Troops Boarding for Return

Black-and-white images of soldiers boarding a troopship, showcasing historical moments of military personnel returning home after service.

Nazi war Criminals Released From Prison -- Nazi war criminals are seen as they were released from Landsberg prison, Bavaria, Aug. 25. They are shiedding their faces with packages and hats.Friedrich Flick, prominent steel magnate of the Hitler era, and 18 other former Nazis were released form the Landsberg war crimes prison on Aug. 25. They were freed for good conduct after serving two-thirds of their seven year sentences. Others who won their freedom included Otto Dierich, 50, former Hitler press chief, Fritz ter mer, former director of the I.G. Farben chemical combine and Rudolph Lehmann, former lawyer, judge and Wehrmacht General. October 6, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The "Glorious Glosters" Returning Home -- Men of the 1st. Battalion, the Gluocestershire Regiment going aboard the troopship "Foway" at Pusan, South Korea, which is bringing them home.The officers and men of the famous 1st. Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment, which has seen service in Korea since November 1950, are returning home in the time to celebrate Christmas with their families.One hundred and twenty of those aboard the troopship "Fowey", which recently sailed from Korea, are the survivors of the Glosters epic battle of the Imjin last April, forty of them having escaped with Captain Michael Harvey, M.C., from the battalion's "last stand" position. After the Imjin battle the Gloucesters, reinforced immediately with personnel flown from Japan, patrolled across the Imjin River from June until September and had a reserve role in the First Commonwealth Division's advance into North Korea in October. January 2, 1952. (Photo by British Official Phoograph).

Anefo photo collection. Explosion to the Johan Huizingalaan in Amsterdam-West. September 9, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. After a short occupation Iranian embassy, occupiers are taken away. September 27, 1984

Anefo photo collection. 12-hour performance ride of army and navy. November 28, 1948

A Prince Joins The Army - H.R.H. The Duke of Kent tries on an overcoat - ubder the watchful eye of an officer - while being "Kitted up" at Sandhurst.H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, son of the late Duke of Kent and the Duchess of Kent, is to make the Army his career and has joined up as a Private. The Duke, who will be 18 in October, will serve for six months as a Private soldier before going to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for training an officer-cadet. September 8, 1953.

Anefo photo collection. Mounting a bridge arch from the "water olobridge" in the bridge at Oosterbeek. October 1945. Oosterbeek

Anefo photo collection. Visit Belgian sea adettes to the Netherlands. August 19, 1947. The Netherlands

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Fighter pilots of 816 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, who fly the Supermarine Seafires in HMS TRACKER, in the air operations room and wearing much of their flying kit. They are being briefed by the Air Staff Officer, Lieutenant Commander Smith, RAN (centre) whilst the ship is operating in the North Atlantic.

Nazi war Criminals Released From Prison -- Nazi war criminals are seen as they were released from Landsberg prison, Bavaria, Aug. 25. They are shiedding their faces with packages and hats.Friedrich Flick, prominent steel magnate of the Hitler era, and 18 other former Nazis were released form the Landsberg war crimes prison on Aug. 25. They were freed for good conduct after serving two-thirds of their seven year sentences. Others who won their freedom included Otto Dierich, 50, former Hitler press chief, Fritz ter mer, former director of the I.G. Farben chemical combine and Rudolph Lehmann, former lawyer, judge and Wehrmacht General. October 6, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Netherlands fight on. Crew Dutch mine sweeper, former persons fishing fleet. Dutch Mijnenveger HR. Ms. "Maria Elisabeth". middle quartermaster D. Rabbit. stand caricature drawn hatch Adolf Hitler. 1940-1945}

Anefo photo collection. The resistance monument called unbroken resistance is placed on his pedestal to the Westersingel in Rotterdam. April 28, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam fire department. February 4, 1946

Anefo photo collection. With a jerry can the petrol tank of a war correspondent car is tanked. 1945

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration launch postket. Demonstration launch postket on the Larense Heide C.Q. Crailose Heide .. December 15, 1945. Laren (Noord-Holland)

Anefo photo collection. Exam photojournalists. January 20, 1959

Two officers and a corporal adelborst shoot 'a sun'. Is part of the AVDKM 53193 to 53229 object series.

