Historic Military Contexts

Captured moments from various wartime eras, depicting soldiers, equipment, and historical events. Focuses on military life from the early 20th century to the Civil War.

A typical battery of special anti-aircraft guns defending Paris against zeppelins and aeroplanes. Date: September 25th 1915

undefined. 1913 - 1921. NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA). Negative. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries. Division of Alaska Fisheries. 1913-7/1/1939. Pribilof Islands Glass Plate Negatives

Stypa FIELD Kitchen; Galicia; Photographs: Corps Hofmann.

Bankeeper Courses with Major Werner

Charleston, South Carolina (vicinity). Federal mortar battery with crew on Morris Island. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Group of possibly irregular volunteers attached to the British Army.

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with a plow (probably for tearing the grass scarf for trenches)

A typical battery of special anti-aircraft guns defending Paris against zeppelins and aeroplanes. Date: September 25th 1915

Anefo photo collection. Noordoostpolder. April 16, 1946. Noordoostpolder

One Wheelbarrow of Gravel - WPA Crew. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force Operations in Russia, September-november 1941 Pilots of No. 81 Squadron RAF outside their dispersal hut at Vaenga. The Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader A H Rook, is standing third from the left.

Anefo photo collection. Mass grave in Waalsdorp. Mass grave in Waalsdorp. August 1945. The Hague, South Holland

12/31/1964. Camino de Santiago: La Reina Bridge.

Anefo photo collection. Army maneuvers in West Germany, soldiers in action / affected. September 22, 1954. Germany

Anefo photo collection. Ned. Forces liberate Netherlands, sleep German-built Bunkers / Kingdom Dutch Princess Irene Brigade. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

Schabs Assault course: hard training; grenade launcher. Near Brixen. Photographer: 10. Armeekommando.

Anefo photo collection. Excavation of a British bomber in Zwaagdijk crumbled during the Second World War. excavations, aircraft wrecks, bombers. October 14, 1966. Noord-Holland, Zwaagdijk

Anefo photo collection. Exercises La Courtine, Dutch soldiers, in buckle with Moroccans at Moroccan oven for roasting sheep camp (Moroccans show operation oven). July 8, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade. Dutch soldiers training. "Dutch Forces Invasion Exercises". Amphibious landing exercises. Landing ships landed. February 1944. Britain

The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918

Anefo photo collection. Soldiers get transport to Weert. October 6, 1959. Limburg, Weert

Anefo photo collection. Wieringermeerpolder. December 8, 1945. Noord-Holland, Wieringermeer

Anefo photo collection. Walcheren. 28 February 1946. Walcheren, Zeeland

Dutch Gap Canal. Artist: Egbert Guy Fowx (American, born 1821); Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830-1902). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823-1896 New York). Date: 1865. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anefo photo collection. Structure in the Betuwe (1945). Series: East home 7 man stands on a bar debris. He holds a plate with inscription "full permit" in hand. 1945. Betuwe

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Royal Marines of the Bomb Disposal and Render Mines Safe Squad dealing with German G mines and parachute mines recovered from under dock walls in Boulogne. Note the damaged buildings in the background.

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Group of relatives of the German Wehrmacht, standing in front of a horse wuer

Anefo photo collection. Berkelpuw in Berkel. March 16, 1947. Berkel

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Screws. undated

Anefo photo collection. Vinkeveen camp. August 3, 1949. Utrecht, Vinkeveen

Anefo photo collection. Repatriation Camp Rheine (Germany). Repatrants with luggage. 1945. Germany, Rheine

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A patrol was a way through the Dessah. On the dike a track or tram track. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Commander-General of the British Royal Marines General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor visits the Dutch Marines Corps. Visit the military training ground Leusderheide where a few marines are in action with (probably) a replacement-free fluule (TLV).

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Wehrmachliche during a break on a straw pile

Anefo photo collection. Ned. Forces liberate Netherlands, sleep German-built Bunkers / Kingdom Dutch Princess Irene Brigade. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Italian firefighters in emergency areas. February 21, 1953

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings), June 1944 Commodore Douglas-Pennant, RN, chatting to Royal Marine obstacle clearing Commandos resting on one of the invasion beaches. Various vehicles and ships can be seen in the background.

