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Background imageArmoured Collection: World War II tank in Magdeberg, Germany

World War II tank in Magdeberg, Germany
Vintage World War II photograph - tank of the 2nd Armoured division US 9th army in Magdeberg, Germany

Background imageArmoured Collection: Vintage photograph WW II - British army enter Berlin 1945

Vintage photograph WW II - British army enter Berlin 1945
Vintage photograph World War II - British army entry into Berlin 1945 7th Armoured Division, led by 11th Hussars, Desert Rats

Background imageArmoured Collection: 11th Armoured Division exercise, Yorkshire Moors, WW2

11th Armoured Division exercise, Yorkshire Moors, WW2
11th Armoured Division exercise on the Yorkshire Moors, attended by Winston Churchill during the Second World War. 1941

Background imageArmoured Collection: Veldhoven Liberation Memorial and HCR Memorial

Veldhoven Liberation Memorial and HCR Memorial
The Operation Market Garden plan required that the Guards Armoured Division, which was leading the ground advance north, should advance at maximum speed in order to cross the river bridges as soon as

Background imageArmoured Collection: 101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland

101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland
Operation Market Garden depended upon the capture by airborne forces of a sequence of bridges over rivers and canals in Holland

Background imageArmoured Collection: 101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven

101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven
Operation Market Garden involved capturing a sequence of bridges over rivers so that a rapid armoured advance could drive from Belgium through Holland to the German border in September 1944

Background imageArmoured Collection: 11th Armoured Division Memorial, Stiphout, Holland

11th Armoured Division Memorial, Stiphout, Holland
The Market Garden Operation involved an armoured attack by British and American forces along a narrow Corridor from Belgium and then through Holland

Background imageArmoured Collection: Churchill tank AVRE, la Breche d Hermanville

Churchill tank AVRE, la Breche d Hermanville
AVRE stands for Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers. This category was a collection of armoured vehicles, generally but not always, Churchill tanks

Background imageArmoured Collection: The Memorials area St Aubin, Juno Beach, Normandy

The Memorials area St Aubin, Juno Beach, Normandy
The main infantry and armoured forces landed centrally on each of the five landing beaches. Between them landed Special Forces tasked with taking out German strongpoints

Background imageArmoured Collection: HMS Suffolk, British cruiser, turret guns on quarter deck

HMS Suffolk, British cruiser, turret guns on quarter deck
HMS Suffolk, British Monmouth class cruiser, turret guns on quarter deck. Date: circa 1903

Background imageArmoured Collection: Medieval jousting armour

Medieval jousting armour
Complete suit of armour with helm and lance 296, helm 297, breatplate 298, shoulder armour 299, armoured glove 300 and pole and ring for the ring joust 301

Background imageArmoured Collection: Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, in suit of armour 1489-1512

Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, in suit of armour 1489-1512
Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, military commander in suit of armour with tonlet (armoured skirt) 1489-1512. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Galerie des hommes

Background imageArmoured Collection: Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial Thaon

Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial Thaon
As the Horse (the 10th Armoured Regiment) were equipped with Sherman tanks, having broken out from the beaches they roved around from village to village such The latin reads as Deeds not Words

Background imageArmoured Collection: Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial Anguerny

Canadian Fort Garry Horse Memorial Anguerny
The Regiment was an armoured force equipped with Sherman floating tanks - DD (Duplex Drive) tanks. By early afternoon of 6 June A Squadron working with the Queens Own Rifles had cleared the area

Background imageArmoured Collection: British & Canadian Liberators Monument Bretteville

British & Canadian Liberators Monument Bretteville
This striking Memorial lists all the Participants in the Liberation of Communes between the rivers Thue & Mue, 3rd Can Div, RCA, 2nd Armoured Bde, 43rd Wessex Div, 15th Scottish Div

Background imageArmoured Collection: US 2nd Armoured Division Hell on Wheels Memorial

US 2nd Armoured Division Hell on Wheels Memorial
These fading plaques are on a wall in the Club Belambra on Omaha Beach. The wall is on what was Exit 3 used for tanks. The Division landed on 9 June and went into action on the 11th

Background imageArmoured Collection: Sherman tank with General Leclerc Memorial Utah Beach

Sherman tank with General Leclerc Memorial Utah Beach
The French 2nd Armoured Divison landed here on 2/8/44 as part of General Pattons 3rd Army. The memorial is one of a number along the beaches all of the same style which were put up by the Comite du

Background imageArmoured Collection: Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division

Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division
The Division landed on Omaha Beach on 9 June 1944 and went into action on the 11th. It earned its nickname in the fighting for Carentan

Background imageArmoured Collection: Royal Garhwal Rifles armoured car at Peshawar, India

Royal Garhwal Rifles armoured car at Peshawar, India
Indian 2nd-18th Royal Garhwal Rifles armoured car at Peshawar, India, during a period of civil disobedience instigated by Gandhi, 23 April 1930. 1930

Background imageArmoured Collection: Hamburg with the British 7th Armoured Division, WW2

Hamburg with the British 7th Armoured Division, WW2
Scene in Hamburg with the British 7th Armoured Division, towards the end of the Second World War, May 1945. 1945

Background imageArmoured Collection: Horse and knight in amour

Horse and knight in amour
Sir Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565 - 1635), English military leader during the Eighty Years War and the Thirty Years War. Riding a armoured horse

Background imageArmoured Collection: Henry VIII

Henry VIII in military armor on horseback, with Lamboys, presented by the Emperor Maximilian to Henry VIII. Date: 16th century

Background imageArmoured Collection: American football at the Crystal Palace, 1910

