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World War I Military Activities

Historic depictions of military personnel, inspections, and tank squadrons in a war environment, showcasing the early 20th-century military attire and equipment.

Emperor William congratulating officer somewhere on western front, 1914

Emperor Wilhelm II. Birthday celebration in Vladimir Wolinsky.

Bringing up bombs near Bernafay Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916.

Prisoners, bringing in wood, Zossen

Photograph by Rudolf Lechner (Wilhelm Müller) showing participants and spectators at the spring parade on the Schmelz in Vienna in 1900, highlighting ceremonial formations and urban surroundings.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Group of NCOs of the Seaforth Highlanders.

Anefo photo collection. Decision 34 Officers Oldebroek (artillery). May 31, 1949. Oldebroek

First World War Russian imperial cavalry 1914

On arrival at Crete, Australian troops made their way across the fields from the harbour which was subjected to heavy dive bombing. June 12, 1941.

The United States Army in England, 1918 Close-up, men of the October Repacement Draft (Inf) building a railroad bed from Winchester to Winnall Down Rest Camp, Winchester.

The picture shows a series of field species and their crews on the battlefield. The picture shows a number of field species supplies and their crew on the battlefield.

Inspection by SE. K.K.Hörheit Archherzog.Karl Franz Josef.

Bulgaria -- rapid fire guns

08/31/1915. Before the German advance. The evacuation of Brest Litovsk by the Russians. A column on the march.

Camp Northumberland, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry 1861 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Camp Northumberland, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry 268181

German prisoners in France

English Infantry

Dresden. Protect on field guard

Anefo photo collection. Korea exercise volunteers on Waalsdorp. September 26, 1950. Korea, Waalsdorp

Anefo photo collection. Agriculture: volunteers Noordoostpolder. Volunteers help farmers in the Noordoostpolder. July 1945. Noordoostpolder

German Anti-Aircraft Gun

Adolf Hitler (* 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn) ( 30 April 1945 Berlin), Leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor from 1933, also self-appointed "Fuehrer" and head of state of Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Patrol gang. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Boers besieging Ladysmith. Siege lasted from l November 1899-28 February 1900. 2nd Boer War 1899-1900.

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.

Belgians salute U.S. flag

Troop K. 10th U.S. Cavalry on the march, Chickamauga Park, Ga., U.S.A. , Armies, Cavalry, Horses

Durham Light Infantry in light rail wagons 31-07-1917

World War II. Chinese soldiers marching on the Burma Road toward the fighting lines on the Salween River front. In May 1944, after the death of over 30,000 Japanese and Chinese troops, the Chinese drove Japanese forces into northern Burma, protecting the vital supply line, the Burma Road. 1943 photo by Frank Cancellare.

Poland History: Smugglers caught by border guards ca. 1928-1935.

An Advance of Russian Troops in the Far East-Marching along the Chinese Imperial Railway, Single Image of Stereo Card, Underwood & Underwood, 1904

The large field maneuver in Närke. Göta Livgarde's arrival at Hallsberg station.

Ceasefire.

Japanese Military Control of Inner Mongolia - Some Japanese trained Mongolian troops marching through Pailingmao, the capital of inner Mongolia. Japan is silently constructing a Chain of Military Frontier posts on the soviet border of inner Mangolia, and foreign visitors are no longer allowed to enter the country. Japan's hold on the country, which acts as a "Buffer-state" between Russia and Manchoukuo is shown by the army of Japanese-trained and equipped Mongolian troops which Japan now holds ready for a possible war with Russia on the Mongolian Frontier. October 14, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

British infantry regiment in Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 50, December 16, 1917.

Visit Lir.2 at Kalusz. 19.8.16. .

08/31/1936. Forces of the Republican army, Madrid Militias and the Castañeda column, in the castle of Medellín (Badajoz), after the combat in which they emerged victorious.

Visit of the Infantry Regiment 82 by Archduke Karl bei NOWY knearut on 2.2.1916.

Staged representation of soldiers of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen running at Mafeking, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 stereograph Mafeking photographic support. cardboard albumen print the soldier; the soldier's life Mafeking

Camp Alarm at Honey Nest Kloof, S. Africa..

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The British Western front in France. The German offensive. Troops passing over a bridge which is mined ready to blow up should it be necessary. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk

Aragon Front, March 1938. Spanish Civil War. Franco's soldiers after the conquest of the front. In the image, soldiers saluting and carrying flags.