German and Italian Prisoners Arrive in Britain From North Africa. 18 December 1942, Greenock. Prisoners consisting of German airmen and Italian Navy and Merchantmen, disembarking at a British port.

"The Sleepless Port" - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War Wren N S Hopkins, from London, operating a Holman projector, on the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship ranges at Cardiff,

Female slave labourers in Poland under in Nazi occupation c1941.

W.A.A.F.S. Fly With Wounded From France -- General view of stretcher cases being unloaded, on arrival in England. The first British wounded to be evacuated by air from the battlefield in Normandy arrived at a secret airfield last night. Three W.A.A.F., nursing orderlies flew out in the planes and attended the wounded first on a Normandy airstrip and then in the aircraft. September 4, 1944. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).

Soldiers were deployed to break a strike of municipal staff (public urban transport, dirt collection service, streets, gas factory, power plant) in March / April 1955 in Amsterdam.Hier naval crew (right) on a ferry.

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Evacuation of Finnish refugees, autumn 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Red Cross: Leiden. Red crosswork in Leiden. June 1945. Leiden, South Holland

Shock troops from command Limburg / Regiment Limburg during the Second World War. An armed announcer and a citizen read a communication in the half evacuated Nieuwstad.

Anefo photo collection. Youth fire brigade competitions in Rotterdam. Spray guests at obstacle. October 7, 1961. Rotterdam, South Holland

Arrest - Constable M. Nevins searches a young man in Nairn Street, Darling, early today. On left is Constable R. Michell, who leaped out of the police car (right) and made the arrest. A car carrying suspected car thieves crashed through two barbed-wire fences in at attempt to elude a police patrol in a wild dawn chase at Darling today. It all began when the patrol crew -- Senior Constable Walters and Constables Mann and Kent - out on another job, sighted a car in Dunlop Street near Darling Station. They tried to intercept it, but it swung around a corner and the patrol raced after it. The car led the police up and down streets for about 1½ miles. then swung into a blind street. April 22, 1955.

Laggas prepare for bad at the Soldiers & Services Rest House near *****.March 11, 1940.

Poll photo collection. Rebuilding a nunnate. Nuns on ladder against Taluud from basement. 1940. France

Naafi Canteens Cater For US Troops- the work of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, England, UK, 1943 American soldiers Sergeant Joseph E Pavliscak (left, of 1743 Atchison Avenue, Whiting, Indiana) and Corporal Mike Petrizzo (right, of 468 Villa Avenue, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York) receive a warm welcome from Patience (Pat) Parr at a NAAFI, somewhere in England. Pat (from Taunton in Somerset) leans out of the window as she shares a joke with the men in the autumn sunshine.

Anefo photo collection. Traffic agent in Duiventil on the Meent. January 3, 1950

MARTHA WASHINGTON

Anefo photo collection. Lichting 1949-11 again under the weapons. October 2, 1950

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Major Russell RAMC (standing) and Captain Stermers RAMC, probably in the grounds of the 22 General Hospital, Pretoria.

A television team mounts a TV camera in an Agusta Bell (I) UH-1 helicopter at the MarineLiegkamp Valkenburg (MVKV). The UH-1 is a transport / detection and rescue helicopter.

AMS-209 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Poll photo collection. Liberation from Noord-Brabant along the Corridor Bergeijk - Valkenswaard - Aalst - Eindhoven. Residents of Aalst offer soldiers bottles of drinks, presumably to soldiers of the Irish Guards. 1944. Aalst, Noord-Brabant

The Reconstruction of 'an Incident'- Civil Defence Training in Fulham, London, 1942 Walking wounded cases are helped out of ambulance cars and guided across the playground of the school which is serving as a First Aid Post, following the incident. The school is Mary Boon School, on the corner of Earsby Street and Bishop King's Road, near Avonmore Road. Included amongst the casualties is a young boy, being carried by a Civil Defence worker. The road from which they are entering the school gates is probably Gorleston Street.

Anefo photo collection. REPORTAGE MOD. September 24, 1947

Anefo photo collection. Opening of the General General. July 23, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Third day Four Days Marches Nijmegen, blisters at first aid station. July 28, 1955. Nijmegen

Mission Chiefs Meet in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Refugees from Finland arrive in Haparanda in the fall of 1944.