American football at the Crystal Palace, 1910
American football at the Crystal Palace. Football in its most dangerous form: an American footballer armoured for the game

Background imageArmoured Collection: SMS Oldenburg at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin

SMS Oldenburg at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin
The building of the SMS Oldenburg, a German armoured warship, at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin (then in Germany, now Szczecin in Poland), by Carl Hochhaus. She was launched in December 1884. 1880s

Background imageArmoured Collection: The Horse Armoury, Tower of London

The Horse Armoury, Tower of London, showing an armoured soldier on an armoured horse. circa 1901

Background imageArmoured Collection: Naval images of our Allies, by Bert Thomas, WW1

Naval images of our Allies, by Bert Thomas, WW1
Naval images of our Allies, by Bert Thomas, First World War. Showing aircraft, an armoured car, guns, and British, French, Belgian and Russian naval troops. circa 1914

Background imageArmoured Collection: Locomotive engine, Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA

Locomotive engine, Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA
Locomotive engine, Express & Baggage car, on the Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA, with driver and drivers mate. Date: circa 1910

Background imageArmoured Collection: Dry dock, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dry dock, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with a German warship. Date: circa 1908

Background imageArmoured Collection: German tank WWII

German tank WWII
German armoured and mechanised units advance under cover of smoke bombs in France during World War II. Date: 1940

Background imageArmoured Collection: Russian soldiers fighting the Germans in the snow on the eastern front during 1916

Russian soldiers fighting the Germans in the snow on the eastern front during 1916. They are supported by an armoured car that can be seen in the background. Date: 1916

Background imageArmoured Collection: HMS Courageous

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50 ) HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageArmoured Collection: Bell QF-63G-1-BE Kingcobra Pinball 45-57295

Bell QF-63G-1-BE Kingcobra Pinball 45-57295
(United States Air Force - )Bell QF-63G-1-BE Kingcobra Pinball 45-57295, on display at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio in Texas, in the USAF History and Traditions Museum collection

Background imageArmoured Collection: British armoured cars of the Guards Armoured Division on the tree-lined road to

British armoured cars of the Guards Armoured Division on the tree-lined road to Valkenswaard beyond the Escaut Canal in Holland on the Western Front during World War II Date: September 1944

Background imageArmoured Collection: Launch of HMS Caledonia 1862

Launch of HMS Caledonia 1862
Launch of Her Majestys armour-plated screw-frigate HMS Caledonia at Woolwich Date: 24 October 1862

Background imageArmoured Collection: KUBLAI KHAN / MONGOL / ELEPH

KUBLAI KHAN / MONGOL / ELEPH
KUBLAI KHAN Chinese Emperor goes into battle mounted on four armoured elephants Date: 1215 - 1294

Background imageArmoured Collection: ITALIAN AIR ATTACK

ITALIAN AIR ATTACK
North Africa : Italian aircraft destroy a British armoured column and shoot down the planes which seek to prevent them, including antiquated Gladiator biplanes Date: August 1940

Background imageArmoured Collection: IMPERIEUSE WARSHIP

IMPERIEUSE WARSHIP
British armoured cruiser, accompanied by a torpedo boat, depicted off Queenstown harbour, Ireland Date: 1901

Background imageArmoured Collection: CHARLES VII ON HORSE

CHARLES VII ON HORSE
The French king Charles VII, in full armour, mounted on a horse which is also heavily armoured : beside him, a foot soldier arms a cross-bow (from a tapestry at Reims) Date: circa 1450

Background imageArmoured Collection: Shell at the Front advertisement, 1914

Shell at the Front advertisement, 1914
Wartime advertisement for Shell petrol, demonstrating that it is used more extensively by Allied Forces both at home and abroad. Date: 1914

Background imageArmoured Collection: Household Horse Guard Cavalry 1894

Household Horse Guard Cavalry 1894
A Life Guard, part of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, one of the senior regiments of the British Army. Date: 1894

Background imageArmoured Collection: The Blood Compacts ceremony between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

The Blood Compacts ceremony between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi (1503-1572). Spanish admiral and governor. The Blood Compacts ceremony between Legazpi and Sikatuna, king of Philippines. Engraving. Colored

Background imageArmoured Collection: Diego Garc?=?a de Paredes (1468-1533). Engraving. Colored

Diego Garc?=?a de Paredes (1468-1533). Engraving. Colored
Diego Garc?=?a de Paredes (1468-1533). Spanish military. Engraving. Colored

Background imageArmoured Collection: The Prussian Homage, 1882, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893)

The Prussian Homage, 1882, by Jan Matejko (1838-1893)
Jan Matejko (1838-1893). Polish painter. The Prussian Homage, 1882. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Background imageArmoured Collection: Tomb plate of Heinrich Beyer Boppard (d. 1376) and his wife L

Tomb plate of Heinrich Beyer Boppard (d. 1376) and his wife L
Tomb plate of Heinrich Beyer Boppard. Viscount of Boppard (d.1376) and his wife Lisa von Pyrmont (d.1399). From the Benedictine Monastery of Marienberg, 1399. Red Sandstone

Background imageArmoured Collection: Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). Engraving. Colored

Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). Engraving. Colored
Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German writer and theologian. Engraving. Colored

Background imageArmoured Collection: The Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) by El Greco

The Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) by El Greco
El Greco (1541-1614). Cretan painter. The Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio), 1580-1600. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageArmoured Collection: Allegory of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V by

Allegory of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V by
Charles V (1500-1558). King of Spain and Emperor of Germany. Allegory of the Holy Roman Empire under Emperor Charles V by Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574)

Background imageArmoured Collection: SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, WW1

SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, WW1
SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, seen here off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, around the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914



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