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World War I Battles and Combat Scenes

Dramatic illustrations depicting intense battles and combat scenarios between various forces during World War I, highlighting trench warfare.

World War I (1914-1918). Italian troops against the Austrian artillery. La Domenica del Corriere (1917).

Battle of Pleven, 1877. Detail. Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, 19th century.

A lynching in Deweyville, Kentucky (United States). Illustration from the Petit Journal, 1909.

The Defeat of Crazy Horse. Date/Period: 1899/1903. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 101.6 cm. Height: 68.6 cm (without frame). Author: Frederic Remington.

Landung der Truppen während der Bombardierung von Fort Fisher in North Carolina 1864. Nach einem Gemälde von Alonzo Chappel, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated.

'L'offensive Francaise d'avril-mai 1917; Arrivee de prisonniers allemands, le 17 avril 1917, au camp provisoire de Savigny (Marne)', 1917. First World War: the French offensive of April-May 1917; Arrival of German prisoners, 17 April, at the temporary camp in Savigny (Marne). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

DA-SC-86-06345. Country: Unknown

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front. Soldiers en route at the front. 1914-1918}

Godfrey's soldiers penetrate the Muslim army during the first crusade in 1096, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Historia de Argentina. Siglo XIX. Episodio en el fuerte del Callao, el soldado negro Falucho muere defendiendo la bandera argentina. Author: FORTUNY FRANCISCO.

The expedition arrives at an indigenous village in the middle of a great storm, Tanzania, East Africa. Drawing by Edouard Riou (1833 - 1900) The lakes of equatorial Africa, exploration voyage 1883-1885 by Victor Giraud (1858-1898) Le Tour du Monde 1886

A tank battle in the forests of Leningrad.

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Tirador de la Guardia Imperial (Voltigeur de la Garde Imperiale). Grabado. Original por Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835-1885). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

Battle of Meluna, Greco-Turkish War, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer

Infantry soldiers of the Highland regiments involved in an offensive against a strong German position, consisting of a ruined brick factory heavily armed with machine guns, the piles of bricks making excellent cover. Date: 1917

The Execution of Pao-Tin-Fou, 1901. Artist: Unknown

Dutch Ice Scene with Hunter Displaying an Otter to Two Fishermen, by Hendrick Avercamp, 1594-1634. Dutch painting, watercolor on paper. The artist captures a variety of costume details (BSLOC_2016_3_140)

World War I, medics giving first aid on the battlefield in France, painting by J.R. Verrus, 1918

Artwork: "Final Extraction" Vietnam, 1969. Artist: William Stransky. Catalog Number: 1.139.87. Country: Unknown

Artwork: "OPFOR Briefing". Artist: SGT Patrick Farrell, Catalog Number: 9.15.88. Country: Unknown

Cartoon showing Republican civilians with armaments in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.

First World War battlefield scene, 1918. A gate into the park of the chateau of Plessis-de-Roye. Defenders have made gun ports in the wall and the gate and have mown down the attacking infantry with lethal gunfire. After the painting by Francois Fla

B. Nevensky. Taking of Berlin. 1945.

Montenegrin Campaign, World War One, Austria-Hungary took the city of Mount Lovcen, Montenegro. 11th January 1916

The Siberian Intervention (ベリア出兵 - Shiberia Shuppei), or the Siberian Expedition of 1918-1922 was the dispatch of troops of the Entente powers to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by the western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces against the Bolshevik Red Army in the final year of World War I and during the Russian Civil War. The Imperial Japanese Army continued to occupy Siberia even after other Allied forces had withdrawn in 1920.

A sentimental postcard of a German red cross dog, bringing his master an injured soldier's cap Date: circa 1917

World War I, first aid being administered on the battlefield, ca. 1917

Army Infantrymen line up for Food.

First World War (1918). German plane on fire, beign knocked down by French artillery. Illustration by Georges Leroux (July 20, 1918). Drawing.

Our Fighters Deserve Our Best Posters

Omer-Pashas ambush against Khamovants, illustration for the short story “In Kurdistan" by Karol Brzozowski. Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

After the Battle of Kolin on 18 June 1757 during the Seven Years' War, Frederick II or Frederick the Great, 1712 - 1786, King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from the royal house of Hohenzollern, historical painting from the 19th century

Conscript mother - A mother gets a few minutes with her son by the side of the road - France during World War I

Manila, Philippine Islands, February 9, 1945The 37th Division, Ohio National Guard was mobilized prior to World War II on October 15, 1940. The "Buckeyes" Division was sent to the South Pacific in May of 1942 where its three infantry regiments, the 129th, 148th, and 149th all distinguished themselves in the tough fighting on Rendova Island and Bougainvilla. The division landed at Lingayan Gulf, on the Philippine Island of Luzon, January 9, 1945, and after almost a month of fighting took part in the assault of Manila, entering the city on the 4th of February. The soldiers of the 37th Infantry Division secured the Old Bilbad Prison freeing 1330 civilian internees and military prisoners of war. They made an assault crossing of the Pasig River, cleared the Paco neighborhood, and reduced the Intramuros fortress. The Japanese fortified buildings with skill and the larger reinforced concrete buildings became major obstacles to the men of the 37th. Casualties mounted. The Japanese hel

Dmitry Nalbandyan. Brezhnev at Malaya Zemlya. 1978. Oil on canvas. Malaya Zemlya was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako that was recaptured after fierce, bloody battles with the Germans during the Battle of the Caucasus, on the night of 4 February 1943.

