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Gliders ready for Operation Market Garden Second World WarPhotograph showing gliders and men of the Allied Airborne Army, on an airfield somewhere in Britain, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan
RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing the capture of the German submarine U570 by a Lockheed Hudson plane of the British Coastal Command during the Second World War. 1941
Coldstreamers in a Great charge by the guards on the SommeOn 15th September 1916, Guards including the Coldstreamers, Grenadiers and the Irish, captured Martinpuich, formerly in German hands and Courcelette and over 2300 prisoners. 15th September 1916
British First Airborne dug in at Arnhem; Second World War, 1Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division, in shallow trenches along a road side near Arnhem, September 1944
German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy. The Australian 31st Battalion effected its capture, but
Kaiser Wilhelm II presenting medals, Warsaw, WW1Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, presenting Iron Crosses to troops in Warsaw, Poland, soon after the city was captured by the Austro-German Army during the First World War
Soldier of the British First Airborne in action in Arnhem; SPhotograph showing a soldier of the British First Airborne Division firing his Sten gun at Germans near Arnhem, Holland, September 1944
Major-General R. E. Urquhart in Arnhem; Second World War, 194Photograph showing Major-General R.E. Urquhart, Commander of the British First Airborne Division, standing outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Hartenstein Hotel, September 1944
Allied Airborne Army Parachutes in Holland; Second World WarAerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944
Siege of LucknowLieutenant Macpherson leads a a charge by the 78th Highlanders to capture enemy guns at Lucknow. He was awarded the Victoria Cross
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, Soviet officer in the Red Army who played a decisive role during World War Two, including the capture of Berlin
British Sentry keeping watch on Nijmegen Bridge; Second WorlPhotograph showing aan Irish Guardsman keeping watch on the Bridge at Nijmegen, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan devised by
Military spy - a camera carrying pigeonA pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals
India / Sikh War / MultanBritish forces capture 2 Sikh standards during hand-to-hand fighting in Mooltan (Multan)
Cylinder of Cyrus the Great with text written in akkadian cuneiform. Clay. Describes the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC and the capture of King Nabonidus by Cyrus the Great
Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" You re comin along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better ole). Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine showing his famous
Capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon HighlandersPhotograph, 11 Feb 1945: capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders supported by tanks of Guards Brigade. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)
WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard - Caught and Trapped - a duplicitous British Army Officer is captured by the forces of the Central Powers trying to smuggle a machine gun to his men
Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. Kay Kavus orders his soldiers to capture Rostam. Gouache on paper. 16th c. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly
Otto Kretschmer, German submarine commander and U-boat " ace" called " The Wolf of the Atlantic" coming ashore British destroyer following capture of U-99
Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 84 Dragon G-ACIUde Havilland DH.84 Dragon G-ACIU (msn 3041) of Surrey Flying Services Ltd. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered on 25.07.33 was previously owned by Marmaduke Furness (Lord Furness)
Patriotic Greek Card from the First World War - ThessalonikiPatriotic Greek Card from the First World War showing the Greeks triumphing over the Turks - including one atop the White Tower at Thessaloniki. Date: 1916
LEZO, Blas de (1687-1741). Spanish sailor. Capture" LEZO, Blas de (1687-1741). Spanish sailor. Capture of the English frigate " Stanhope" by Don Blas de Lezo. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum."
