World War II Military Ceremonies

Historic images depict military figures and ceremonies from World War II, reflecting leadership and military parades that showcase the era's military culture.

Impressions from the USSR 1972. Liberation Day from the Nazi Regime, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

'The Führer promotes aviation by his example', 1936. Artist: Unknown

Adolf Hitler reviewing Leibstandarte troops at the Nuremberg Rally, Germany, 1935. Artist: Unknown

Rust. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Impressions from the USSR 1972. Liberation Day from the Nazi Regime, UZB, Uzbekistan, Asia

Adoph Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, 18 June 1940, to discuss terms for an armistice with France. Behind them are their Foreign Ministers Galeazzo Ciano (Italy) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (Germany).

10-Year-Old Among Antwerp Prisoners This ten-year-old but standing beside his Major, was among German Prisoners captured at Antwerp, Belgium, by advancing Allies. Other German Prisoners file past at left. September 8, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).

Anefo photo collection. National Reserve Defile in The Hague. April 29, 1950. The Hague, South Holland

Prime Minister At Tank Demonstration -- The Prime Minister recently witnessed a tank demonstration in which he was shown the capabilities of various armoured fighting vehicles over rough country. With him were General de Gaulle, (G.O.C. Free French Forces). The Prime Minister watches the "battle" from a hilltop. On left is General de Gaulle and on right, General Sikorski. April 18, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

German military band at the parade on the Place de l'Etoile, Paris, June 1940. The Germans entered Paris on 14 June. The photographer is unknown.

Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, circa early 1940s.

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

Horst Wessel (1907-1930), German Nazi activist, Nuremberg, 1929 (1933). Artist: Unknown

BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION, 1917.

Nazi uniformed members with flags, Germany circa 1931

Hitler Youth Parade, Berlin, May 1, 1937

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Prince Bernhard. On the day of his swing as an officer of the Dutch Army, 23-12-1936. December 23, 1936

Benito mussolini and the fascist youth. 1927.

Hitler's heroes, the Knight's Cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht, here at a meeting in Kassel in 1970, celebrated their meeting with senior officers of the Bundeswehr and soldiers, Germany, Europe

Some of a group of 27 members of the French Resistance being taken for execution after a trial before a German military tribunal, Paris, 14 April 1942. The photographer is unknown.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, Italy, 1938

12/31/1934. Meeting of the national socialist party in Germany.

German army enters the Rhineland to salutes from civilians. The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland. This was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region

A.I.F. march through Sydney. January 4, 1940.

Italian Troops Enter In Tirana Count Ciano arrives at the airport of Tirana.to his left the Commander of the Italian Air Force in Albania,and general ***** Guzzoni commander of the Expeditionary force in Albania. May 01, 1939. (Photo by AP).

Nazi rally with Adolf Hitler held in berlin 1933

Julio Álvarez del Vayo. Jurista, periodista, diplomático y político español.

The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 - September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the war merged into the greater conflict of World War II as a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War. Although the two countries had fought intermittently since 1931, total war started in earnest in 1937 and ended only with the surrender of Japan in 1945. The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aiming to dominate China politically and militarily and to secure its vast raw material reserves and other economic resources, particularly food and labour. Before 1937, China and Japan fought in small, localized engagements, so-called 'incidents'. Yet the two sides, for a variety of reasons, refrained from fighting a total war. In 1931, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria by Japan's Kwantung Army followed the Mukden Incident. The last of these inciden

Russians taken prisoner by Germany on the Eastern front, World War I. Among them are many Cossacks in their distinctive fur hats

Lenin V. I. , Sverdlov Ya. M. Bolshevik party administrator and chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee from 1917 to 1919. On Red Square near the Kremlin wall during a workers demonstration dedicated to the first anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. 1918, November 7. Moscow. Leonidov L. Ya.

Duke and Duchess of Windsor, German troops 1937. October 29, 1937. (Photo by Keystone)

Sea Battle In Miniature: British Light Coastal Craft Have A Night Out -- The Officer who boarded the Sinking E-Boat and Seized its battle Ensign is seen here with his valued trophy.In the North Sea Recently two British light coastal craft Engaged More than twice their number of German E-Boats. In the High speed running fight which ensued, lasting three quarters of an hour, the British craft dispersed the enemy and Crippled one of his E-Boats, which was later found Hurriedly abandoned and Sinking men from the British boats boarded the German E-Boat and Brought back its Battle ensign as a Trophy. December 20, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Adolf Hitler saluting, with two SS generals in uniform behind him, at Nazi Party Day, Nuremberg, Germany. 1937.

