World War Artifacts and Fortifications

Images of historical military sites including trenches, artillery bunkers, and restored weapons from various conflicts.

National Park Andersonville or Camp Sumter, a National Historic Site in Georgia, site of Confederate Civil War prison and cemetery tombstones for Yankee Union prisoners
National Park Andersonville or Camp Sumter, a National Historic Site in Georgia, site of Confederate Civil War prison and cemetery tombstones for Yankee Union prisoners
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Descendants of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy, the man whom Fort McCoy, Wis., is named after, visit the Fort McCoy Commemorative Area on July 8, 2022, during a special visit to the post by the McCoy family. The McCoy descendants visited to learn more about their familys military history with the installation.
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France, Normandy, D-Day Beaches Area, Courseulles Sur Mer, Centre Juno Beach, museum to the Canadian forces in the WWII invasion at Juno Beach, old tank traps.
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Bastogne, Belgium - July 17 2021: Entrance at the Recogne German war cemetery Bastogne, Belgium - July 17 2021: Entrance of the Recogne German war cemetery near Bastogne in the Ardennes, Belgium. Battle of the Bulge - World War II Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxVanxAerschotx 22345152
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In December, the Federal Ministry of Defence decided that the new Logistics Battalion 471 would be stationed in the municipality of Bernsdorf in the district of Bautzen. Remnants of the former anti-aircraft missile regiment 31 of the National People's Army on the site. Air Defence Missile Regiment 31 of the National People's Army, Bernsdorf, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Medieval Cannon
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France, Normandie, Arromanches-les-Bains, Basse-Normandie, Calvados. D-Day 75 Garden
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Anti-aircraft gun position, World War II gun, Senjehestneset, Senja Island, Stonglandseidet, Troms, Norway, Europe
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Falkland Islands; Goose Green. Memorial to members of the Second Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 Para) killed during the Falklands War.
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The Monument to the fallen Zulu Warriors at Isandlwana Battlefield. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa. The monument is in the form of a large bronze iziqu (bravery) necklace, symbolising courage and loyalty to the Zulu kings.
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Minnesota, Minneapolis Fort Snelling, Wooden Barracks, Squad Room
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Safari Disaster Memorial, Metula, Northern District, Israel
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Westwall, concrete anti-tank barriers from the Second World War
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Bunker system on the Greek border, Albania, Europe
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Memorial to the Zulu fallen, Isandlwana, Natal Province on the Battlefields Route, site of British defeat 22 January 1879.
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An area where an archaeology survey on South Post was completed in July 2022 at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown Sept. 15, 2022. The looked at areas were cement pads were located where troops placed military tents and bivouacked nearly 90 years ago after World War I. Archaeology work has been ongoing on Fort McCoy for decades to not only look back and document the post's military history, but also the area's distant past where artifacts thousands of years old have been found.
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Romania, Bucharest, National Military Museum courtyard, Soviet built ZIL military truck under camouflage net
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Ground level from the Roman period, landscape section, Varus Battle or Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Kalkriese Museum and Park, Osnabruecker Land region, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe *** IMPORTANT: WARNING: Publication only with the following note: "Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Osnabruecker Land region - Kalkriese Museum and Park" ***
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Soldiers of The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of China, near the mausoleum of Shi Huangdi near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China
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A Marine adjusts a radio antenna atop an LAV25 light armored vehicle (LAV) completely hidden by a camouflage net. Country: Panama (PAN)
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Warriors, Illyrian civilization, reenactment
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A rear view, medium shot of Gun 3, India Battery as it fires a round while its crew stands in position to reload the M198 155mm Howitzer. US Marines from 3rd Marine Division, 12th Marines, conducted a live fire exercise at the Yausubetsu, Japan maneuver area. Base: Yausubetsu State: Hokkaido Country: Japan (JPN)
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Copehill Down FIBUA village military training area, Fighting In Built Up Areas, Chitterne, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK
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First pit, standing warrior figures, horses, Emperor Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, Terracotta Army, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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Mozambique , Dombe, Man Holding Russian Made Anti Personnel Mine.
