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Recruitment poster, Enlist Now in the US Army, WW1First World War recruitment poster, Enlist Now in the United States Army. Showing Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves, ready to defend his country. Date: 1917-1918
Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team
Kurdish soldiers in Turkish army, WW1Kurdish soldiers in the Turkish army, defenders of Trabzon (Trebizond) on the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
German trench defences, WW1 1915Example of a German trench defences employed in World War One: caltrops, chevaux des frise, shields, barbed wire and deep dug outs(some as much as 25 to 30 feet below the surface). Date: 1915
Austrian soldier with defence shield, Galicia, WW1An Austro-Hungarian soldier holding a defence shield in front of him in Galicia, on the Eastern Front, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
WW2 - 90cm A. A. SearchlightWW2 British Home Front - a 90cm Anti Aircraft Searchlight. Date: circa 1940
French patriotismAn innocent looking little boy in French soldiers uniform poses with a rifle and a bull dog
Rome saved from Gauls by geeseRome is saved from the Gauls when the alarm is given by the Geese of the Capitol (the Sacred Geese of Juno)
Hungarian wolves attack a wedding partyA pack of hungry Hungarian wolves attack a wedding party at Hidos (Hidas, Hidasch)
Blowing up old radar station, Beachy Head, SussexBlowing up an old radar station at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex. In 1950 an underground Air Ministry Radio Station was constructed on the cliff top at Beachy Head
Diagram of electric searchlight 1916Diagram of electric searchlight for defence for night-time attack from Germans. Date: 1916
Germany - Bayern - nr. Weissenburg - Wurzburg: Defence wall. Date: 2016
George Allison on River PatrolGeorge Allison, manager of Arsenal Football Club, carrying out a river patrol for the Home Guard. Note that he wears the armband of the LDV (Local Defence Volunteers)
The Home Guard Protecting the ThamesTwo members of the Home Guard chat to Colonel Burnell on a pleasure boat, now converted into a Thames patrol boat. Note that the men are wearing LDV armbands
Walter Monckton at the Civil ServiceWalter Monckton, future Viscount Monckton, was brought in to the propaganda department of the Civil Service during the War
The Cavalry Corps of the L. D. VMember of the Local Defence Volunteers watching on horseback for an enemy attack in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V. (later renamed the Home Guard)
Charlwoods Oldest ParashotSeventy-eight-year-old John Chandler on the lookout for German paratroopers in Charlwood, Surrey. He was a member of the Local Defence Volunteers (later renamed the Home Guard )
Watching the skies for the enemyErnest Ellis, of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard), on the lookout for enemy aircraft in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V
Charlwood, 1940Two elderly members of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard) in Charlwood, Surrey, stand armed with shotguns in front of the village war memorial. The L.D.V
Middlesex Cavalry. Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ?Loyal Volunteers of London and Environs
Machine Gun Company training for the anti personnel rolePhotograph of Machine Gun Company training for the anti personnel role, during training at Fanling Camp, New Territories, 1938 (c)
German coastal defence emplacementOfficial photograph of German coastal defence emplacement. One of 64 official and agency photographs collected by Maj A G Russell, 79 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Home Guard in Bow StreetFour members of the Home Guard hold a meeting in Bow Street, London. 1940
Finlander and bear. 1817
WW1 - Defences, St. Louis French Military Hospital, DamascusWW1 - Defences in front of the St. Louis French Military Hospital on the Grande Rue El-Kassah, Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1916
It pays to be adventurous ? Territorial and Army Volunteer RIt pays to be/ adventurous/...Do yourself a/ power of good/ in the/ Territorial/ and/ Army/ Volunteer/ Reserve.Colour photolithograph recruiting poster
Sir J Byrne inspecting Nairobi Defence Force, East AfricaBrigadier Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne (1874-1942), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Kenya (1931-1936) inspecting the Nairobi Defence Force, Kenya, East Africa. 1930s
Westende, Belgium -- defence works and ruins, WW1Westende, Belgium -- defence works and ruins during WW1. Date: 1914-1918
British field of corn defended by barbed wire - WW2British field of corn defended by barbed wire fencing - WW2 Date: circa 1941
British Air Defence Exercises - Searchlight operatorsAir Defence Exercises - 90cm Anti-Aircraft Searchlight operators. Date: circa 1940
Mont-St-Michel, France - North tower and rampartsThe Abbey Mont Saint-Michel, built on the Mont Saint Michel island, just 600 metres from land in the mouth of the Couesnon River in Normandy
Gardiners Battery, GibraltarSoldiers of Gardiners Battery, Gibraltar. circa 1890
WW1 poster, French war loan issueFrench poster, 3rd War Loan issue, invest to hasten peace through victory. 1917
WW1 recruitment poster, Join the US MarinesRecruitment poster, Do Your Duty, Join the US Marines, help them defend America on land and sea. circa 1918
Water protection of Antwept 1914German artillery becoming bogged in flooded meadows in Antwerp. Wading through water up to their waist with ditches and uneven ground made it impossible to attempt to cross some of these swampted
Defence against the deadly long-range missiles 1958Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing some ideas for missile interception, based on radar, computers, satellite and missile rockets in the future, and the continuing need for manned aircraft
Papelotte Farm - WaterlooPapelotte Farm is located on the Waterloo battlefield and formed part of the defence system of the Duke of Wellington on 18 June 1815
Patriotic humourFirst World War cartoon image extolling the British navys defence capability. Date: 1915
Old defences, Fortress of Havana, CubaOld defences, Fortress of Havana (Morro Castle), Cuba. Date: circa 1930
China - Watch-tower on the Great Wall. Date: circa 1920s
Civil Defence HandbookAdvising the Householder on Protection against Nuclear Attack cover
Civil Defence Handbook, warningsCivil Defence Handbook, what to do if it happens and warnings
Civil Defence Handbook, what to do and life after attackCivil Defence Handbook, what to do immediately after attack and life under fall-out conditions
Civil Defence Handbook, continuation of life after attackCivil Defence Handbook, a continuation of life under fall-out conditions
Civil Defence Handbook, basic facts continued & protectionCivil Defence Handbook with continued basic facts, and instructions for protection measures in the event of an attack
Civil Defence Handbook, warnings continued
Civil Defence Handbook, continued emergency equipment and supplies in the even of an attack. Such equipment consisted of food, water and a safeguard for the water supply
Civil Defence Handbook, introduction and basic factsCivil Defence Handbook introduction and facts, pages 4 and 5. Highlights the events following on from a H-bomb explosion