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World War II Troop Movements

Vintage images of soldiers and prisoners during WWII, capturing moments of deployment, evacuation, and the challenges faced in war.

Echelon of workers departing for Ethiopia arriving in Genoa, November 18, 1936, Italy, 20th century.
Echelon of workers departing for Ethiopia arriving in Genoa, November 18, 1936, Italy, 20th century.
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Second World War. For quartering (probably in Ukraine). Two Wehrmachke members with women and children in a courtyard
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British Prisoners of War In North Korea -- Four British prisoners of war who were captured in November 1951 by the Chinese people's volunteers. Picture shows the POWs are wearing their new issue of cotton-padded winter clothes supplied by the Chinese people's volunteers. From left to right; Eric Wragg (22426986), "B" Co., 1st Royal Leicester 29th Brig. Address: 34 Outram Road, Wyboorm Estate, Sheffield 2, England: William Walker (22391663), "B" Co., 1st King's Own Scottish Borders. Address: 23 Keyden Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, Scotland; George Marshall (22436971) 1st Brn., Royal Leicester Regt. Address: 10 Butter Road, Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, and David Whittaker (22431499) "B" Co., 1st Bn., Royal Leicester Regt. Address 29 Cherdle Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England. July 11, 1952. (Photo by Camera Press).
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Turcos tirailleur on their way to the frontline, France, Europe
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Liberation Of Europe. General Montgomery's Visit To Captured French Port -  General Montgomery talking to French Fishermen.General Montgomery recently visited one of the first small ports in Normandy to be captured by Allied troops. The General talked to Naval and Military Officer and some of the local fishermen. He receive first hand information on the facilities offered by the port. September 4, 1944. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).
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The Chiswick garage of the L.G.O.C. where the London volunteer bus-drivers and conductors slept during the strike.     Date: 1926
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Seven Samurai is a 1954 Japanese period adventure drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of a village of farmers that hire seven masterless samurai to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. Starring Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune.
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The Opening Up of a Continent (West Africa - Magazine Unit Story). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Photos Warsaw Ghetto, Permanent Exhibition, Museum of the History of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem Memorial, Jerusalem, Israel, Asia
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Men of the rank and file in the 2nd King Edward's Horse marching on the drill ground at White City where the regiment was quartered in 1914 before going to the front.  The Tatler comments that, 'as the above picture shows, the backbone of this corps consists of some really magnificent men, who will do great service when, as is shortly expected, they go to the front.'  One suspects that the tallest and handsomest were perhaps placed at the front for the benefit of press photographers!  The regime
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Government prisoners under  the guard of Nationalist  soldiers        Date: 1936
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Oahu, Hawaii  December, 1941Seamen at Kaneohe Naval Air Station decorate the graves of their fellow sailors killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
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10/31/1959. Photo taken during the tercentenary of the Peace of the Pyrenees on the island of Faisanes.
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11/30/1937. The Republican Troops Guard near the Doors of the Houses.
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