History is often photographed at moments of tension: armies gathered on dusty roads, empires expanding or collapsing, old weapons giving way to new machines, and ordinary people pulled into events much larger than themselves. This section gathers illustrated articles about war, military life, colonial encounters, political upheaval, and the visual records left by conflict. The images do not glorify violence; they invite slow looking. Uniforms, flags, ships, camps, and posed portraits become evidence of ambition, fear, discipline, propaganda, and memory. Together these pieces show how war reshaped public life, technology, national identity, and the private lives of those caught in its path.
This photo ranks with the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima as one of the most iconic photos of World War 2. It shows a young Soviet soldier raising the flag of the USSR on the roof of the German parliament building, even as…
The Spanish American war was a brief armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. The war pitted the new battleships of the American navy against the decrepit and outclassed vessels of Spain. In the result, the United States…
The “Peacemaker” submarine during testing in New York Harbor, 1885 Here we see the “Peacemaker” an advanced yet ultimately failed submarine about to take a test run in New York harbor in 1885. The submarine and its inventor provide an…
wpsso pinterest pin it image added on 2021-05-20T04:37:51+00:00 .wpsso-pinterest-pin-it-image The Cossacks were a seminomadic people living in quasi military communities on the Russian and Ukrainian Steppes. During the Russian Empire, they…
This is a photographic journey back to British India , known then as the Raj. India in 1912 was still a colonial possession of the British Empire, the jewel in its crown. Its vast population, strategic position and resources made the…
.wpsso-pinterest-pin-it-image Every photo is like a time machine, capturing a moment in time and then transporting it frozen, like a prehistoric insect caught in amber, to the present day. However a photo does not just bring the picture…
Boer Soldiers A Unit of Boer Commandos Posing for the Camera. Boer War – 1899-1902 During the Boer War (also called the South African War) the British Empire faced off against a rag tag group of farmers and cattle drivers – the fiercely…
