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Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with b...
Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with beginings in 1602 year when French army attacked Geneva town at night of December 11/12, Geneva repelled the attack and the town is. Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with beginings in 1602 year when French army attacked Geneva town at night of December 11/12, Geneva repelled the attack and
Commemorative Plaque,A plaque commemorates the resistance and victims of Nazism in Place General de Gaulle.
French troops make a bayonet charge during a struggle on the banks of the River Meuse, part of the almost year-long battle of...
French troops make a bayonet charge during a struggle on the banks of the River Meuse, part of the almost year-long battle of Verdun.
Spanish troops embark at Malaga for the war with Morocco, where they will be victorious under Juan Prim.
Marker at the Mason Dixon line separating North from South during Civil War at Pennsylvania and Maryland
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER. Parliamentary supporters interrogate the child of a Royalist.
Bell at an government building, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
FIRST CRUSADE Crusaders under Baudouin de Boulogne take Edessa, in Turkey, which provides the Crusaders with a base
The Allied general staff for the invasion - Air Marshal Tedder, gen. Bradley, Eisenhower, Admiral Ramsay, Leigh-Mallory, Mont...
The Allied general staff for the invasion - Air Marshal Tedder, gen. Bradley, Eisenhower, Admiral Ramsay, Leigh-Mallory, Montgomery, lt.gen. Biddle Smith Date: June 1944
United States Marines Marching Up Hill,Original caption: U.S. Marines move onto a hill in Quang Ngai Province in March 1966, ...
United States Marines Marching Up Hill,Original caption: U.S. Marines move onto a hill in Quang Ngai Province in March 1966, after it had been secured shortly before by lead elements of the battalion. Battalion radio men are at right. Marine at left shows sign of stress and fatigue. Troops woul
Russian prisoners are forced to transport their own artillery pieces, both having been captured by the Germans. Date: 1915
SECOND PUNIC WAR Carthaginian general Hannibal uses elephants in his crossing of the Alps into Italy
Lightning flashes as Union forces land on Island number 10, where the Confederates have a battery which threatens river traff...
Lightning flashes as Union forces land on Island number 10, where the Confederates have a battery which threatens river traffic.
The exterior of historic Blenheim, built 1855-1859, site of preserved American Civil War soldier graffiti
During the Battle of the Falkland Islands, German ships 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau' are both sunk
Entrance to the Maginot barracks, Part of the The Maginot Line, a French defensive installation, World War II
Roman troops under Julius Caesar invading Britain in 55 BC, From The Imperial History of England by Theophilus Camden (London...
Roman troops under Julius Caesar invading Britain in 55 BC, From The Imperial History of England by Theophilus Camden (London, 1832), Engraving
The United States send amilitary force to Shanghai tosafeguard their interestsduring the fighting Date: March 1932
At the end of the war, a schoolmaster reads out a list of those local citizens who have died in the conflict.
Finland : A banner imprinted with Stalin's image fails to protect the Russians from the Finns
Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with b...
Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with beginings in 1602 year when French army attacked Geneva town at night of December 11/12, Geneva repelled the attack and the town is. Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with beginings in 1602 year when French army attacked Geneva town at night of December 11/12, Geneva repelled the attack and
Ammunition Hill,Ammunition Hill, formerly a Jordanian Army stronghold, was conquered in the Six Days War in 1967. The hill wa...
Ammunition Hill,Ammunition Hill, formerly a Jordanian Army stronghold, was conquered in the Six Days War in 1967. The hill was converted into a national memorial site and museum.
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus and Macedon, at the Greek city of Taranto (Tarentum) in southern Italy, which he successfully defende...
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus and Macedon, at the Greek city of Taranto (Tarentum) in southern Italy, which he successfully defended against the Romans. He is seen here seeking to impress the Roman ambassador with one of his war elephants.
The British frigate 'Shannon' in combat with and eventual victor over the American 'Chesapeake'
Wellington defeats Ney at QUATRE BRAS, foiling Napoleon's plan to prevent the joining of the British and Prussian armies
DINANT, Belgium French cavalry resist the German invasion, but are forced to retreat : the fighting is followed by savage rep...
DINANT, Belgium French cavalry resist the German invasion, but are forced to retreat : the fighting is followed by savage reprisals on Belgian civilians
Confederate soldiers under Beauregard rally before winning a decisive victory over the Union army under McDowell.
Sir Richard Grenville in the 'Revenge' fights the Spanish, but 'Revenge' is sunk. He defends his ship of 150 for 15 hours aga...
