Infantry
military service branch concerned with combat by individuals on foot
Infantry are soldiers who fight on foot.
Antiquity
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Recreation of Roman soldier
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Recreation of Roman soldier
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Recreation of Roman centurion
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Recreation of Roman infantry
Spanish Empire (Tercios)
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Battle of Lutzen
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Arcabucero
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Piqueros
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Siege of Breda
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Rendición de Breda, de Velázquez
Napoleonic/US Civil War era
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Preussian infantry attacking at Hohenfriedberg 1745
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US riflemen 1784
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Relief of Austrian infantry
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British 52nd light infantry regiment early 1800s
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US Infantryman during the Civil War
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US 25th Infantry on bicylces 1897
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Recreation of military camp
Colonial era
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Zulu warrior, circa 1879, Anglo-Zulu War
World War I
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British infantry skirmishing 1914
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Australian 11th Bt. at Giza 1915
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British infantry at Morval 1916
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Royal Irish Rifles at the battle of the Somme 1916
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Soldiers from New Zealand in trenches near Flers 1916
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Australian infantry at Ypres 1917
World War II
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British infantry at El Alamein 1942
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British infantry during D-Day 1944
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US assault troops at Omaha Beach, D-Day 1944
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US infantry near Bastogne 1944
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US 1st infantry division crossing the Weser 1945
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US infantrymen advance into Belgian town, supported by a M4 Sherman tank 1944
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Soviet infantry fighting in the urban area during battle of Stalingrad
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2 German soldiers during the invasion to the USSR.
Modern
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US airmobile infantry in Vietnam (1966)
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US airborne soldier in Vietnam (1966)
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US Navy SEALs with M-14 and laser designator (1989)
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British soldier during Desert Shield (1991)
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Romanian troops in Afghanistan (2003)
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US Marines in riot control gear (2004)
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US infantry on patrol in Iraq (2004)
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French army modern infantry equipment (2005)
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Estonian soldiers in Iraq (2005)