Ashley Buckingham Lady Anderson replying to the police presentation of 50 tons of clothing for UNNRA. September 10, 1945. (Photo by Jacqueline Haynes-Smart/Fairfax Media).

Anefo photo collection. Treasure graves in Egmond aan Zee. August 26, 1951. Egmond

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Three infantryists.

An Italian sailor, prisoner of war, on his way to an internment cam in New South Wales. August 16, 1941.

Wounded heroes of the Battle of Mons

Anefo photo collection. Injection of windows and smearing of the facade of South African advance. April 7, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Listening permit check. PTT Looking for non-indicated radio devices. November 12, 1946

Porthole attraction (EV007515_H)

State Railways, SJ ACO4, I/II KL sleeping compartment, for day use.

Anefo photo collection. Soldiers, recreation, beds. January 22, 1951. Noord-Brabant, Vught

The Women's Royal Naval Service on the Home Front, 1917-1918 WRNS ratings in a dormitory of the WRNS base on Osea Island, Essex.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Johan Bendien behave at Zorgvliet ten Grave. September 19, 1963

Anefo photo collection. The Marine monument in Rotterdam will be revealed on Friday by Prince Bernhard. July 2, 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Carbon Copy. October 4, 1949.

General George L. Carpenter and Mrs. Carpenter, World Leaders of the Salvation Army, photographed on their arrival in Sydney yesterday to conduct a series of meeting here. Both are natives of New South Wales. December 05, 1945.

Aunay-Sur-Odon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. Presentation of the Military William Order and other awards by Queen Wilhelmina in the presence of the other members of the royal family at the Soesterberg airbase. Prince Bernhard next to an open car containing his daughters Beatrix, Irene and Margriet. June 20, 1946. Soest, Utrecht (province), Soesterberg airbase

Royal Children See Apes -- Princess Anne steps confidently forward and shakes hands with one of Gibraltar's baby apes today May 11 Prince Charles his his eye on another ape behind the pillar at right. Behind are Miss Helen light body, Princess Anne's nurse (left),and Katherine Peebles, Prince Charles governess. Behind princess Anne is major A.C. James at extreme right is gunner William Portlock who has been in charge of the apes for the last eleven year. May 11, 1954.

1900s MAN KEYSTONE COP UNIFORM STANDING ON STREET CORNER UNDER GAS LIGHT RAISING ALARM STRIKING SIDEWALK WITH BILLY CLUB

Air Chief Marshal of the R.A.F. Sir Christopher Courtney lays a on ***** the cenotaph ***** wreath Air force week display. September 9, 1951. (Photo by Bert Power/Fairfax Media).

Anefo photo collection. New banner for sub-sea service in Den Helder, equipment officers, caps, sabels. July 14, 1964. Den Helder

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War Leading Wren Berthe Brokliss, of London (right) and Wren Mary Baptiste, of St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, being instructed in firing .22 rifles by Chief Gunnery Instructor J Jones, of Irvine, Ayrshire at Rosyth.

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Anglo-American thanks. During the war, many Dutch allied pilots, who were shot above the Netherlands, have been sheltered and worked on their release to the Allied Lines. Many then made their bikes, clothing etc. available, which they now receive from the English and American missions to this. November 1945

Anefo photo collection. Visit 3 American trade union leader to the Netherlands. February 25, 1949. The Netherlands

Anefo photo collection. Offer flag HR. Ms. Evertsen. June 18, 1951

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Telegraaf Reafter of rhino. October 1, 1959

08/31/1910. Shipwrecked rescue drill. One of the Most Interesting Maneuvers of the Exercises Recently Performed in San Sebastian.

