"historical army monuments"

#13104199

16 December 2025

In Katowice, Poland, on December 16, 2025, soldiers of the Polish Army attend a ceremony at the Cross-Monument to the Miners of the 'Wujek' Coal Mine during commemorations marking the 44th anniversary of the pacification of the 'Wujek' mine. On December 16, 1981, in Katowice, striking miners at the 'Wujek' coal mine are violently suppressed by units of ZOMO acting under orders issued by Wojciech Jaruzelski. As a result of these actions, six miners are killed at the scene, three others later die in hospital, and 23 are injured. These events bring the strike at the mine to an end.

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#13104201

16 December 2025

In Katowice, Poland, on December 16, 2025, soldiers of the Polish Army attend a ceremony at the Cross-Monument to the Miners of the 'Wujek' Coal Mine during commemorations marking the 44th anniversary of the pacification of the 'Wujek' mine. On December 16, 1981, in Katowice, striking miners at the 'Wujek' coal mine are violently suppressed by units of ZOMO acting under orders issued by Wojciech Jaruzelski. As a result of these actions, six miners are killed at the scene, three others later die in hospital, and 23 are injured. These events bring the strike at the mine to an end.

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#13104202

16 December 2025

In Katowice, Poland, on December 16, 2025, soldiers of the Polish Army attend a ceremony at the Cross-Monument to the Miners of the 'Wujek' Coal Mine during commemorations marking the 44th anniversary of the pacification of the 'Wujek' mine. On December 16, 1981, in Katowice, striking miners at the 'Wujek' coal mine are violently suppressed by units of ZOMO acting under orders issued by Wojciech Jaruzelski. As a result of these actions, six miners are killed at the scene, three others later die in hospital, and 23 are injured. These events bring the strike at the mine to an end.

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#13076488

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Tartu-born Red Army commanders August Kork and Aleksander Kukk, originally installed in 1981 in Tartu and removed in 1990 ahead of Estonia’s restoration of independence, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13076502

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Tartu-born Red Army commanders August Kork and Aleksander Kukk, originally installed in 1981 in Tartu and removed in 1990 ahead of Estonia’s restoration of independence, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075290

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Jakob Palvadre, a Red Army division commander, originally erected in 1981 in Valga and removed in 1991, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075296

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Jakob Palvadre, a Red Army division commander, originally erected in 1981 in Valga and removed in 1991, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13041519

30 November 2025

The circular stone colonnade of the Mausoleum of Cesare Battisti (Mausoleo di Cesare Battisti) stands over a grassy area, with historical artillery cannons displayed in the foreground, against a background of mountains under a bright blue sky in Trento, Trentino, Italy, on November 23, 2025. The site is a historical monument in the city, which is a host venue and route city for the Olympic Torch Relay on January 29, 2026, for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

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#12979533

11 November 2025

People hold up Poland's national flags during the Independence Day celebrations in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11, 2025.

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#12979524

11 November 2025

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki, his wife, Marta Nawrocka, and the head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Zbigniew Bogucki, attend the Independence Day celebrations in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11, 2025.

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#12979525

11 November 2025

Poland's President Karol Nawrocki, his wife, Marta Nawrocka, and the head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Zbigniew Bogucki, attend the Independence Day celebrations in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Pilsudski Square in Warsaw, Poland, on November 11, 2025.

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#12934263

1 November 2025

A memorial dedicated to a Polish soldier from the Country's Army (AK), killed by Nazi soldiers in 1944 during the Warsaw Uprising, is seen in the Powazki cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, on November 1, 2025.

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#12932645

1 November 2025

PETRA, JORDAN – OCTOBER 26: High security mesures in place with members of the police and army present in front of several monuments inside the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, in Petra, Jordan, on October 26, 2025.

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#12903484

25 October 2025

In Damascus, Syria, on October 24, 2025, the British Commonwealth War Cemetery in Damascus contains the graves of more than 1,200 soldiers from the United Kingdom and allied nations who die during World War I and World War II.

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#12903485

25 October 2025

In Damascus, Syria, on October 24, 2025, the British Commonwealth War Cemetery in Damascus contains the graves of more than 1,200 soldiers from the United Kingdom and allied nations who die during World War I and World War II.

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#12903486

25 October 2025

In Damascus, Syria, on October 24, 2025, the British Commonwealth War Cemetery in Damascus contains the graves of more than 1,200 soldiers from the United Kingdom and allied nations who die during World War I and World War II.

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