Men of the British First Airborne Division in a glider; SecoPhotograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division in a glider on the way to Arnhem, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation Market Garden was put into action; a bold plan
British First Airborne Troops using a mortar, Arnhem; SecondPhotograph showing men of the British First Airborne Division using a 3-inch mortar in one of the woods surrounding Arnhem, in Holland, September 1944
The Capture of the Vulcania; Second World War, 1943Illustration showing a German motor torpedo boat capturing the Italian passenger-liner Vulcania in the Adriatic sea during 1943
Aerial View of the bridge at Nijmegen, Holland; Second WorldAerial photograph showing the road bridge across the Waal at Nijmegen, Holland, 1944. This photograph was taken prior to Operation Market Garden ; the audacious plan to lay an Allied carpet of
Italians Take AdwaThe Italians invade and capture Adua, against a poorly equipped and ill-prepared Ethiopian army
Cerberus & HeraklesThe last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog
John Brown and Co. sink British Revenue Cutter GaspeeThe Burning of the " Gaspee". HMS Gaspee a British customs schooner ran aground after being boarded by a group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, who attacked, boarded
SOLAR PANELS 1929Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929
Cartoon, Royal Bird Catchers -- two men attempting to capture Queen Victoria. 1881
Panorama of Richmond, Virginia after capture by FederalsPanorama of the city of Richmond, Virginia (the top engraving joins with the lower one, end to end) in April 1865 when it was entered by Federal troops after the Confederacy had evacuated the city
Sir Francis Drake attacking a Spanish treasure ship (actually a Portuguese carrack, the Sao Filipe, containing gold, spices and silk), off the Azores, 8 June 1587
Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala ChehirCaptured Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir (Alasehir). Nikolaos Trikoupis (18681956) was a Greek general and politician
WW2 - German V2 Rocket captured - October 1945. Date: 1945
The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces, 1 to 4 August 1704, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1704
Sea fight with the Mahrattas (Maratha sailors), who captured the East India Company ship Ranger on 5 (or 8) April 1783, an action which went against the Treaty of Salbai which had ended the First
Burning of Kumasi, February 1874, Third Anglo-Ashanti War or First Ashanti Expedition (1873-1874, to rescue European missionary captives held in Kumasi), West Africa (Ghana). Date: 1874
Berlin Germany, ruins in Potsdamer Platz 1945Vintaage photograph World War II - Berlin Germany, ruins in Potsdamer Platz following capture by Allied forces 1945
Fight between officers in the Ward Room, HMS VictoryLt. Newcome attacking Captain Clackit with a chair while other officers in nightgowns emerge from their cabins, HMS Victory. Clackit had stabbed Newcome with his sword
Costumes of the Achaemenid kings of PersiaCostumes of the Achaemenid kings. King Cyrus the Great on his golden throne, King Xerxes I under parasol, Persian king riding a quadriga or four-horse chariot, and on a galley
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu (msn 565, allied reporting name Rex ), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station circa 1957. After capture it was taken to Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Sketches of the Chin-Lushai expedition. Capture of Lalshimas village by the Cachar Military Police under Lieutenant Cole. Date: 1890
Battle of Omdurman - capture of the Khalifas standardSudan War - Battle of Omdurman : the defence and capture of the Khalifas standard Date: 1898
Egypt - River Nile - Capturing a crocodile. As with picture 10270850, there is a certain degree of scepticism in this captioners mind as to the validity of the beast which is being grabbed...!
A Copper cops a Muddler in the mud - Salisbury Plain Date: 1916
Capture of Meteren, 19th July 1918
Capture of Meteren France 19th July 1918 WW1
WW2 - Blackburn Skuas Capture Italian CantAn illustration of some British WW2 Blackburn Skua bombers forcing down and capturing an Italian Cant 506b float plane in the Mediterranean. Date: circa 1940s
Potez 633 B. 2A Potez 633 B.2, sat in a peppered hangar, after capture by German forces Date: 1940
Breguet Bre 270 A. 2A pair of crashed Breguet Bre 270 A.2 observation / reconnaissance aircraft, after capture by German forces. Date: 1940
The Kumbum at Gyantse, a multi-storied set of Buddhist chapels, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan
British Military Campaign to TibetPhotograph from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Men riding yaks, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Chinese cemetery at Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Group of lamas, Buddhist spiritual leaders, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture
Tashi Lama and Mr Gould, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Idol in Red Idol Gorge, on the road to Gyantse, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to
British Military Campaign to Tibet - group photo, race dayGroup photo outside a tent on race day, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture
British Military Campaign to Tibet - Mount JomolhariView of Mount Jomolhari or Chomolhari, near Phari, on the border between Tibet and Bhutan, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military
Group photo of Tashi Lama and polo players, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture
Group photo, Tashi Lama with four men in western clothes, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan
Resting at the top of Tangla (Tanggula Tangla, Tanglha, or Dangla) mountain range, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force
Kalimpong bazaar, West Bengal, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa
View near Rinchenpong, West Sikkim, India, entering the Chumbi Valley, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside
Street scene in Rhenock, Sikkim, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture
Frozen waterfall at Dota, ten miles from Phari, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to
View of Kalimpong cemetery, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa
The Dalai Lama's House at Kalimpong, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to
Kalimpong Church, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India, near the Tibet border, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside
First view of Gyantse town, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Dochu Lake and Mount Jomolhari or Chomolhari, on the border between Tibet and Bhutan, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force
The Ammo Chu, a river between Tibet and Bhutan, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to
Mount Jomolhari or Chomolhari, on the border between Tibet and Bhutan, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside
Transporting the mail, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
View of Chumbi village, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Waterfall near Gangtok, Sikkim, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa
Road to Nathula, a mountain pass in India, near Tibet, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences
A frozen waterfall at Dotha, near Phari, in the Chumbi Valley, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan
People on a wheel at Gangtok, Sikkim, India, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture
Chassa Goombah (Chatsa Gompa), station of the Lama of Phari, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan
Chinese at Dochu, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
Street scene in Dochu, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British military force brushed aside Tibetan defences to capture Lhasa, in 1904
