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.

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.

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.

Brig. B.A. Coad, Comm. Brit. 27 Brigade, Korea. October 1, 1950.

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.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A patrol was a way through the Dessah. Soldier with sloping over his shoulders. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos made at airport. PRIOK?. Military? With baseball cap stands for a plane. March 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purchase Action. (Salatiga sector). Timorese Mortierschutter Bastiaons of the KliL. October 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A man in uniform poses. He wears glasses and a dark beret. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Captain P.G. Taylor, assistant pilot and madigator of the Southern Cross with makes of the Tasman Seas before leaving Mascot. January 16, 1933.

Capt. Guysi. August 22, 1946.

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.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC v.p.t.l .. At the coupling belt of a soldier, the end of the rope of a z.g.. Atjehknoop is nounced "how the rope is attached to the belt when binding a prisoner is attached to the belt". 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

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.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of Indonesian man with peci. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. WI West Indies / Anefo London series. Dutch West Indies. Suriname. Inland soldier. {1940-1945}. Suriname

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Borneo (1947 February). Portrait of an unknown soldier. February 1947. Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Korean War. US pilot captured in north-east China. Eight US F-84 fighter planes intruded over Chian county, Liaotung Province at 5:42am on October 26, 1952. They were over Shihhu at 5:47am where they dived, strafed and dropped seven bombs.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Hollandia. Soldier with gun-mitrailer in attack. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Chow Time For General Eisenhower -- General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander-in-chief of the African Theatre stops for noon mess by the roadside during an inspection tour in Tunisia the menu is C ration, and hot. It was kept warm by being packed next to the manifold of the General's car en route. May 26, 1943. (Photo by U.S. Army Official Photo).

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. A Boslandcreole slaughtered a small land turtle, a delicacy in coffee camp. 1947. Coffee camp, Suriname

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.

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.

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.

Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a farmhouse

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Shipping from the U-Brigade from Batavia to Padang (2nd series). Padang. A knl soldier (with black beret). October 29, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A 1st lieutenant knascens. Behind him houses. October 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Information in djamboo at Ambarawa. The Sergeant major of the KNIL makes the V gesture. November 16, 1947. Ambarawa, Indonesia, Jambu, Java, Dutch East Indies

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.

Hired Hand, Brandtjen Dairy Farm, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA, Arthur Rothstein for Farm Security Administration, September 1939

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.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldier with a gun kneels at a stretcher on which a corpse? from a man. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). Portrait of an armed indonesian. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sunday mood in Tjianjdjoer. An Indonesian boy, mascot of the shock troops regiment. July 13, 1947. Cianjur, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Instrumentation Tangerang. Soldier with arrow and bow. 28 May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

"Shangri-La" Valley Rescue. Photographer Alex Cann, War Correspondent for NIGIS (Netherlands Indies Government Information Service) who parachuted into the lost valley of "Shangri-La", where for over six weeks the three American survivors of the service plane crash on hay 13, 1945 had lived. December 21, 1949. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service).

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.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Africa 1940/1941. Libyan settlers have changed their spade with the gun and his blessing in Africa. 194 August 1940

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto, Poerbolingo, Bobotari, between Tjilatjap-MeloWoeng railway. Poerwokerto: Train that makes the first trip from Tjilatjap to Meloewong on December 9, 1947. A KNIL soldier looks out of the window of a rail. December 9, 1947. Cilacap, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Indonesian man in uniform. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

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.

Slobodan Princip Seljo ca. 1939.

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.

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.

Churchill at a DCA post. The Prime Minister and his daughter, who serves in said battery, during a recent visit to a Defense Against Unmanned Aircraft ("German flying bombs") post. Newspaper Censorship Stamp dated July 22, 1944 Stamp of CALPE, universal press service for Spain. Another publication stamp in MISS, no. 69, page 62.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage on the island of Bangka and the town of Pangkal Pinang. An ambone deer flute orchestra (from KNIL infantry VII). Flutist. January 1947. Banka, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Combat Photogs Prize Their Battle Souvenirs. Two Coast Guard combat photographers, covering the Allied Invasion of France, display souvenirs which they picked up on the embattled beaches of Normandy. The Coast Guardsmen are Bryce E. Starling (left), of Cross City, Florida, and Charles J. Wehrle, of 150 W. Wildey Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bouman and Tentara Repoeboat Indonesia. Photographer bouman? Drinks from a coconut. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Unknown O.A. Medical care. A Dutch soldier keeps a captured Indonesian (from the TNI?) With a rope. 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports VI. Soldier in shirt without shoulder palettes and ranking signs. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

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.

Williams To Test Cuban Fishing -- Ted Williams, slugging star of the Boston Red Sox, trades his bat for a fishing rod, and smiles happily as he prepares to board a plane on November 20th, enroute to Camaguey, Cuba, and a joust with Cuba's piscatorial offerings. November 21, 1953. (Photo by United Press Photo).

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.