Supply nodes in Galicia, possibly 4. K.U.K. Army near Kowel.

First World War in the Schützengraben: Flyer Machine Gun, Infantry Regiment No. 5.

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.

Anefo photo collection. Purification: Amsterdam Levantkade internment camp. Reporting of the internment camp on the Levantkade in Amsterdam. Now there are approx. 4200 prisoners, there is room for 30,000 people. Enclosed NSB ers on their way to work. The men are putting straw for sleeping rooms. June 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

1911 (CA.) Tests of a device in the Pacific. The Captain of the Security Corps, Mr. Justo Conde (x) in the tests of the Winch that he has invented together with the mechanic Mr. Ricardo Martín.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Hawker Typhoon pilots of No. 121 Wing, back from their operational sorties are interrogated at their open air headquarters in a Normandy orchard adjoining the advanced landing ground at B2/Bazenville. Bending over the table at right is Squadron Leader M R Ingle-Finch, Commanding Officer of No. 175 Squadron RAF. Behind him, wearing sun glasses is Squadron Leader W Pitt-Brown, Commanding Officer of No. 174 Squadron RAF

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Award ceremony uniform congratulations thanks. undated

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Submarine base officers enjoying skating on the tennis court 'ice rink' at Blyth.

First World War Photographers An American official photographer of the US Signal Corps and his assistant carry out reconnaissance photography under cover of a deep river bank by the River Aire on the Western Front. They are using a glass plate camera mounted on a tripod to photograph the German lines.

Royal Air Force- France 1939-1940. A Hawker Hurricane Mark I of No. 87 Squadron RAF undergoes refuelling from a tender at Lille-Seclin. Comment: Note original two-bladed propeller.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. forest fire and storm damage, work. undated

GREENING RUSSIAN PARLEMENT COURTABLY NEAR WARDIMIR WOLLINSKY, RUSIA, VOLHYNIA; Photographs: warrior confinement 4.

01/31/1915. The War in the East. Austrian advanced patrol shooting the enemy in Burkovina. Photo: Hoffer.

Socket for Tyrolean Kaiserjäger regiment in the bisortemulde.

Members of Battery "F" of the 9th Coast artillery practice with a 3-inch rapid-firing gun with 15-lb shells at Fort Strong, on Long Island, overlooking Boston Harbor. April 27, 1941. (Photo by Acme).

Skiopticone image with motifs of Paul Clement by the car west of St. Gaudens. Clement in black.The image has been stored in cardboard labeled: Höstesan 1907. Tarbes 2. St. Gaudens 1. Lourdes 4. No: 19. XV. Text on image: "West of St. Gaudens".

Capt. James R. Lloyd, 124 E. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa., a 9th AF Air Liaison officer, stands by a "Tiger" tank disabled during the battle of the bulge. Pilots and planes of the three Tactical Air Commands of the 9th AF destroyed hundreds of tanks

Anefo photo collection. Pea peas. July 9, 1947

The Red Guards of Vasilevskiy Island. They were the paramilitary units of the Finnish labour movement in the early 1900s. The first Red Guards were established during the 1905 general strike, but disbanded a year later. After the Russian 1917 February revolution the Red Guards were re-established and in the 1918 Finnish Civil War they formed the army of Red Finland.

Anefo photo collection. South of the Netherlands. Report on the dangers of mines and abandoned ammunition for children playing. Speeches from fire brigade and police to the children. Encons of accidents. 24 December 1945. Southern Netherlands

Whaling in the Ross Sea Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives

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.

Evacuation of Finnish refugees, autumn 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Zeeland Visit from the British minister Attee to the vandalism and inundations on Walcheren. Minister Attee accompanied by British, Canadian, American and Dutch soldiers. March 10, 1945. Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Boy city Gouda. April 26, 1949. Gouda

Anefo photo collection. Emergency in action Alblasserwaard. 11 March 1953. Alblasserwaard, South Holland

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Corporal Lawrie Lever of an RAF Mobile Repair Unit warms his hands on an air compressor unit, being used for engine maintenance on a Handley Page Harrow in wintry conditions at B56/Evere, Belgium.

