World War II Operations

Historic images of Allied special operations, soldiers in jungles, and military engagements during WWII, portraying the challenges faced.

Brig. B.A. Coad, Comm. Brit. 27 Brigade, Korea. October 1, 1950.
Brig. B.A. Coad, Comm. Brit. 27 Brigade, Korea. October 1, 1950.
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China: Formal portrait of a young 'Red Guard' wearing a Mao cap with five-pointed red star and a Mao badge on his jacket, c. 1966
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Republic of Palembang (derailed train, Indonesian patient, wounded care). Palembang: a captured british Indian deserteur in the prison of Lahat. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports I. 2nd lieutenant? in shorts. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Portrait of Yu Zai, a martyr in the December First Movement. The December First Movement was a patriotic and democratic movement against civil war.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of a British Indian soldier. November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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The Communist Party of Burma (Burmese: မာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ; CPB) is the oldest existing political party in Burma. The party is unrecognised by the Burmese authorities, rendering it illegal; so it operates in a clandestine manner, often associating with insurgent armies along the border of People's Republic of China. It is often referred to as the Burma Communist Party (BCP) by both the Burmese government and the foreign media.
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Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Negevity, bird hunt. Man shows a bird just shot. January 1, 1948. Israel, Negev
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Stalin monument at Roslavl Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division
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Duong Van Minh (February 16, 1916 - August 6, 2001), popularly known as Big Minh, was a South Vietnamese general and politician. He was a senior general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the rule of Ngo Dinh Diem. In 1963, he became president after leading a coup in which Diem was assassinated. Minh lasted only three months before being toppled by Nguyen Khanh, but he led that nation again in April 1975, during the last two days of its existence, before surrendering to communist forces.
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Coast Guard Gets a Young Friend at Leyte. Coast Guardsman James C. W. Lunde, a Coast Guard Combat Photographer, of Park Ridge, Ill., finds an interesting young Filipino friend at Leyte, who carefully investigates the shiny buckle on the Coast Guardsman's battle helmet. Lunde, a veteran of several Pacific invasions, went ashore with the first assault troops from a Coast Guard-manned LST to record a vivid pictorial account of American forces' return to the Philippines.
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Aunay-Sur-Odon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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This report consists of two photographs and a small report documenting the commercial fishing vessel Asahi, belonging to Tomosato Shindo, alien Japanese. The vessel was inspected by the U.S. Coast Guard on October 11, 1941.
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Manzanar is most widely known as the site of one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California's Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, it is approximately 230 miles (370 km) northeast of Los Angeles. Long before the first incarcerees arrived in March 1942, Manzanar was home to Native Americans, who mostly lived in villages near several creeks in the area. Ranchers and miners formally established the town of Manzanar in 1910, but abandoned the town by 1929 after the City of Los Angeles purchased the water rights to virtually the entire area. Since the last incarcerees left in 1945, former incarcerees and others have worked to protect Manzanar and to establish it as a National Historic Site to ensure that the history of the site, along with the stories of those who were unjustly incarcerated there, are remembered by current and future genera
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MSGT Montgomery orders his assault troop to move out during Prime Beef Team training. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.
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Mahatma Gandhi as the leader of an ambulance corps during the Zulu rebellion in South Africa, 1906, copy, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox
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General Juin In Saigon.General Alphonse Juin, French Commander in North Africa, Saluting the guard of Honour Lined-up on Saigon's (French Indo-China) Airport Oct. 17, when he arrived with M. Letourneau, Minister for the Associated States, to make a through investigation and report of the position in Indo-China, where Rebel Forces recently fought and won a big battle with French troops. October 20, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Chinese Leaders: General Chow Chi-Jou Director national Commission on aeronautical affairs and head of the Chinese Air Force. October 11, 1950. (Photo by Pictorial Press).
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An Xinsheng was a revolutionary Chinese nationalist from Tianjin. He participated in both the May 4th Movement and the New Culture Movement before joining the Communist Party of China and becoming Labour Union Secretary for Tianjin. He was arrested and killed by the warlord Feng Yuxiang in 1927.
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Thomas Found A Gun. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print.
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Hero Will Deliver Pow's Last Message -- Johnny Funk, 37, of Borneo, today will deliver a dead Australian Pow hero last message to his wife. November 19, 1950.
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September 1945, Robert Oppenheimer and General Groves examine the remains of one the bases of the steel test tower, at the atomic bomb, Trinity Test site
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Jiang Qing (Mme. Mao) addressing the Red Guards, March 19, 1969.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Staff Cabinet Army Command and Recording General Track and Mrs. Spoor DJK. An Indonesian man with peci. March 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
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Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC prisoner of war prisoner of British Indians and Japs. Medan. One of the Japanese soldiers taken to North Sumatra serve at the TNI. Tomon Hiroshi, captured on August 1, 1947. August 1, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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The Allies: France: New Caledonian Soldier Mixed Pacific Battalion Eugene Burnand (d.1931) Ernest Ingha of Mare, Loyalty Islands, Drawing, Pastel, Paper, Frame, Photograph, Replica, Soldier, Military, Armed Forces, War, Works on Paper
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Soldier in traditional uniform in military parade in Kiribati, South Pacific
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Formosanen Tan Tik An and Tan Tjian Loe to Glodok. Tan tik an or tan tjan Loe. January 19, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
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Anefo photo collection. Syrik Soeleiman Daher at the Haagse Camping Ockenburgh, De Sheik. June 4, 1964