Military Training and Operations 1940s

Images from the 1940s featuring soldiers in training, prisoners of war, and aerial operations, illustrating the military's activities during World War II.

German army prisoners of war in France 1944

The British Army in Training in Britain, 1944 Private T Henderson with fixed bayonet, practises assault.

German army prisoners of war in France 1944

Lt Andolshek Wearing New Type Flak Suit And Helmet. England.

SGM Farrell, 3rd Battalion, questions a recruit of Platoon 3041 during personnel and rifle inspection at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. The recruit is holding an M-16A1 rifle. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KAZUNARI NINOMIYA and RYO KASE in LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

DA-ST-87-08479. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Elsevier photo collection. Adolf Hitler. September 1, 1939. Berlin

Infantryman from the Italian army

Paratroop Training in Britain, October 1942 Head and shoulders portrait of a paratrooper.

1940s soldier. A young man in uniform is balancing his bicycle above his head. Photo Kristoffersson E90-1

A group of soldiers stood up for inspection. There are some light machine guns in the foreground 762 mm

Steve McQueen, The Sand Pebbles, 1966 directed by Robert Wise (Twentieth Century Fox)

Soldier with a gun in uniform of World War I, sit down on the rope. Costume accord the times of World War I. Photo made at cinema city Cinevilla in Latvia.

Guards Armoured Training Wing, Pirbright, Surrey, October 1943 A corporal of the Grenadier Guards with a Churchill tank.

Soldier with drum machine gun in hand.. soldier

Bounty Hunters

Italian infantrymen carrying a box of ammunition

DM-ST-88-08106. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)

Army personnel from the 4th Infantry Division undergo chemical warfare decontamination procedures during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Ground Crew Of The Boeing B-17 'Idiot'S Delight' England.

War Games - Re-enacting World War II

Baron Roman Nikolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg (December 29, 1885 - September 15, 1921) was a Baltic Swedish-Russian Yesaul (Cossack Captain), a Russian hero of World War I and Lieutenant-general at the time of civil war in Russia and Mongolia, who 'liberated' Mongolia from Chinese rule in February - March 1921. In June he invaded Southern Siberia trying to raise an anti-communist rebellion, but was defeated by the Red Army in August 1921. An independent and brutal warlord in pursuit of pan-monarchist goals in Mongolia and territories east of Lake Baikal during the Russian Civil War that followed the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Ungern von-Sternberg's goals included restoring the Russian monarchy under Michael Alexandrovich Romanov and the Great Mongol Empire, with Outer Mongolia under Bogd Khan as part of it. His opponents were mainly Communists. Ungern-Sternberg often persecuted those who were helping his foes: all Reds and especially Jews. Following his Asiatic Cavalry Divisio

A flint rifle demonstration.

Monitoring facility.

Republic of Albania. Statue of a soldier. Gjirokastra castle. Interior.

A Finnish soldier with Ekenas Coastal Battalion, waits for an explosion inside a bunker during an Explosive Ordnance Disposal range in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 4, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

Lieutenant, World War II, Historical reenactment

Post boxes in Dresden, Schützen-(Füsilier-)Regiment Prinz Georg (Königlich Sächsisches) Nr. 108, Schützen-Kaserne, 1901, Dresden, Posten der Kasernen, Wache, Germany

Arquebusier, European wars of religion

MGEN Henry C. Stackpole III, director plans and policy directorate, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, oversees operations as Marines prepare to move equipment to pre-positioning caves for storage. Country: Norway (NOR)

Lieutenant, World War II, Historical reenactment

(On left) Mr. Richard George Waldhaus, U.S. civilian and fellow POW U.S. Army SP-4 Richard H. Springman, (Captured 25 May 70) are two of the twenty eight American POWs released by the Viet Cong on February 12, 1973. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam

The Home Front in Britain 1939-1945 A Civil Defence Warden inspects bomb damaged buildings in Holborn, London.

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana for touring and participation in dedication ceremonies for the new Indian Memorial

A Kurdish refugees hold a Belgian 9mm FN High-power Mark 2 pistol as he sits on a box of supplies at a camp site set up by Allied forces. Camp sites are being set up along the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iran(IRN)

Gas mask on sale at auction of military memorabilia, UK.

Air Force technicians prepare to install an All Ordnance Destruct System on a Minuteman I missile. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010614-A-2682N-011. Base: Fort Mcpherson State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF Sergeant Nancy Thinnes of the 64th Aerial Port Squadron (AFRES) opens a crate in Fleet Services. As part of their annual two-week training tour, the 64th APS is conducting a Joint Airborne Transport Ability Training (JA/ATT) exercise with the 316th APS. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

World War II Re-enactment, Reading, PA

The Eighth Army in the Klagenfurt Area of Austria, May 1945 Two soldiers of the Royal Military Police in the Klagenfurt area with Anna, a 4 year old Austrian girl with whose family the men were billeted. One of the soldiers is holding an Austrian mug of beer and a Tyrolean pipe.