Sir Richard Grenville in the 'Revenge' fights the Spanish, but 'Revenge' is sunk. He defends his ship of 150 for 15 hours against 15 ships of 5000 men (1 of 2)
High angle view of a group of soldiers marching, Red Square, Moscow, Russia, November 7, 1941
BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE The American ship 'Niagara' rakes the British vessels 'Detroit' and 'Queen Charlotte', leading to a decis...
BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE The American ship 'Niagara' rakes the British vessels 'Detroit' and 'Queen Charlotte', leading to a decisive American victory
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), Union Army General during the American Civil War (1861-1865), After photograph by Matth...
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), Union Army General during the American Civil War (1861-1865), After photograph by Matthew Brady taken in 1869
At Dinant, Belgium, women and children are forced to look on while their husbands and fathers are machine-gunned by the Germa...
At Dinant, Belgium, women and children are forced to look on while their husbands and fathers are machine-gunned by the Germans in reprisal for supposed civilian attacks.
Hermann Goering on witness stand, Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, March 13, 1946
English Civil War. Charles I (1600-1649) King of Great Britain, a prisoner at Holdenby House, Northamptonshire, seized and ta...
English Civil War. Charles I (1600-1649) King of Great Britain, a prisoner at Holdenby House, Northamptonshire, seized and taken to Newark, Nottinghamshire, in the name of the New Model Army. Engraving c1860
Low angle view of a war memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Paris liberated : the Free French force commanded by General Leclerc is the first to enter Paris, greeted enthusiastically af...
Paris liberated : the Free French force commanded by General Leclerc is the first to enter Paris, greeted enthusiastically after five years of Nazi occupation
History of Cuba. Ten Years War or Great War (1868-1878). The Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers for the Cuban War in the P...
History of Cuba. Ten Years War or Great War (1868-1878). The Embarkation of the Catalan Volunteers for the Cuban War in the Port of Barcelona, 1870. Painting by Ramon Padro Pijoan (1809-1876). Maritime Museum. Barcelona. Spain.
Second World War re-enactment US army photography and film unit at the liberation of Arnhem
The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold...
The Vendee struggle is as much religious as political : the Catholic clergy are harassed by the government and forced to hold clandestine masses in the countryside.
Wire Picket on British Front Line,Wire pickets mark the British front line in the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Mass. Postcard. ca. 1900-1910, Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Mass. Postcard
German armoured divisions pierce the 'Stalin Line', destroy Russian tanks and munition carriers Date: September 1941
In the Temple Gardens, London, opposing nobles pick red or white roses according as they favour the party of Lancaster or Yor...
In the Temple Gardens, London, opposing nobles pick red or white roses according as they favour the party of Lancaster or York
American parachutist lands safely at the makeshift airstrip on Noemfoor Island, Papua, Indonesia, July 4, 1944
Members of the Women's Volunteer Defence Corps being trained in rifle drills. Small arms were in short supply and only the in...
Members of the Women's Volunteer Defence Corps being trained in rifle drills. Small arms were in short supply and only the instructor has a weapon, the women are improvising with walking sticks, umbrellas and even broom handles, 1940, World War II
Three German soldiers search a Russian peasant home : it's easy while summer lasts, but soon it will be winter and not so agr...
Three German soldiers search a Russian peasant home : it's easy while summer lasts, but soon it will be winter and not so agreeable Date: September 1941
Italy, Liguria, Alpi Liguri, landscape from the Balcone di Marta, with Fortifications of World War Two
Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with b...
Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with beginings in 1602 year when French army attacked Geneva town at night of December 11/12, Geneva repelled the attack and the town is. Fête de l´Escalade, Escalade ceremony is hold every year on December 11th and 12th in Geneva, it is a historical event with beginings in 1602 year when French army attacked Geneva town at night of December 11/12, Geneva repelled the attack and
Former President Lyndon Johnson during an interview Walter Cronkite. He described the events leading up to the decision to ha...
Former President Lyndon Johnson during an interview Walter Cronkite. He described the events leading up to the decision to halt the bombing of North Vietnam in 1968. Feb. 3, 1970.
The arrest on the scene of Gavrilo Princip who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophie of Austria at Sar...
The arrest on the scene of Gavrilo Princip who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophie of Austria at Sarajevo on June 28, 1914
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Lanark. The Stuart Age Gunners at Lanark 2011, Scotland's Festival of History.
'The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet,...