Artwork: "Thanks for the Air Cover" Artist: Jim Elyea. Country: Unknown

The naval base of Singapore is surrendered by the Allies to the Japanese and seen as a far-reaching military defeat for the allies

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Portada del periódico Solidaridad Obrera, órgano de la Confederación Regional del Trabajo de Catalunya. Barcelona, juiio de 1937.

Artwork: "Minesweep" Vietnam, 1970. Artist: Dennis E. Baccheschi. Catalog Number: 1.120.87. Country: Unknown

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Russian headquarters at Port Arthur. Engraving. Colored.

'The Lessard farm, between Marizy and Neuilly Saint Front', France, 18 July 1918, (1926).Artist: Francois Flameng

The Battle at Bakalarzewo on October 1914, Anonymous

Battlefield

Soldier returning Home admires Statue of Liberty.

This illustration titled The Bloody Angle is from Mary Johnston's 1912 novel titled Cease Firing, which was illustrated by American artist N.C. Wyeth. Bloody Angle was part of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House fought in Virginia in May 1864, during the American Civil War. Ulysses Grant tried to break through the Confederate line, but was unable - there was no winner and the casualties were very high.

Victory Delayed. Artist: Laura Knight Printed By: J. Weiner, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

The London Territorials charge a German trench at Pozieres during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Date: 1916

Illustration by Carlos Saenz De Tejada depicting three generations of Carlist nationalist fighters during the Spanish Civil War. Dated 1936

Leaving For The Hunt, Makovsky, Alexander Vladimirovich (1869-1924)

Cowboy riding a horse and shooting with a shotgun

Military funeral by Israels, Isaac (1865-1934) / Gemeentemuseum Den Haag / 1882 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Genre / 167,5x302

1930s 1940s MONTAGE WWII IMAGES MACHINE GUN ARTILLERY AIRPLANES NAZI TROOPS MARCHING REFUGEES WOMEN CHILDREN DEATH DESTRUCTION

Revolutionary (Bolsheviks) workers marching, April 1917, Russia

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Russian camp on the snow. Engraving. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1904. Colored.

Bar confederates. Brandt, Józef (1841-1915), painter

Battle at Spotsylvania Court House during the USA Civil War

Sgt. Shawn P. Sales created this ink and graphite drawing depicting a United States Marine Holding an AT4 weapon system. The drawing was created on 11X17 drawing paper to to gain Proficiencies in shading techniques. Oct .23 2011, Fort George G. Meade, MD.

Cartoon, German prisoners of war marching along a road with two French guards. One German comments to his friend that it's the first time he's seen their Lieutenant walking in front of them. Date: 1915

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (2022) -Original title: IM WESTEN NICHTS NEUES-, directed by EDWARD BERGER.

Sketches and Drawings of WW I - Soldiers marching at night

Mexico - 20th century - Revolution, 1910. Pancho Villa at Zacatecas

'25 June 1916 - Serbia Day', French World War I poster, 1916. Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen

Mowers. Draughtsman: Jozef Israëls (mentioned on object). Dating: 1834 - 1911. Measurements: h 390 mm × w 592 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Peace and War, Farm Machinery

EL CUARTEL DE SIMANCAS CON SOLDADO MUERTO-GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. Author: ARTURO REQUE MERUVIA-KEMER-. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mario Pezzi (1898-1968). Italian aviator who fly higher than any other pilot in a propeller-powered airplane. 1937. Engraving in La Domenica del Corriere, Italy.

Mowers.

Group of soldiers in uniform on the battlefield Concept of war. Group of soldiers in uniform on the battlefield. Abstract background Copyright: xZoonar.com/AleksandrsxTihonovsx 18979640

TANQUE AVANZANDO-GUERRA CIVIL ESPAÑOLA. Author: ARTURO REQUE MERUVIA-KEMER-. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Wall mural of Kim Il Sung, Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, Democratic People´s Republic of Korea DPRK, North Korea, Asia

Passing in review , Military parades & ceremonies, Military personnel, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

The Defence of Sebastopol painted by Alexander Deyneka (1899-1969) Oil on canvas; 1942. World war Two eastern Front October 1941 to 4 July 1942

BRAVEHEART (1995), directed by MEL GIBSON.

Gatlings to the Assault, Civil War - USA

The highly polished black granite wall with faces of veterans etched into it at the Korean War Veterans Memorial located on the National Mall near the Reflecting Pool. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Terracotta Army warriors buried in Emperor tomb outside Xian China Detail of how the pottery terracotta army warriors and soldiers can be found in Xi an China Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 12911272

Loading the cannon on board the Turkish ironclad Messoudieh, Istanbul, Turkey, illustration from the magazine The Graphic, volume XIII, no 344, July 1, 1876. Digitally colorized image.

France (1892). Two military men are knocked down in a wine cellar. Engraving by H. Meyer from 'Le Petit Journal'.

The military power of France. Cinematographic section of the French army. In the foreground are French soldiers in the trenches. The background depicts scenes of the battlefield and the enemy's trenches.

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