Military Photo Resources

Tanker, crew of M-3, with M-1928 submachine gun, Ft. Knox, KY, June 1942
Tanker, member of the crew of an M-3 Lee, with M-1928 submachine gun, Ft. Knox, KY, June 1942.

The Internet has many sources of military photos, ranging from official government archives to personal scrapbooks. This page has a selection of the best, both free and with fees.

Today in WW II: 24 May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait: German battleship Bismarck sinks British battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet, killing all but 3 of the 1418 crew. More ↓

24 May 1943 Dr. Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician, becomes the medical officer at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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First stop for military photos is: Olive-Drab.com

The Olive-Drab Gallery of historical photos and posters with hundreds of items and large size downloads available.
Charts of scores of military vehicles with one or more photos of each
Military firearms pages with photos of each type of rifle, machine gun, and other weapons
All about the HMMWV with many photos and links to more
Military jeep photos and history
And almost every page of Olive-Drab.com has it's photo, graphic, or link to more material. Use the Directory

Olive-Drab.com Military Photo Resource Pages

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Find additional photos and hi-res versions of military wheeled vehicles, armor and other tracked vehicles, and artillery at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

MGM-52 Lance, a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (SRBM). The Lance missile was maintained at Anniston Army Depot (AL) until the mid-1980s by the Directorate of Ammunition, which reorganized in 2000 under the Blue Grass Army Depot (KY) but remains on the installation as a tenant activity called Anniston Defense Munitions Center.

M4A1(76) Sherman medium tanks take cover behind a hedgerow in Normandy, France, summer 1944.

The original US Army M1 Abrams prototype main battle tank on display at the US Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 6 June 1987.

A Third Army M10 Tank Destroyer crosses the Rhine River on a section of pontoon treadway bridge, circa 23 March 1945.

A company of the 9th Engineer Battalion, X Corps, use a truck mounted crane to construct a pontoon bridge over the Han River at the crossing point, seven miles south of Chunju, Korea, 1950.

Although heavily damaged by gunfire, this WC-54 Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 Ambulance continued to carry casualties suffered during the withdrawal from Changjin (Chosin), Korea, 1950.

Military Image Search Engines

The major search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) have specialized search capabilities for images. Some have a separate video search feature as well, in addition to sites that specialize in video like YouTube. Check the home page for each of them and look for a link to "images" or "video" and try a test search for HMMWV or army jeep. In addition, Web Places has a specialized search engine for clip art which will help you find alternatives on the web for military graphics.

Usenet Military Content

One corner of the Internet that is often overlooked is the Usenet. It is organized into subject matter interest groups across an extremely broad range of categories, including many with a military theme. There are a number of ways to access Usenet, reviewed on this Olive-Drab.com page.

Find More Information on the Internet

There are many fine websites that have additional information on this topic, too many to list here and too many to keep up with as they come and go. Use this Google web search form to get an up to date report of what's out there.

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