German soldiers on the Aisne, France, World War I, photo by Lipzig, Presse-Buro, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 8, February 21, 1915.

Attack on the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, original caption: 1941, Jews bury a killed horse, Slonim, Belarus.

Image of a rescue worker with a piece of luggage from a victim of the train disaster in Harmelen. In the background the wreckage of the accidental trains.

Naval Ratings Turn To Farming. 26 January 1943, Chatham, at the Navy's Model Farm. Naval ratings lifting their parsnip crop.

French Army - Training Recruits. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Construction of a new kibbuts. Children of mother barbets Yavne put trenches around a newly built kibbuten. January 1, 1948. Israel, Javne

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene Brigade. Dutch soldiers training. "Dutch Forces Invasion Exercises". Men push truck. February 1944. Britain

Anefo photo collection. Salute battery Baarn is practicing. February 13, 1947. Baarn

Anefo photo collection. South of the Netherlands. Report on the dangers of mines and abandoned ammunition for children playing. Speeches from fire brigade and police to the children. Encons of accidents. 24 December 1945. Southern Netherlands

Anefo photo collection. Destruction ruins with a Bren carrier in the foreground. February 14, 1946

ZKH Prince Claus visiting Mariniers during their winter training in Norway in 1980.

01/01/1942. Marshal Erwin Rommel led the operations of German troops in the North African desert.

Anefo photo collection. Canadians at home. The National Film Bourd. February 16, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Westkapelle after 5 years bombing. September 30, 1949. Westkapelle, Zeeland

Water shortage 1953.

Jehol, China: c. 1933. Japanese troops pursue Chinese General Tang Yu Lin's troops across the frozen Chialaiho river in northern Jehol.

In the winter of 1967-1968, a number of versal officers of the 5th group of led weapons (5ggw), together with a number of reservists from the Bundeswehr from Nienburg participate in a beginners training for "ski jagdenkomandos". The course takes place in the Harz Mountains and covers a number of weekends. On the photo the equipment is packed. V. L.N.R. Sergeant J, Nieuwkoop in conversation with Sergeant-Major F. van Velsen. On the right are some reservists from the Bundeswehr to bind the heavier equipment on a "Akja". That is a kind of sled, which is to be continued with manpower, of course,

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf and Director General Granholm at inspection in Älvsbyn in connection with the inauguration of electric drive on the route Långsele-Boden

Anefo photo collection. 1953 flood plates. Stavenisse. 18 February 1953. Stavenisse, Zeeland

Anefo photo collection. Preparations for the Spring of Willem Barendsz. November 2, 1959

Soldiers Working on the Land- Helping With the Harvest, UK, July 1945 Soldiers of various regiments of the British Army work to help bring in the harvest, somewhere in Britain. Here a group of men can be seen weeding in a large field in the sunshine. Behind them can be seen the rolling fields of the surrounding countryside.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch soldiers training. Princess Irene Brigade. Help sugar beet harvest. {1940-1945}. Britain

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.

Anefo photo collection. Jan van Schaffelaar Kazerne Ermelo, promotion Sergants to Vaandrigt. September 24, 1954. Ermelo

Anefo photo collection. Oostzaan disaster. January 20, 1960. Oostzaan

Anefo photo collection. Water shortage 1953. Zierikzee. February 25, 1953. Zeeland, Zierikzee

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940 Fairey Battle crews of No. 12 Squadron RAF check their maps on the snow-covered airfield at Amifontaine.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Two man with entrance in the art. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

In addition to a part of a floating walkway, a soldier stands for taking water hydrisms. The two float bodies of the raft are chapor mattresses.

Evacuation of Finnish refugees, autumn 1944.

Portable radio station (rucksack station) sending a message on Gisnitz Julian Alps, Montasch; photographer: 10. Armeekommando Rohr.

05/31/1915. The Belgians in War. Engineer Soldiers Led by an Officer Installing a Searchlight on the Battle Line.

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Vlissingen. Closing NOLLEGAT. October 1945. Vlissingen, Zeeland

The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 Final Operations: A Japanese private surrendering to British soldiers.

Vintage Historical Photograph. Hunters with killed caribou Ontario, Canada. 1915

Troops - General Action & Manoeuvres Scenes To 1945. January 8, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

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