Waterborne Military Activities

Images of military personnel involved in water exercises, including building pontoon bridges and navigating flooded areas, highlighting logistical operations in challenging environments.

Pictures of a military exercise on the Kromme Rijn in Bunnik on the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of the Framework School of the Pioniers and the School for Reserve Officers of the Pioniers: a group of infantrymen is playing through the water of the river; Parts of a pontoon bridge are supplied in the background.

Supply and construction pontoon rafts, school reserve officers Pioniers, Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Wieringermeerpolder. December 8, 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer

Anefo photo collection. Wieringermeerpolder. December 12, 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour through West Java through the Hussars van Boreel (reproduction). Krawang: The reserve eskadron armored cars of the Hussars van Boreel regiment makes a fourteen-day exploration through West Java. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Images of a military exercise on the Kromme Rijn in Bunnik on the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of the Framework School of the Pioniers and the School for Reserve Officers of the Pioniers: Pioniers is building a pontoon bridge over the river.

Pictures of a military exercise on the Kromme Rijn in Bunnik on the occasion of the 200-year anniversary of the Framework School of the Pioniers and the School for Reserve Officers of the Pioniers: a group of infantrymen is playing through the water of the river; Parts of a pontoon bridge are supplied in the background.

Anefo photo collection. Ned. Forces liberate Netherlands, sleep German-built Bunkers / Kingdom Dutch Princess Irene Brigade. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

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Weft of an allied bomb in the roof of a German boot bunker in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam.

Anefo photo collection. Work on the "Hydrographer". March 7, 1946

Equipment is unloaded from an Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU 2) utility landing craft which is positioned at the stern of the dock landing ship USS PORTLAND (LSD 37). The equipment will be used during the Seabee construction exercise ATLAS RAIL, a Seabee project to repair a flood-damaged railroad. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RAIL Country: Tunisia (TUN)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang. 8 (iv) battalion shock troops) in Batoorka in South Sumatra. "After an hour long journey under the Tropenzon, a bath in the Kali is everything the soldier's heart wishes. You can immediately give your dirty uniform". July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Anefo photo collection. Wijchen. Build military bridges over the mesh arm. October 14, 1953. Gelderland, Wijchen

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Part of a flotilla of Germans fleeing from the 1st and 8th Armies, found nearly twenty miles out to sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia, and rounded up by the Royal Navy. Picture shows three men in a boat: an officer of Rommel's Transport Corps, one German infantryman, and a Luftwaffe anti aircraft gunner.

Guerra civil española (1936-1939). Zona nacional. Milicias voluntarias cruzando el río Albiar para la toma de Constantina (Sevilla).

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Damaged. undated. Ammerstol

U. S. Engineers Arrive in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Repair of a lock. Genists at work. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Navy and Marine Corps troops, aboard the utility landing craft, land during Valiant Blitz, the amphibious assault landing phase of exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Tok Sok Ri Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

10/31/1916. A visit to the English squad. The English Cardinal Bourne (X) Heading in a steam launch to visit the Battleship "Iron Duke".

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC ships, landing craft. Landing craft in a row, numbered m21 to m26. 22 February 1948. Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 The Arakan Campaign January 1943 - May 1945: Landing craft on the beach at Akyab Island.

07/31/1915. The Germans in Campaign. Pontoon Soldiers Building a Boat Bridge over the San River. Photo: R. Parrondo.

The Pribilof Report 1949. "Eskimos helping a party from FWS airplane to shore. This was the group investigating living condiditons among the Alaska Natives. Dr. Mark Dawber has just stepped ashore. Albert M. Day, Larry Stevens, L. T. Oldroyd also in p. Subjects: Work of the Service; Personnel; Nunivak; Aircraft; aircraft; Grumman Goose; Wildlife refuges; Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge; ARLIS; Alaska.

AMS-64 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

II. K. S. Pioneer Battalion No. 22. Flying ferry

Anefo photo collection. Zuidoostpolder at FlevostaD in the Zuiderzee. October 24, 1950. IJsselmeer, Zuiderzee, Zuidoostpolder

Anefo photo collection. The preparatory work at Hoek van Holland for having exploding the sunken "faustus". Divers at Wreck Faustus. Hole in Dijk. November 13, 1952. Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland

Liberation of Europe. Infantry Equipped With Bicycles Go Ashore -- Infantry, many carrying bicycles wading ashore from an infantry landing craft. July 1, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photo).

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 2nd field companion army genius crazy soekaboemi. Where bridge recovery is not yet possible, the genius ensures that the compounds are switched on by enabling ferries. The bulldozer acts as a guinea pig, which will test the "seaworthiness" of the floating bridge .. September 1949. Ambarawa, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Zero Hour of September 3 - Allies land on Mainland of Europe -- Canadian troops coming ashore in "Ducks".At 4.30 on the morning of Sept. 3rd., fourth anniversary of the outbreak of war, 8th. and ***** set foot on the Mainland of ***** straits of Italy after the terrain had been softened, by intensive air and artillery bombardment. Within a week of the landings Italy had surrendered unconditionally, and allied forces were in complete possession of the "Toe"of Italy. (Photo by British Official Photo).

