Photos From Korea to the Falkland Islands - colourised images of conflicts after World War II.

Operation Masher, May 7, 1966

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The Polish Navy destroyer, project 56AE, ORP Warszawa underway at sea, 1970.

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Crew of the Polish Submarine ORP SĘP training the deck gun, sometime during 1957

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Men of the 3rd Ranger Company, 3rd Infantry Division, checking their gear before undertaking a patrol across the Imjin River, Korea on 17 April 1951.

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TNI fighters taken prisoner by Dutch troops (probably mixed unit) during Operation Product in Bandung corridor. West Java, 21 July 1947.


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Note Japanese aircraft machine gun (Ho-103?) repurposed for infantry use.
No additional details were provided. Photographer unknown.
Reportage 'Bandoeng sector', Dutch National Archives - 2.24.04.03 282-1-4
 
Gurkha troops use a step ladder to climb aboard a Bristol Belvedere twin rotor helicopter of No 66 Squadron RAF at Kuching, British Borneo during operations in Indonesia.

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US Marines destroying an enemy bunker, January 1st, 1953

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(Probably 1st Marines; ".....during the period 6 January through 23 January extensive patrolling was carried out forward of the MLR. Reconnaissance Patrols were dispatched nightly, and listening posts were established during the hours of darkness by all rifle companies.
Four reinforced squad size combat patrols were sent out with the mission... of capturing prisoners, killing enemy, and destroying enemy positions and material ..... " (1ST MARINE REGIMENT - 1ST BATTALION - COMMAND DIARY - JANUARY
1953)
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A US Army M46 Tank has track problems in Korea - May 1951

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LIFE Magazine Archives - Michael Rougier Photographer
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Mountain troops of the Mittenwald winter combat school climb up the mountain secured by a rope, location unknown on 15.04.1959.

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©Bundeswehr/Siwik
 
A Douglas A-1H Skyraider of attack squadron VA-115 Arabs aboard USS Kitty Hawk in 1966 near Vietnam. Two VF-213 F-4G Phantom IIs in background.

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Polish Navy Submarine ORP Bielik surfacing ...

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... and an aerial view of submarine ORP Bielik, 1978.


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Privates John Joyal, Henry Hayward and Donald Beebe of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry steady themselves after mortar platoon training near Miryang, February 1951.

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PFC. Melvin “Frenchie” Bourgeois, a wounded US Marine of 1/5 Delta Company, had been shot in the hip by the enemy beside the wall of the Citadel at Huế, Vietnam. February 1968.

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Photographer Don McCullin, "The one meaningful event I took a picture of in that battle, was of a man who had been hit in both legs, being supported by two friends. If ever I thought, in my atheistic mind, that I was looking at something religious, it was at this man, who looked like Jesus Christ being taken down from the cross".
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A long refreshing drink from a water bottle as Australian Private (Pte) Paul Large, 12 Platoon, D Company, 6 RAR, of Coolah, NSW, pauses during digging in on Operation Enoggera, the first mission by the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), against the Viet Cong. 25 June 1966

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Pte Large was later killed in action on 18 August 1966 at Long Tan.
 
US Marine Lance Corporal David L. Cruz tunes into the latest news on the Apollo moon landing on a helmet-mounted transistor radio while standing guard at Da Nang’s Marble Mountain, on July 17, 1969. In background is a tall Buddhist figure found in many limestone caves of the mountain.

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Color by Gavin Daniel Wieszala
 

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