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. French and British Moving Up on a Road. 1918. France

Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. Engineers building corduroy road. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Peninsular Campaign, Va, 1862, Engineers, United States, Virginia, Richmond.

Inspection by se.kgl.hoism Prinz Leopold V.Bayern.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade in Bandoeng on the birthday of Princess Juliana. High officers are on a platform. General Major S. de Waal (B division) brings military regards. April 30, 1947. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

US Participation in World War I, French Battlefields. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Australian soldiers in the attitude for a march in South Africa; Australian Infantry (Distinguished Fighters at Belmont, Jan. 5th) Ready to March North from Naauwpoort, S.A ...

Oschatz. K.S. 1.Ulanan-stimulates. No.17 - Eskadron in Zugkolonne

The Battle of Arras, April-may 1917

Storm of the guards at Le Bourget, France, 1870, historic wood engraving, about 1897, Europe

Members Of The 93Rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439Th Troop Carrier Group Stand At Attention During Review By Air Force Officers At An Air Base Somewhere In France. 3 March 1945.

Battle of Lule Burgas, Balkan War, November 1912. Turkish artillery forces leaving the territory of Lule Burgas after their defeat.

Anefo photo collection. Military action in Indonesia. December 30, 1948. Indonesia

Anefo photo collection. Mijnenschool in Amersfoort. December 15, 1948. Amersfoort

Marines dig a trench (France)

Farmers in their statements during the Battle of Mafeking; Boers in Battle BIRSHERS Baags .. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902).

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

Pioneer Battalion No. 12Pioneer Battalion No. 12

Boer prisoners of war, South Africa, 2nd Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Den Helder embarkation of Germans. Colonne German prisoners of war passes a water tanker. June 1945. Den Helder

Andalusia, 1939 (CA.). Spanish Civil War. A Moorish column marching along the Andalusian roads.

Advance on Bapaume

17th New York Light Battery. Photo from Brady Coll. #8, This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, Original neg. number: LC-B817-7008, Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Union.

Recruits, Aldershot, H.A.C. Fargo Camp. 1914

Exercises of the Sturmbatalion in Levico.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soebang and surroundings. A killing army and farmers with PADI harvest crosses a loaded place of a river. December 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Canton ... Pursuing Enemy ... A certain Japanese unit is seen as just before crossed over the Peikiang, North River, Canton Province, toward one of the Chiang Kai-shek's strategic points in North China. January 10, 1940. (Photo by The Domei News Photos Service).

Anefo photo collection. 1st day Four-day Lenk Div. Flash. July 22, 1952. Nijmegen

German Army - Balloon corps

In Galacia -- taking food from camp kitchen to soldiers at the front

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Major Marconi with British officers.

Dutch soldiers on Belgian Frontier

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

Bulgarian prisoners in Macedonia, captured during the repulse of Bulgarian attacks into the region during the Second Balkan War, which broke out on 16th June 1913. Here the prisoners fit out their camp, levelling ground and constructing tents. Date: circa 1913

German Field service

Belgian soldiers riding bikes in the countryside, 1914, Belgium, Europe

Soldiers at Texas City

After photographing the destruction wrought by dive-bombers, a 9th AF combat cameraman recorded this view of hundreds of Nazi soldiers streaming out of Aachen, Germany, toward prison camps following capitulation of the city's garrison.

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in an exercise in the dunes (probably at The Hague)

National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va. ca. between 1909 and 1940.

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front. New Foundland Regiment Marching Back to Billets. After Monchy. 1914-1918}. France, Monchy

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918

Anefo photo collection. Navy Navy Anefo London series. Marines wade during an exercise by the Tjiliwoeng river. {1940-1942}. Ciliwung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Emperor Charles I at Jung Austria at the Red Mountain in Ober St. Veit.

Captives Russian captives from Ostry, Plahwie; West Galicia, Carpathians; photographer: Gruppe Hofmann.

Anti-aircraft work

German prisoners crossing the Yser Canal, July 1917, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Visit Queen Wilhelmina to Ypenburg. Aviation tournament from the RAF to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Pulbic looks. September 15, 1945. Ypenburg

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Mass for Germans before battle

Harvard line-up

Photographic print of US Army Officers at Camp Grant preparing to transfer to Europe for the war. Dated 1918

Battle of Vittorio Veneto Italian troops in Val d' Assa

Austrian battery in Galicia

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