'The Revenge under command of Sir Richard Grenville (c1542-91) engaging Spanish fleet off Flores. Cut off from English fleet, fought until overwhelmed 1591. Tennyson celebrated the bravery in his poem ''The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet''. Colour-printed lithograph c1900'
Nationalists capture the sanctuary of Caradonga; the pro-Nationalist Italian reporter sees this as a triumph of patriotic her...
Nationalists capture the sanctuary of Caradonga; the pro-Nationalist Italian reporter sees this as a triumph of patriotic heroism over barbaric atheism
Washington Observing Von Steuben Drilling Troops At Valley Forge by Hy Hintermeister, 1897-1972
Sandinista Soldier Wounded in Fighting with Contras,A young Sandinista soldier tends to a comrade wounded in fighting against...
Sandinista Soldier Wounded in Fighting with Contras,A young Sandinista soldier tends to a comrade wounded in fighting against U.S.-backed contras in northern Nicaragua.
In the decisive battle of the war, French forces led by Marshal de McMahon are driven back by General de Moltke's army. The F...
In the decisive battle of the war, French forces led by Marshal de McMahon are driven back by General de Moltke's army. The French are forced to surrender.
A campaign by the Northern Army under General Sherman, resulting in devastation of the area between Atlanta and the ocean and...
A campaign by the Northern Army under General Sherman, resulting in devastation of the area between Atlanta and the ocean and splitting the Confederacy from east to west.
North Africa : a tank of the German Afrika Korps await the anticipated Allied attack at El Alamein. Date: 1942 - 43
The French come to the assistance of Belgium : they besiege Antwerp and will eventually take it from the Dutch.
Emperor Napoleon III of France surrenders to Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia the day after the battle of Sedan, conceding defeat in...
Emperor Napoleon III of France surrenders to Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia the day after the battle of Sedan, conceding defeat in the Franco-Prussian War
General Schwarzkopf in Ticker-Tape Parade,U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf and his wife are honored in a ticker-tape para...
General Schwarzkopf in Ticker-Tape Parade,U.S. Army General Norman Schwarzkopf and his wife are honored in a ticker-tape parade after America's victory in the Gulf War.
World War I: Cartoon by L. Ravenhill from "Punch", London, 10 April, 1918, when America sent men to reinforce the Allied troo...
World War I: Cartoon by L. Ravenhill from "Punch", London, 10 April, 1918, when America sent men to reinforce the Allied troops before the main US Army arrived. Engraving
Finland : Soviet aircraft attack a Finnish supply train of elk-drawn sledges : the Finnish troops themselves are on skis
War memorial lit up at night, National Iwo Jima Memorial, Iwo Jima Survivors Memorial Park, New Britain, Hartford County, Con...
War memorial lit up at night, National Iwo Jima Memorial, Iwo Jima Survivors Memorial Park, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
France, Normandy, Arromanches, flags and weapon in the places of the second World War landing memorial.
Hundred Years War between France and England. English troops attacking the walls of a French town with early cannon and both ...
Hundred Years War between France and England. English troops attacking the walls of a French town with early cannon and both longbows and crossbows (1375-1425) Hand-coloured lithograph c1830
Seven wounded Union soldiers and a nurse at a hospital after the Battle of the Wilderness at Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA, M...
Seven wounded Union soldiers and a nurse at a hospital after the Battle of the Wilderness at Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA, May 1864, American Civil War, (1861-1865), Photograph
Russian troops, using skis, have superior manoeuvrability compared with the Germans, during the harsh months of inter fightin...
Russian troops, using skis, have superior manoeuvrability compared with the Germans, during the harsh months of inter fighting
Anti-English Irish uprising, Dublin, May 1916: Hotel Metropole and the Post Office before and after being blown up by the reb...
Anti-English Irish uprising, Dublin, May 1916: Hotel Metropole and the Post Office before and after being blown up by the rebels. Half-tone. Black-and-white
Christian IV of Denmark is decisively beaten by the Imperial army under Tilly at the BATTLE OF LUTTER
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Lanark. Members of the 1st 95th Rifles firing a rifle in a re-enactment at Lanark 2011, Scotland's Fes...
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Lanark. Members of the 1st 95th Rifles firing a rifle in a re-enactment at Lanark 2011, Scotland's Festival of History.
Norway : German troops occupying this huge and rugged country position their guns in a tactical position Date: 1940
Combat between the 'Shannon' and the 'Chesapeake'. The latter's Captain Lawrence, dying, begs his men not to give up the ship...
Combat between the 'Shannon' and the 'Chesapeake'. The latter's Captain Lawrence, dying, begs his men not to give up the ship, but the British take it despite them.