Members of the 2nd Platoon of Company E, 1ST Engineer Battalion, bring together sections of a mobile brigade during an ARMY TRAINING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM (ARTEP) Exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ARMY TRAINING AND EVALUATION PROGRAM (ARTEP) Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

12/25/1907. Incommunication of Catarma and Coin. How the communication and transportation service is currently done from Cártama, Coin and Intermediate Towns, Crossing the Guadalhorce.

Gold diggers, southafrica, africa 1920 1930.

Surveying troops over the JSONZO at CANziano 31.11.17. .

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Soldiers of one of the British mounted regiments having a bath in a river. They are probably servicemen of the Lothians and Berwickshire Yeomanry.

Crew of training mall 5 passengers on Aruba, February 1957.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Admiral Pinke on North Sumatra. Belawan deli: On November 6, the fleet guardian visited Belawan and Medan. Vice-admiral a.s. Pinke (left) inspected one of the patrol boats of the Royal Navy. November 6, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Exercise amphibious landing operations troops come to land. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Duindorp. Repair work in Duindorp (The Hague). August 1945. The Hague, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC series Borneo; Book Borneo. In a broad river, a ship sailed with a row of floating cabins. June 1948. Borneo, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Assignment faithful, demonstration mobile columnen Laren. November 3, 1960. Laren

12/31/1964. The water gradually demolished the new promenade and destroyed the road and sidewalks.

Mudderverk Mudderverk

Interest for a demonstration (sinking of a practice submarine) of marine divers during fleet days in Den Helder, 1958. On the background left the guest ship in Willemsoord Hr.Ms. Hertog Hendrik (A888).

War-free bridge

U. S. Marines disembark from the utility landing craft 1657 (LCU-1657). U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force after a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

London's Port Police -- Just as lorries leave the shore gates, fleets of lighters pass through the water entrances into the river. Men of the Mobile Squad of the C.I.D. make a sudden raid on a group of lighters to ensure that the goods they carry is no more than is entered on the exit permit. July 9, 1951. (Photo by Central Office Of Information Photograph).

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A photographic-reconnaissance pilot of No. 400 Squadron RCAF climbs into his Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark XI, partially surrounded by water following the recent heavy rains at B78/Eindhoven, Holland..

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Knil Detachement in Pleihari (Zuid-Borneo). Pleihart: (ZD-Borneo): a patrol of infantry 13 out by swampy area. 27 February 1948. Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies, Pleihari

Tank tracks on the beach at Cape Endaidaire.Australian-manned General Stuart tanks backed up by American and Australian infantry attack Buna. January 02, 1943. (Photo by Dept. of Information, Commonwealth of Australia).

world war two: advance party of American troops crosses the Moselle river 1945

Jap Submarine That Didn't Get Away - The U.S. Navy released today this picture of a two-man Japanese submarine that was beached on the Hawaiian Island of Dahu during the Japanese attack on the Navy's Pearl Harbour Base, Dec. 7. The Navy said the midget ships are approximately 41 feet long with a 5-foot beam and are propelled by electric motors. December 16, 1941. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

A starboard quarter view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine SCRANTON (SSN-756) underway during sea trials off the Virginia Capes. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Reinforcement or cements of the U.S. First Cavalry Division ford a small inlet at Lorengau beach, Mannus Island, in the Admiralty Group, to support other units of the division which are in contact with the enemy. Behind the long line of troops, equipment and supplies can be seen stacked on the beach. March 20,1944. (Photo by USA Signal Corps).

China can still present her pictures of peace despite the threats of war lords. Quaint craft at Shanghai. August 28, 1933.

Owing to the ability of the landing craft on Morotai beach large quantities of heavy equipment had to be towed ashore by a wire cable attached to tractors. September 23, 1944.

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.

Discharge of British troops on the Greek coast, conflict in the Balkans, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 45, November 7, 1915.

The Road of Life at Spring by Anonymous /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1942/Photograph/Russia/History

Marines from the 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, wade ashore from a utility landing craft (LCU) during Fleet Ex 1-90. Subject Operation/Series: FLEET EX 1-90 Country: Caribbean Sea

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photos Liberation North Sumatra. Catalina flight lands at sea. December 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Cavalry Schietkamp. "De Vliehors" staitonary exercise with centurion tank. On the right a Daf Ya 328. ("Thick DAF") against the dune storage of tank ammunition in containers and packaging. Photo from Army grounder Nov 1971 No. 11. De Meeuw is one of the 70 stuffed specimens that were present at the CSK.

Anefo photo collection. Opening Nieuwe Rijnbrug = Temporary Bailey bridge in Arnhem across the bridge a detachment runs English troops. February 6, 1946. Arnhem

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Namlea. Island of Boar. Molukken.zicht from a larger ship on a rowing boat containing inland soldiers and luggage and goods. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Capture of Zeebrugge, October 1918

Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. A military exercise. A river must be crossed. 1945

06/30/1917. On the Western Front.-French Soldiers Washing Their Clothes on a Balsas Bridge over the Aisne River.

