Camouflage Collection (page 5)

Soldier guarding captured guns, Montmedy, France
A soldier (probably American) guarding captured German guns at Montmedy in north eastern France just after the end of the First World War. Date: 17 December 1918

American machine gun crews, Western Front, WW1
American machine gun crews in action on the Western Front around the end of the First World War. Date: circa November 1918

German Gotha biplane with crew, WW1
A German Gotha heavy bomber biplane, with crew, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

American gunners in action near Tours, France, WW1
American gunners of Battery A, 146th Regiment, Field Artillery, in action with a 155 mm gun near Tours, France, on the western front during the First World War. Date: July 1918

German gunners with 38cm rapid firing gun, WW1
German gunners with a 38cm rapid firing gun on the Western Front during the First World War. They are covering the gun with webbing, branches and foliage for camouflage. Date: 1914-1918

German gunners hauling 21cm mortar howitzer, WW1
German gunners hauling a 21cm mortar howitzer gun into a forward position ready for action during the First World War. Date: March 1918

German field gun on a lorry, France, WW1
A German field gun on a lorry in France during the First World War. Both the gun and the lorry have camouflage paint on them. Date: March 1918

German gunners with 15cm Model 13 howitzer, WW1
German gunners with a 15cm Model 13 heavy field howitzer gun, designed and manufactured by Krupp, in service during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 15cm gun on a barge, Aisne Canal, France, WW1
A German 15cm gun mounted on a barge, in action on the Aisne Canal, northern, France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German howitzer transported by tractor, WW1
A German camouflage-painted howitzer, with several gunners, being transported by tractor along a road on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War

British field hospital marquee, Salonika, WW1
Greek workmen spreading mud on a British field hospital marquee to camouflage it from enemy aircraft at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Belgian troops camouflaged with straw, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops with their caps camouflaged with straw, around the time of the Battle of Haelen (Halen), Belgium, during the First World War. Date: August 1914

HMS Swiftsure, British battleship, WW1
HMS Swiftsure, a predreadnought British battleship, launched 1903, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1917. Seen here at sea in camouflage paint. Date: 1914-1917

Camouflage - WWI postcard by George Ranstead
Humorous postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead, showing the evolution of an almost fully-grown infantry soldier by the end of the war

French 320 mm gun on railway mounting, WW1
A French 320 mm gun on a railway mounting, in action north of Mailly, northern France, during the First World War. An aeroplane can be seen flying overhead. Date: 15 May 1918

British 12 inch Howitzer, near Queant, France, WW1
A British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer nicknamed Peeping Tom, seen here with gunners near Queant, northern France, on the Western Front towards the end of the First World War. Date: September 1918

Painting by William Rothenstein, The Watch on the Rhine
A painting by William Rothenstein, entitled The Watch on the Rhine, first exhibited in Canada in 1920. The painting is a comment on the defeat of Germany and the triumph of the Allies

British big gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A British big gun in action on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Large British gun being assembled, France, WW1
A large British gun being assembled on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer, WW1
A British 12 inch railway mounted Howitzer on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Large British gun inspected by George V and officers, WW1
A large 14 inch British railway gun, nicknamed the Boche Buster, being inspected by King George V and a group of army officers during the First World War

British artillerymen in a wood, Western Front, WW1
British artillerymen with their field gun set up in a wood, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

President Wilson arriving at Dover on SS Brighton
The American President, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, arriving at Dover on the SS Brighton, probably after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles following the First World War

Large British gun inspected by officers, WW1
A large British gun being inspected by a group of officers during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Railway mounted gun emplacement
A railway mounted gun emplacement and soldiers during the First World War. The gun and mounting have been camouflaged with two shades of paint

Camouflaged street WWI
A street camouflaged against hostile aircraft on the Western Front during World War I

German troops in France WWII
German anti-tank company en route for the front in France, camouflaged against air attack

Austrian infantry
The Austrian infantry is holding their winter manoeuvers at Hainbach near Vienna. The troops are using skis and are covered in white cloaks so that they cannot be seen by enemy aeroplanes

Group of Deer
A group of Deer amongst foliage. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Defensive positions WWII
Soldiers wearing camouflage rendering themselves invisible in the snow mount a vigilant guard during the Winter War in Finland during World War II

Broadcasting House and All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, England. The BBC building is painted with camouflage paint and the windows have blackout during World War II

D-Day - US troops waiting for the moment of attack
A tension-filled photograph depicting American troops and medical personnel awaiting the moment of attack during the Normandy landings. The horror of the beaches would only be moments away

Observation post 1918
A soldier in a canvas and steel observation post near Souchez on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918

Howitzer 1918
A Canadian 8 inch Howitzer in a camouflaged gun position in action in Thelus on the Western Front in France during World War I in January 1918

Varennes 1918
Camouflaged two man tanks at Varennes, Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

Howitzer 1917
12 inch Howitzer gun and ammunition under camouflage netting at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Disguised pill box
Concrete pill box near Poperinghe camouflaged as a ruined cottage on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in August 1918

Fairly Tree d
A soldier disguised rather improbably as a tree, scampers gingerly through the mud of the West Front, doing his best to avoid a cluster of enemy shells falling nearby

95th Para
British paratrouper from 95th Para - involved in the first stage of Operation Overlord, the D-day invasion of France on June 6th 1944

Crash in the Crater Zone
An aeroplane damaged during a forced landing in a crater zone waits for help. It emerges from a tank sporting multi-coloured camouflage

HMS Furious, 1918
Photograph of HMS Furious, aircraft carrier, wearing its World War One camouflage in 1918. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

HMS Argus, 1918
Photograph of the aircraft carrier HMS Argus, which saw service in both World Wars, at a Royal review of the fleet 1918. HMS Argus was launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1946

Various Lizards
A Tortoise, a Crocodile, a Lizard and a Salamander

ZEBRA
An early depiction of a male zebra (equus or hippotigris zebra) : the stripes, which serve as camouflage in the wild, are beautifully delineated

German Raiders Intercept
Training flights at a French air base

Loading a German Bomber
German field staff load up a bomber

Merchant Ship Camouflage
A merchant ship in camouflage

Wwi / Italy / Camouflage
Camouflaged tents at an anti- aircraft post. The posts to the left are in fact anti- aircraft guns protruding from pits

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