Allied War Prisoners Liberated By Red Army Leave Odessa For Home Countries -- Allied war prisoners of the Germans, liberated by advancing Russian armies, head for the port area of Odessa where ships wait to take them to their home countries. On March 17, 1945, the third shipload of liberated Allied prisoners left the port. Representatives of the American, British and French military missions, in a joint statement, thanked the Soviet Union for the considerate treatment given the liberated prisoners, which included hospital care, good food and housing, and even entertainment, such as cinemas and concerts. April 11, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

With the British Troops in France - German prisoners arrive at H.Q. Bippa. August 5, 1940. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

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

The German Army - Called 'Frontier Police' -- The Federal Republic of Western Germany is allowed, maintain a Frontier Police force; it is composed of volunteers taken on at the age of 18 for a term of seven years. Their job is to police the frontier ***** Eastern Germany and to cope with Communist disturbances. These Frontier Policemen wear steel helmets and an amy-type uniform, and carry carbines. They number 10,000 men. January 28, 1955. (Photo by Camera Press).

The members of the Stahlhelm (steel helmet) take oath in presence of their leaders Franz Seldte (1882-1947) and Theodor Duesterberg (1875-1950), photo by Scherl, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LVII, n 42, October 19, 1930.

British Forces Assault On Tilburg -- Scenes near Tilburg as troops move up into Tilburg.Scottish troops took part in the assault on Tilburg, Holland. Crossing the canal they established themselves on the opposite bank. The rest of the troops followed and passed into the town to clear out the last remnants of Germans still holding out in the wrecked town. January 22, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Elsevier photo collection. Krangroeggings December 7 division Dam Dam Amsterdam Bond former fighters. left Major E. Engles, Soldier 1st class Tol Major H.J.J.W. Dürst Britt. December 7, 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

1930s 1940s FILE OF US ARMY SOLDIERS MILITARY POLICE WEARING WHITE GLOVES HOLDING THOMPSON 45 CALIBER SUBMACHINE GUNS AT READY

Adolf Hitler making a speech, Nuremberg, Germany, 1935. Artist: Unknown

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French General and first President of The Fifth Republic. De Gaulle walking through Bayeux, the first French town to be liberated, surrounded by rejoicing populace. On his left is Vienot, representative of the French provisional government in London. World War II: 14 June1944.

Members of the Hitler Jugend on parade, carrying flags.

The entry of the colours at the German National Socialist Party Day at Nuremberg, 1933. The National Socialist German Workers' Party commonly known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945.

ADOLFO HITLER.

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

Adolph Hitler, like most politicians, makes contact with his admiring public. Ca. 1935.

Hitler with Nazi members in uniform, Munich Germany 1930

Liberation "Van Danzig. The German troops are welcomed after their liberation from Danzig. On September 1, 1939, Hitler inside Poland, Danzig (according to the German a" German "city) was one of the first to be occupied.

Photograph of Red Army soldiers in the USSR. Dated 1941

Anefo photo collection. Conference of the "Big Three" in Potsdam. 1945. Potsdam

Nazi German Propaganda minister Josef Goebbels, congratulates a young soldier, after receiving the Iron Cross during the last weeks of World war two; 1945

Arms And The Airmen -- On Army Day, 1942 -- the first since America's entry into the war -- U.S. Army aviation cadets pass in review before their commanding officer at Randolph Field, Texas, the U.S. "West Point of the Air", On Army Day a year ago these future officers were students, teachers, workmen in factories, salesmen. August 6, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Photograph showing the Italian Naval Chief, Admiral Dzara, saluting a line of British Royal Marines on Valetta Quay, Malta, 1943. Admiral Dzara had just brought his battle fleet, including two capital ships, from Taranto to Malta to surrender to the British. Date: 25/09/1943

Republican soldiers in Spain during a Spanish Civil war battle 1937

Cossacks called from the front to suppress the July 1917, demonstration in Petrograd.

Austrian Nazis and local residents look on as Jews are forced to get on their hands and knees and scrub the pavement, 1938.

Prime minister Mussolini accompanied by his entourage reviews 40,000 fascisti gathered on the campo sportivo at Naples. Date: 24 October 1922

The first rally to last a full week. Hitler entrusted Leni Riefenstahl to film the event which resulting in "The Triumph of Will" - a photographic masterpiece. Date: 3 - 10 September 1934

Adolf Hitler 1889-1945, German Nazi leader, seen standing with a young Hitler Youth Member 1934

Mountain Battalions in the 1966 Victory Parade.

Czech patriot fighting with Stalin's army. January 23, 1944. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Ltd.).