USA, New Mexico, Albuquerque Old Town Plaza Navajo Code Talkers. (MR)

Military soldier holding gun and pointing on target Copyright: xJagdishxShinde/DinodiaxPhotox

DN-ST-87-06064. Base: Mobile State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hussars of Germany, Couples in love in Germany, Baskets of Germany, 1913, Meißen, Husaren Im Garten Der Schütze

The historic Signal Hill Tattoo event in St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

HM King George VI with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, the Commander of the 21st Army Group, on the King's arrival in Holland.

A Hungarian Civil Engineer uses the back of a hatchet head to hammer a nail in to a wooden rail to secure it to a wooden support post that is part of the Python Three Bridge they are rebuilding. These Hungarians are in Bosnia as volunteers and members of the Partnership of Peace force participating in Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

Infantryman camouflage themselves during a combat training exercise. Country: Unknown

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen

DF-ST-85-08925. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway - National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Museum visitors read a plaque before a life-size display of Civil War soldiers treating their injured. Frederick, Maryland

Pilots walk toward the debriefing area after completion of a flight during Reforger-Crested Cap III. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGERCRESTED CAP III Base: Bad Soellegan Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Sailor of the royal navy (km) with black pants and raincoat (1989).

Historical reenactment at Fort Clatsop National Memorial near Astoria, Oregon, USA.

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella at events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Cabo 2-o, linea. 1862 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Flag bearers , Spain

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Falange española y de las J.O.N.S. División 72 del Cuerpo del Ejército de Castilla. Flechas Verdes, junto a legionarios del Corpo Truppe Volontaire, CTV, formaron una unidad mixta italo-española movilizada para hacer frente en la ofensiva de Catalunya al final de la contienda. Oficial italiano junto a un indicador de carreteras junto al puesto de mando de la Dirección de las Flechas Negras.

Norwegian helmet marked with NO2C based on the British MK2 unknown label

Portrait of a smiling Chinese soldier in uniform standing with his arms crossed, China

Vietnam, Hanoi. Vietnam Military History Museum, military propaganda poster

Women at War 1939-1945 The Auxiliary Territorial Service: At a Ministry of Supply experimental station, trials of rocket fuels were made to determine accuracy. Members of the ATS manned observation posts along the coast from which they observed and recorded the position of shell bursts. About 40 members of the ATS were engaged in this work. The picture shows two members of the ATS in the plotting room at Headquarters recording observations sent in from posts outside.

New Zealand, Otago, Wanaka, Warbirds Over Wanaka, Re-enactment of German Soldiers and Cannon

France, Grand-Est, Bas Rhin (67) Alsace, Hunspach, fort de Schoenenbourg (ligne maginot)

DSC01671.jpg DSC01671.jpg Copyright: xZoonar.com/JensxNieswandtx 1020304

World War II Re-enactment, Reading, PA

SOBIBOR (2018), directed by KONSTANTIN KHABENSKY.

A Gunner Draws A Diagram Of Run Over Target, Aleutians.

World war Two (Air Raid Warden's helmet, British 1941

Vauxbuin, Aisne, France the nurse major of Vauxbuin, Mademoiselle Canton Bacara with her decorations , 1917 - Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (May -July) (French - Vauxbuin , Aisne , France L' infirmière major de Vauxbuin , Mademoiselle Canton Bacara avec ses décorations). Woman, portrait, medical, injured , mutilated staff, medal , decoration, decoration, Human beings, health, First World War

DF-ST-89-00464. Base: Minneapolis State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pilots Of A North American P-51 Group In Flying Togs And Mae West Jackets At A Base In England. They Are, Front Row, Left To Right: Lt. Nicholas W. J. Rosenson Of Monessen, Penn.; Lt. Charles Brock Of Lockhart, Texas; Lt. William R. Groseclose Of Pierre

WILL PATTON in FALLING SKIES (2011) -Original title: FALLING SKIES-TV-, directed by GREG BEEMAN.

Some Tommies (English soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland) rest on the city pavement. Belfast (Northern Ireland), July 1970.

A Gallipoli exhibition in Wellington's Te Papa Museum; Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

U.S. SGT. Felix Neco-Quinones, right, upon his release from the prisoner of war camp. Base: Loc Ninh Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

Feldpostkarte, 1900, Historische Grußkarte mit Kriegsmotiv, Kind in Uniform spielt Soldat, Text: Liebes Vaterland kannst ruhig sein, Historisch, digit...

The Eighth Army Carrier Pigeon Service in Italy, November 1944 Removing a message from a newly arrived pigeon at a mobile pigeon loft in the Rimini area.

Ahmad Shah, a Terrorist and Insurgent Leader Active in the Kunar and Nangarhar Provinces of Afghanistan in 2005

DF-ST-85-03446. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

of 2