Anefo photo collection. General von Kielmansegg inspected the new headquarters in Brunssum, Front Von Kielmansegg. January 17, 1967. Brunssum

Oskar Werner (left), on-set of the film, "Decision before Dawn", 20th Century-Fox, 1951

Anefo photo collection. Placement of the monument to get started around Arnhem. September 6, 1946. Gelderland, Oosterbeek

Compiegne Reconstruction. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Sailors Don't Care -- Casualties at a Royal Naval Hospital in the South of England enjoying open-air treatment. The walking case lend a hand to their comrades. June 3, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

H.M. The Queen Pays Evening Visit to Bombed Sites in London Area - Mr. J. Childs of the Heavy Rescue Squad stumbles over the rubble, while conducting The Queen along the narrow path through the allotments.The Queen paid a visit to a model farm - in the middle of blitzed East London. Six bombed sites in Bethnal Green have been turned into allotments or livestock farms by more than 400 civilian workers. When told that every inch of the soil had been claimed from underneath 4ft. of rubble, The Queen said "It's amazing what hard working people can do." June 17, 1943. (Photo by Pix Photos Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration free farmers on Epe-Vaassen Rijksweg. Farmers along the side of the road with a police officer, armed with carbine and saber. September 26, 1961. Gelderland, Vaassen

Poll photo collection. Rome: The papal Swiss Guard in Vatican City. Captain Umerto Aebischa poses in daily out. December 1937. Italy, Rome, Vatican City

Camerons As New Palace Guard -- Camerons having duties read to them on taking over at Buckingham Palace this morning (Sat.). August 25, 1934. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.).

The Royal Navy during the Second World War An elderly female munitions worker at the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath counts sticks of cordite before they are packed by her colleague into boxes ready for distribution to various naval armament depots..

Warsaw Uprising: Filling of sand bags by civilian population in the courtyard of townhouse at Moniuszki 11 street ca. August 1944.

Herman Sundin inspects the marine scene on Fårösund, 1938 motif: The head of F 2 Roslagens flying fleet, Herman Sundin, inspects the marine scan on Fårösund, 1938. Manage vacant and returns to work.

Dolls To Demonstrate Babies' Gas Helmets -- Mr. Leisure R. Allum, A.R.P. officer for Esher, Surrey, using two of the dolls during a demonstrations of the Gas Helmets outside the local A.R.P. Headquarters.From life-size Dolls have been bought by Esher A.R.P. authorities for demonstrating children's Gas Helmets. October 5, 1939. (Photo by Keystone).

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, and General Omar N. Bradley, CG, 12th Army Group, examine suitcase of silverware, part of German loot stored in Merkers salt mine, Germany, U.S. Army Signal Corps, April 12, 1945

War prisoners who arrived in Gothenburg during the variety of war prisoners.

Airport in Warsaw. Foreign station - passport and cleaner briefing (customs officers at work); Photography from the series to the photojournalism "Please open!" (from the work of the Customs Office at the Foreign Station of the Airport in Warsaw), "Świat" 1959, No. 7; Prażuch, Wiesław (1925-1992); 1959 (1959-00-00-1959-00-00);

Anefo photo collection. Registration participants Four Days Marches of Nijmegen, soldiers washing feet in camp. July 17, 1972. Nijmegen

Ministry of Food Mobile Canteen From the Seychelles, Britain, 1941 Members of a Stretcher Party and female ambulance drivers collect tea and refreshments from this Ministry of Food canteen, donated by the people of the Seychelles, and run by women of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS).

Soldier sleeping in Baggage Rack on Greyhound Bus going from Cincinnati, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Esther Bubley, U.S. Office of War Information/U.S. Farm Security Administration, September 1943

Girl Gunners- the work of the Auxiliary Territorial Service at An Experimental Station, Shoeburyness, Essex, England, 1943 21 year old ATS Sergeant Ray Chamberlen (left) and 19 year old Private Muriel Bartels at work on a Mirror Position Finder at the Royal Artillery experimental station at Shoeburyness. The Mirror Position Finder works as follows: the operators look through the viewer watching for shell bursts in the sky. The position of these bursts are marked on the mirror and then transferred to absorbent paper in the Observation Post room. Comparison of the readings taken at several different posts allowed an accurate reading of the actual position of the shell burst.

Airmen from the 655th Tactical Field Hospital Squadron secure a tent in the "tent city" with ropes tied to spikes during Exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

Anefo photo collection. First pole Marine Etablisement, vice-admiral a.h.J. Van der Schotte. June 27, 1962

Commander D.G. Kalb, supervisor of shipbuilding, right, certifies the keel of the guided missile frigate REID (FFG 30) during the ceremony at Todd Pacific Shipyard. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

THE WAR IN EGYPT

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