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R.A.F. Picture Of Rhine Bridge Blown Up -- This picture of a Pontoon Bridge across a the Rhine which has been blown up was taken a height of 600 feet from a R.A.F. airplane which was flying over enemy territory on reconnaissance duty. November 2, 1939. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The Campaign in Normandy, August 1944: Wounded men being transferred from parked ambulances to the hospital tank landing ship LST 428 at low tide through the ship's bow doors. She is helping to transport casualties, including enemy wounded from Courseulles, France to the United Kingdom.

French Submarines, Mudros, Lemnos, 12/1/15

Andrées PolarExpedition 1897. Just before departure towards the North Pole.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Exercise amphibious landing operations troops come to country. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Divers and crewmen of the U.S. Navy seagoing tug Ortolan fasten midget Japanese submarine to the side of their ship, July 17, 1943. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Bound for their new camping ground in Egypt, Australian soldiers plod through the desert. October 08, 1940.

Anefo photo collection. IJmuiden. Report from Ijmuiden Destroyed German Schnellbootbunker 1 in Ijmuiden. 1945. Ijmuiden

Francesco de pinedo and ernesto campanelli with gennariello, 1925

Flood Fails to Halt Japanese Advance.. Solders of an unnamed Japanese unit northwest of Kaifeng, capital of Honan Province, are shown pushing forward despite the flood resulting from the collapse of the Yellow River, bank by the ruthless Chinese army, near Chengchow. While the Japanese engineering corps, has been repairing the break of the bank and help hundred thousands poor Chinese residents in the flooded area. The Photos was carried by our Domei plane. June 19, 1938. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Large purification promotion in the W-Brigade area. Middle Java. Purification campaign in the area of the W-Brigade 1-II RI took 2 weeks out. By Kali's, about shank bridges and by abandoned Kampongs. For example, the infanterist shows what he is worth! Arm in arm raises the boys a fast-flowing kali .. March 15, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Britain's First Underwater Telephone Link With America.Clarenville, Newfoundland, the start of the transatlantic telephone cable which follows the undulating Atlantic sea bed for 1,940 nautical miles to Scotland. December 1, 1955. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

The picture shows the hill of a submarine underway. The gaps on the front ship are closed and water splashes over the rail. The sun is low and the sea glitter in the backlight .. The picture shows the hill of a submarine during walking. The gaps on the front ship are closed and water splashes over the rail. The sun stands low and the sea glitter in backlight. In 1928, the South Coast Marine District was added in accordance with the 1925 Defense Decision. In 1951, Malmö Marina surveillance area.Sydkusten's marine districts ceased on 31/1 1957 and its tasks were transferred to MarinCommando Syd on 1/2 1957. In the reorganization, the military technology departments from Karlskrona was added to the military technology departments from Karlskrona warrants that It ceased this year.Marinkomo Syd ceased on 30/9 1966 and its tasks were transferred to the South Coast Örlogsbase on 1/10 of the same year.

Jericho Mills, Virginia Canvas pontoon bridge across the North Anna, constructed by the 50th New York Engineers; the 5th Corps under General Gouverneur K. Warren crossed here on the 23d. View from the north bank. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864, Engineers, Pontoon bridges, United States, Virginia, Jericho Mills.

DDE-765 Keppler , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Wake-Less Torpedoes Blasted Jap Navy -- A trial Surface run of the torpedo at the Sharon, Pa., Westinghouse plant. It breaks water some 50 yards from its starting point before splashing caused by its exit from the tube, subsides. This view is taken looking straight out from dock where torpedo was launched, the tube having been lowered into water in the- cut-away port son of the dock.Wake-less torpedoes that sped, silent and untraceable, through enemy waters played an important part in blasting the Jap Navy. Developed and built by westinghouse, these torpedoes were the first electrically- propelled projectiles of their type and were standard submarine equipment more than a year before V-J Day. March 10, 1945. (Photo by ACME).

Landing Craft. September 1942. Beached LCM (3) with ramp down.

Germany - General Scenes - War File Germany. October 10, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Cheribon (III). Cheribon 28-7-47. An overview of the partially destroyed port complex of Tegal. July 28, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

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.

A view of the harbor as the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY (DDG-45) enters during exercise Unitas XX. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XX Base: Callao Country: Peru (PER)

Still They Search -- On Horseback (top) and by tractor (lower) searchers are scouring the swamp waters around Tullaree, Tarwin Lower, for missing 70-year-old Miss Margaret Clement. August 13, 1955.

The Commander-General of the British Royal Marines General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor visits the Dutch Marines Corps. Visit to the Amphibian Practice Camp Texel (AOK) where a demonstration of a landing exercise takes place.

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration Radio-controlled target aircraft. January 27, 1960

Masked airplane masked aircraft when exercising in rommehed, 1936.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Van Pakem and Baoengan. Paoëngan (east coast Sumatra). In collaboration with the Royal Navy and military aviation, Dutch troops did a landing at Baoengan which landing preceded the occupation of Pemetang Siantar. July 29, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicles come ashore during a beach assault, part of Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

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