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a bunker and lookout from world war two, britanny, france
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030324-F-7234P-016. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces
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Poland, Oswiecim, Auschwitz Concentration camp, Barracks and barbed wire
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44 Helmets monument symbolising German WWI occupation after the Battle of the Silver Helmets, Slag der Zilveren Helmen, Halen, Limburg, Belgium, Europe
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020730-A-9112S-004. Base: Friedberg Local Training Area State: Hessen Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAREUR
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Work of art at the Second World War Two Juno invasion beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
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World War II monument in small village of Tegi, Siberia, Russia.
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German 152 mm navy gun in bunker of the Batterie Le Chaos, part of the Atlantikwall at Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe
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Monument to the Zulu Wariors that fell at the Battle of Rorke's Drift.. Near Dundee. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa
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The Fort Riley Bluffs are being renamed on Fort Riley, Kansas, on April 22, 2022. The Bluffs were renamed to the 1st Family Overwatch.
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Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax, Citadel Hill National Historic Site, military display for the end of World War One centennial, trench field hospital
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030417-M-5266H-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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A shot of the fuel farm equipment set up by Marines from Bulk Fuel Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Close-up of Part of the Battle of Britain War Memorial
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Members of the 241st Electronic Installation Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, visit Landstuhl Castle. They are in Germany for a mobility exercise. Base: Dunzweiler Country: West Germany (FRG)
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Historic Fort Henry in Ontario.
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The location of the Battle of Hatvan February 4, 1849 on the Second Military Survey of Austro-Hungary
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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.
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Les Braves monument on the Omaha Beach site in the commune of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in Calvados, Normandy, France
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U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, explore cave systems during a cave crawling tour, in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 9, 2022. During the tour, Marines were taught how cave systems were used during the Battle of Okinawa. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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Grave of some of the Zulu Warriors that fell at the Battle of Rorke's Drift. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa
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Protection Before Terrorist Attacks Event Security Mobile Safety Poller Preventive Terror BAN 1131601399
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Graves, Concentration Camp Memorial Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Krajina Serb front lines. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbian people, country, past or present
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The Monument to the fallen Zulu Warriors at Isandlwana Battlefield. KwaZulu Natal Midlands. South Africa. A large bronze iziqu (bravery) necklace, symbolising courage and loyalty to the Zulu kings.
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Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the Nazi extermination camp near Krakow in Poland, where up to three million people were murdered by the Nazis (2.5 million were gassed, and 500,000 died from disease and starvation).
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Tourists view infantry figures from the edge of Pit 1 at Qin Museum, exhibition halls of Terracotta Warriors, China
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Ireland, North , Derry, 'Reverse Side Of The Now Entering Free Derry Gable Wall, Mural Depicting British Soldiers Leaving On The Road To London,From The Bogside Area.'
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Tank barrier, defence system Plamort, World War II, to protect Italy from Nazi Germany, near Biotop Plamorter moss, raised bog, at Reschenpass, Vinschgau, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe
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Barbed wire and forbidden zone sign of Turkish Military zone, common following 20 July 1974 invasion, near Lapta, Lambousa, North Cyprus, Europe
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Participants of COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 enjoy a tour of Rheinfels Castle, St. Goar, Germany, as part of a cultural "Break Day." Combined Endeavor is the largest communications and information systems exercise in the world. The exercise, sponsored by US European Command and hosted by Germany in the spirit of "Partnership for Peace," is held annually to test and document the interoperability of dozens of nations and NATO. There are 37 countries participating this year. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Two U.S. Army Special Operations Soldiers walk the drop zone after completing their military free fall operation at Le Mont Saint Michel, France, June 8, 2022. Airborne operations during this time of year honor past Ally paratroopers who descended along the Cotentin Peninsula during World War II.