Italian Balilla Organisation. July 26, 1937. (Photo by Atlantic Photo-Ges. m.b.H.).

The American Lincoln battalion of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War 1937

A procession of men all wearing armbands to denote that they have attested to enlist as part of the Derby scheme to boost recruitment during World War One. Date: 1915

World war Two German prisoners of war at Colmar, France February 1943

Rosenberg. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Allied Commanders See Invasion ManoeuvresGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander (standing) and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder his deputy, watching an American armoured unit on invasion manoeuvres in Britain. February 26, 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Liberation parties: Amsterdam. Juvenile demonstration at Dam Dam in Amsterdam. 11 May 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Nazi swastika flags are paraded into Heidelberg, Germany 1933

Photograph of Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (1904-1942) high-ranking German Nazi official during World War Two. Dated 1940

Albanians In Rome Offer Crown To King A delegation of Aleanians were received by King Victor Emmanuel in Rome when he formally accepted the Albanian crown. Here are members of the delegation, one of them in national costume, giving the fascist salute when they paid homage at the tomb of the unknown warrior. April 17, 1939. (Photo by Keystone)

General de Tassigny confers with US General Milburn before the battle of Alsace 1944

Nazi Party Deputies in the Reichstag (Parliament ) Berlin, Germany 1933

KGB Troops. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 5, (Page 15 top). Country: Unknown

Pilots Of The 82Nd Fighter Squadron, 78Th Fighter Group, Holding A Captured Nazi Flag, Pose For The Photographer At 8Th Air Force Station F-357 In Duxford, England. 18 June 1945.

Reich Treasurer Schwartz - Rudolf Hess - Gottfried Feder - Dr.Ley and. Philipp Buhler. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Anefo photo collection. Practice Nuremberg. December 4, 1945. Nuremberg

Joseph Stalin At The Front, 1943.

Warsaw Uprising: German POWs taken in PAST-a building in a courtyard of a townhouse on Zielna street ca. August 1944.

nationalist soldiers advance during the Siege of Cuartel de la MontaÒa. two-day siege of the military barracks which marked the initial failure of the uprising against the Second Spanish Republic in Madrid, Spain on 18ñ20 July 1936, at the start of the Spanish Civil War.

Photograph of German Army soldiers practicing in the Parc Monceau in Paris, after the Invasion of France in 1940, in World War Two. Dated 20th Century

Leningrad: the Grave of one of Russia's Greatest Military Leaders, ***** Grand Duke Golenishchev-Kutuzov, under whose leadership Napoleon's Grande Armee was destroyed in 1812. The ***** is frequently visited by Red Army Soldiers. February 22, 1944. (Photo by Pictorial Press)

Adolf Hitler addresses the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 18 March 1938. Artist: Unknown

LIBERATION OF PARIS - AUGUST 1944 - DEFILE OF AMERICAN MILITARY, G.I's of the 28th d.i.u.s, Avenue des Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde, 8th arrondissement Liberation of Paris - 29 August 1944 - Parade of American military, G.I's of the 28th d.i.s, avenue des Champs-Elys�es and Place de la Concorde, Paris (SIIIth ARR.). Photograph of police prefecture.

Anefo photo collection. Series Training Camp Lejeune Dutch Marines.Geace training. 14, 1944. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United America

More Evidence at the Nuremburg Trial.This picture is one of many introduce in the court at Nuremburg during evidence relating to the destruction of Warsaw by the Germans in 1943. The pictures form part of a report from Gen. Stroop, SS Commander to his Commanding officer. It shows Jews being rounded up in Warsaw by the Nazis. In the centre of the picture a young led, with arms raised, his face registering fear, waits to be led away. The German caption reads "Taken out of strongholds by Force". December 22, 1945. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

01/01/1940. Captain General of the German Army, Walther von Brauchitsch on the Western Front.

Flags-German. September 18, 1939.

Anefo photo collection. Parade of the Canadian army, the N.B.S., railway staff and various associations for H.M. De Koningin in Amsterdam held. Canadian military police for the palace on Dam Square. 28 June 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

España. Guerra civil (1936-1939). Falange española y de las J.O.N.S. División 72 del Cuerpo del Ejército de Castilla. Flechas Verdes, junto a legionarios del Corpo Truppe Volontaire, CTV, formaron una unidad mixta italo-española movilizada para hacer frente en la ofensiva de Catalunya al final de la contienda. Oficial junto a la bandera en la posición de la Dirección de las Flechas Negras.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Flag parade during the party in the Rif Stadium in Wllem City. 19 October 1955. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Willemstad

Dr. Goebbels receives an award from the Italian fascist youth. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

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