World War II Military Actions

Historic black-and-white images of World War II battles, depicting soldiers in combat, monitoring enemy positions, and managing POWs during significant military campaigns.

1945 - US Marines on an observation post use radio equipment on Iwo Jima.

Allied soldiers climb out of the defensive trench to engage in battle on the Western front during World War I. Ca. 1917.

World War I - Trench Warfare

Photograph of French troops under fire move through a trench. Dated 1916

Second World War. Front pictures. Ukraine. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht during fighting in a trench (probably at Wischniwzy)

Field trade fair after the tenth Isonzo slaughter, infantry platelets 3/85 at Loenze near Aisovizza. The field fair is held by Peter Mixich from Alsolikavecz.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pankelan at Krawrang. Report to Pankelan. Isolated outpost of 1-4-8-regiment infantry. Two soldiers, a standing on a boulder, view the surrounding landscape. March 12, 1948. Indonesia, Krowang, Dutch East Indies

Barbed Wire. June 06, 1951.

On the Fire Line of Small Brush Fire. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

United Nations troops fighting on the outskirts of Seoul, Korea. Ca. Sept. 18-21, 1950. They were an invading force of 40,000 against an estimated 7,000 North Korean soldiers based in the city. Korean War, 1950-53. (BSLOC_2014_11_52)

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