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bandoeng. Rekruten from the Chinese safety corps Pao An Tui. Bandoeng: recruits of the Chinese safety corps PAO AN TUI in training. Exercise. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Artwork: "Civic Action," South Vietnam Artist: Alvin Pimsler. Country: Unknown

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. infiltrators disposed surrounding military clothing equipment. November 1954. Guinea

***** end, tough, proud, laconic and enduring. Which is the Aussie image. October 12, 1950.

Crew Member Of The 379Th Bomb Group Models Armored Vest And Oxygen Mask Worn By Bombardiers Of The Group. England, 19 June 1944.

Ypres occupied a strategic position during World War I because it stood in the path of Germany's planned sweep across the rest of Belgium and into France. In the Second Battle of Ypres (22 April to 25 May 1915), the Germans used poison gas for the first time on the Western Front (they had used it earlier at the Battle of Bolimov on 3 January 1915) and captured high ground east of the town. The first gas attack occurred against Canadian, British, and French soldiers including both metropolitan French soldiers as well as colonial tirailleurs. The gas used was chlorine gas. Mustard gas, also called Yperite from the name of this city, was also used for the first time near Ieper in the autumn of 1917.

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.

China: Wu Faxian, Political Commissar of the New Fourth Army Third Division, c. 1940

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.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of a member of the German Wehrmacht in Dunes on the North Sea (probably at The Hague)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Djambi. Parachutist of the Corps Special troops. December 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspector of the Deli railroad me. B. de Jong in East Sumatra. Sumatra's East coast is open again. New pioneers have come to tackle the work on neglected and destroyed companies. The Inspector of the Deli Railway Me. B. De Jong on a tour in the area of the Dutch troops. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Between 1970 and 1975 Norodom Sihanouk was nominally head of the Khmer Rouge-dominated Royal Government of National Union of Kampuchea (acronym from the French GRUNK), the opposition to Lon Nol's pro-American Khmer Republic. In 1973 he travelled from Beijing to the Khmer Rouge 'liberated zone' of Cambodia for propaganda purposes. The Khmer Rouge, or Communist Party of Kampuchea, ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan. It is remembered primarily for its brutality and policy of social engineering which resulted in millions of deaths. Its attempts at agricultural reform led to widespread famine, while its insistence on absolute self-sufficiency, even in the supply of medicine, led to the deaths of thousands from treatable diseases (such as malaria). Brutal and arbitrary executions and torture carried out by its cadres against perceived subversive elements, or during purges of its own ranks between 1976 and 1978, are considered to

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Presentation of the American bronze star by Mr. Walter Foote, Consul General of America, to eight Dutch soldiers in BiSchopplein in Batavia. KNIL Soldier with the grade of sergeant. 8 June 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 - May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut Barrow (March 24, 1909 - May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who travelled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, known for their bank robberies, although they preferred to rob small stores or rural funeral homes. Their exploits captured the attention of the American press and its readership during what is occasionally referred to as the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934.

DA-SN-85-00882. Country: Unknown

Mitsuo Matsuro, fireman. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

In modern Chinese history, White Terror (Báisè Kongbù) describes a period of political suppression enacted by the Kuomintang party under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek. It began in 1927 following the purge of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai. On April 12, 1927, Chiang initiated a purge of Communists from the Shanghai Kuomintang and began large-scale killings in the 'Shanghai massacre of 1927'. Chiang's forces turned machine guns on 100,000 workers who had taken to the streets in labour union demonstrations, killing more than 5,000 people. Throughout April 1927 in Shanghai, more than 12,000 people were killed or had disappeared. The Chinese Communist Party was virtually extinguished. At the beginning of 1927, the Chinese Communist Party had about 60,000 members. By the end of the year, no more than 10,000 remained. Following the Shanghai massacres, Mao Zedong and the CCP adopted the road of agrarian revolution, based on the rural peasantry rather than the urban proletariat.

General Robert H. Barrow, Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines and Navy crewmen aboard the amphibious transport dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD13) during their deployment to participate in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Anefo photo collection. A KNIL officer speech. {1940-1945}. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Red Guard I. Presnensky at the Bolshoi Theatre. Moscow, July 1918. Photo by A. Dorn.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC School training directors and motorcyclists (S.O.B.M.) in Bandoeng. Motorcycling exercises. April 1947. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sport and field post. Evacuation of a Chinese-Indonesian family? Corporal of the W-Brigade with a girl. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports VI. Soldier without ranking signs. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Flag parade; Clothing ceremony solo e.o .. A soldier is holding a shirt up clothing distribution?. April 30, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Able Seaman Steve Clough of Lakemba, N.S.W. smiles broadly as he tacks up the British Landing Force Headquarters sign on the entrance to the building requisitioned for this purpose in the Yokosuka Naval Base. September 16, 1945. (Photo by Australian Official Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Borneo (1947 February). Sailor. February 1947. Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Drivers. An Indonesian driver. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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