr G C MacDiarmid (left) from Hamilton, New Zealand, and Mr C Lee (right), Fourth Engineer from Cape Town, South Africa, play a game of billiards in the dining room of the Merchant Navy Hotel in Bedford Square, London. The original caption states that Dr MacDiarmid 'has just been repatriated from Germany, where he was a prisoner of war for nearly four years'. Mr Lee served in the Royal Navy for two years before joining the Merchant Navy and was a survivor of a cruiser which was sunk at Crete.

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Prince Phillip (Duke of Edinburgh) takes part in the 'Crossing the Line' ceremony in 1954. The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. Equator-crossing ceremonies, typically featuring King Neptune, are common in the navy and are also sometimes carried out for passengers' entertainment on civilian ocean liners and cruise ships

June 1924. HRH Infante Don Juan, in the uniform of a Military Engineer, in his room at the Royal Palace in front of the model of a captive balloon that the Guadalajara Air Station Park had given him.

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