WWII Military Operations

Black and white images depict various WWII military scenarios, including tanks, artillery in action, and soldiers, revealing the intensity and challenges of warfare.

Soldier group. (Corn harvest). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
Soldier group. (Corn harvest). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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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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Anefo photo collection. Training tank drivers in Amersfoort. May 17, 1961. Amersfoort
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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.
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Anefo photo collection. Boy's village of Amsterdam-Oost. January 12, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Boy's village of Amsterdam-Oost. January 12, 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Captives Romanian captive; probably Sankt Martin or Stern, probably South Tirol, Val Badia; photographer: 20. Korpskommando.
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U.S. Marines fill sandbags that will be used around the perimeter of their camp. U.S. M Marines have been assigned to a multinational peacekeeping force after a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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Combined ***** at anchor Manus Island. October 16, 1954. (Photo by Alton L. Frazer, Australian Photographic Agency).
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Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade. Dutch soldiers training. Help sugar beet harvest. Horses led hard day .. 1943. Britain
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The British Reoccupation of Malaya Captain Tomeichi Okazaki surrenders his sword to Major General C G G Nicholson CB, CBE, DSO, MC, of the British 2nd Division in an official ceremony at Johore Bahru, Malaya. In all 37 Japanese officers, mostly from the 7 Area Army Headquarters, handed over their swords.
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Capt. E. Emerson & Col. G.A. Wingate
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Surabaya. Soldiers working on Drillbors. Behind them the ruin of the Public Prosecutor building. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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The Royal Air Force Regiment, 1942-1945. Men of the RAF Regiment field training around housing damaged during Luftwaffe attacks on the airfield at Hawkinge, Kent, in 1940.
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WAAF's Take Over The Guard Dogs - WAAF's drilling the young dogs in obedience at the school. Girls of the W.A.A.F. are taking over the R.A.F. Guard Dog School at Staverton, Gloucester, where Alsatian dogs are bred and trained for guard work at Air Force establishment. Until they know the job thoroughly, the girls are undergoing training with the dogs. January 27, 1947. (Photo by Fox Photos).
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Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.
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The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918
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Anefo photo collection. Wieringermeerpolder. December 10, 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer
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In Royal Tournament For First Time -- Team work as well as brawn and speed is required to get this heavy gun limber over the obstacle. The famous Royal Tournament is being revived again at Olympia this summer, and for the first time the Fleet Air Arm will be represented. Their teams are now practicing hard for the event at Lee-on-Solent, Hents. April 30, 1947.;In Royal Tournament For First Time -- Team work as well as brawn and speed is required to get this heavy gun limber over the obstacle. Th
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Every year the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft, here on 27. 5. 1969 in Nuremberg, traditionally celebrates the Sudeten German Day, Germany, Europe
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Development of French Sudan Bamaku to Timbuctu. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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British soldiers feed horses
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The Royal Air Force in Norway Following the Liberation, 1945 Sergeant H E Hadley and Leading Aircraftman W J Ferris of the Royal Air Force Disarmament Wing prepare to burn a pile of German propaganda literature at an airfield near Stavanger.
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Members Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command, Stock Parapacks At An Base Somewhere In France. 16 January 1945.
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Anefo photo collection. Training camp Bloemendaal. February 27, 1946. Bloemendaal
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers lie with weapons in an attack at a dike in a rice field. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Anefo photo collection. Decision armored division. May 1, 1946
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Water release disaster 1953.
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Wehrmacht Military at MachineGeweer, 1941 - 1942 photograph A German soldier is in an open site at a machine gun. There is a box on his feet. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print occupation ~ war. firearms (with NAME) Netherlands
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Poll photo collection. Reporting soldiers. A military exercise. A river must be crossed. Busy with the crossing. 1945
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Anefo photo collection. National police addressed children who raise war vaccinations from the battlefields in southern Netherlands, which they had to deliver and warns of the dangers. 24 December 1945. Southern Netherlands
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Group photo, workers, one holds the Voelkischer Beobachter in the camera, ca. 1936, 1930s, Nazi era, exact location unknown, Germany, Europe
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Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Zeeland Visit from the British minister Attee to the vandalism and inundations on Walcheren. British soldiers on an initiated Walcheren at the mill in Sint Laurens (direction Middelburg). A stranded man with handcart is helped. March 1945. Walcheren, Zeeland
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'L'Armature du Zeppelin abattu dans les Marais du Vardar', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".
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Prime Minister Sees Anti-Flying Bomb Defences - Mr.Churchill tours Southern England and saw the measures being taken to deal with flying bombs. He visited gun sites and saw guns and fighters in action against them. He was accompained by Mrs.Churchill. Mr. and Mrs. Churchill looking at a flying bomb while their daughter Mary Points cut its course. October 30, 1944. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited)
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French Foreign Legion soldiers keeping lookout for Viet Minh fighters under the shelter of a thatched radio hut in 1951.The French Indochina War (1946-1954) was the first phase of Vietnam's thirty year struggle for unification against Western powers.
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Anefo photo collection. First day of the Four Days Marches, Soldiers in Lent. July 24, 1962. Lent
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Dutch Troops Train in England, 1941 Three Dutch soldiers creep past bits of farm machinery and wood into a farmyard from snow-covered open countryside as part of a training exercise, somewhere in England, 1941.
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French troops during the World War I, France.
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Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: 't Gooi. Installations or factories set on fire by retreating German troops. In the foreground a candic pioneer. May 1945. 't Gooi
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Agriculture in Britain during the First World War Members of the Women's Land Army at work in a field during the First World War.
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The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918