BATTLE OF LEPANTO Don Juan of Austria defeats the Turkish fleet and ends Turkish naval supremacy in the Mediterranean
Scotland, Lanarkshire, Lanark. Members of the 1st 95th Rifles at Lanark 2011, Scotland's Festival of History.
Bridge across a creek, Burnside Bridge, Antietam Creek, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Marylan...
Bridge across a creek, Burnside Bridge, Antietam Creek, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
The British defend their trenches at Suvla Bay, where a landing had been made in early August 1915. When Captain Shenson is h...
The British defend their trenches at Suvla Bay, where a landing had been made in early August 1915. When Captain Shenson is hit, Lieutenant Phillips runs to save him.
Though the British army takes Quebec from the French, General James Wolfe is fatally wounded and dies on the battlefield
Italy, Liguria, Alpi Liguri, landscape from the Balcone di Marta, with Fortifications of World War Two
One quarter of a million Belgian refugees pour into neutral Holland in the face of the German invasion ; others flood southwa...
One quarter of a million Belgian refugees pour into neutral Holland in the face of the German invasion ; others flood southwards into France, some escape to England.
USA, New York City, names of the American soldiers dead during World War II, in Battery Park
A French force besieges Antwerp and takes it from the Dutch in time for the Belgians to celebrate Christmas there.
Serbia : A German armoured car moves forward down a village street, lined on the left by burning or captured Serbian vehicles...
Serbia : A German armoured car moves forward down a village street, lined on the left by burning or captured Serbian vehicles, on the right by victorious German tanks Date: June 1941
A teapot in the Hospital Cave on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima whereone of he most important battles of World War II took pl...
A teapot in the Hospital Cave on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima whereone of he most important battles of World War II took place in 1945.
Fort MacKenzie, August 28th, 1833 From: M. Van De Weis. Travels in the Interior of North America c.1839-41 Bodmer Prints Illu...
Fort MacKenzie, August 28th, 1833 From: M. Van De Weis. Travels in the Interior of North America c.1839-41 Bodmer Prints Illustration
England, London, Westminster. The Bali Bombing Monument by the Churchill War Rooms on Horse Guard Lane by St. James Park.
Field Marshal W. Keitel signs the Document of Surrender at the Soviet Headquarters, Berlin, Germany, May 8, 1945
England, North Yorkshire, Richmond. 68th Durham Regiment of Light Infantry re-enact a battle of the Napoleonic Wars at Richmo...
England, North Yorkshire, Richmond. 68th Durham Regiment of Light Infantry re-enact a battle of the Napoleonic Wars at Richmond Castle.
World War I. American Troops Celebrate A Paris Avenue Renamed For President Woodrow Wilson. September 13, 1918.
Yorktown Victory Monument in Colonial National Historical Park, Historical Triangle, Virginia. The statue was commissioned by...
Yorktown Victory Monument in Colonial National Historical Park, Historical Triangle, Virginia. The statue was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to commemorate the Yorktown Victory in 1781 that ended the American Revolutionary War.
Thailand, Surin, Surin. Soldiers battle in an ancient war re-enactment during the Elephant Roundup festival. The event held i...
Thailand, Surin, Surin. Soldiers battle in an ancient war re-enactment during the Elephant Roundup festival. The event held in November sees hundreds of elephants involved in a celebration of the region's proud elephant history and traditions.
British firefighters damping down smoldering roof timbers of a church hit by German bombs, June 1940, World War II
Massed firemen with their hoses attempt to quell the flames as they engulf the industrial areas of London following a nocturn...
Massed firemen with their hoses attempt to quell the flames as they engulf the industrial areas of London following a nocturnal visit by the Luftwaffe
Low angle view of a war memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff at main headquarters, Germany, January, 1917
Postcard of Washington's Headquarters in 1776. ca. 1916, George Washington and Washington's Headquarters in 1776, Newburgh, N...
Postcard of Washington's Headquarters in 1776. ca. 1916, George Washington and Washington's Headquarters in 1776, Newburgh, New York. Here General Washington made his headquarters during the Revolutionary War, and it was here in 1783 that the Army of the Revolution was disbanded when peace was declared. The Museum in the grounds contains many valuable and interesting relics of the War of the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the War with Mexico.
Belgium : having taken the Netherlands, the Germans sweep through Belgium and quickly overwhelm the opposing forces
British soldiers pray before starting to the Operation Crusader in North Africa, November, 1941
Victory Night scene on the Thames at Westminster, during the flood-lighting and firework display Date: 8 June 1946
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