Defences Collection (page 4)

Beijing, China - City Wall, Rickshaw Stand and market stalls Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Sandcastle with lack of barbed wire
Winston Churchill: " This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm!". Lady in deckchair watching her son build a sandcastle in a garden sandpit: " There

Panoramic view of Belgrade, Serbia from the River Sava Date: circa 1899

Thessaloniki, Greece - Panoramic View with Ramparts
Thessaloniki, Greece - Panoramic View featuring the Ramparts of the Old Town and two rather unusual inset photographs showing a group of four Ottoman Turkish soldiers

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Ramparts. Date: circa 1910s

Spithead Fort is one of the Martello Towers built in 1804 as a defence against the anticipated French invasion of England. They are retained as coastal defences Date: circa 1910

Citadel at Birecik, Turkey - View over the rooftops
The Citadel at Birecik (also known as Bithra, Berecug, Beredjik, Bile or Bir), a town and district of Sanliurfa Province of Turkey, on the River Euphrates. Date: circa 1910s

Coastal gun protecting the Canadian seaboard - WW2
Ponderous coastal gun protecting the Canadian seaboard - WW2 Date: circa 1940

French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leaking
French WW2 Propaganda postcard showing the German Defensive Siegfried Line having been attacked and sprung a leak! The fish is wittily asking the bashed-up German soldiers

German Luftwaffe Barrage Balloon - WWII Date: circa 1940

Prince of Wales Martello Tower, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Prince of Wales Martello Tower in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nine of the fourteen Martello towers built in Canada still survive

Sfax, Tunisia - The Rampart walls and Water Tower. Date: circa 1910s

The German line of defence - Battle of the Somme - WWI
The German line of defence between Curlu and Hem-Monacu - Battle of the Somme - WWI. Date: circa 1916

The Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan Coast, North Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Cuba - Walls of Fort Havana, Havana
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, known as La Cabana (Fort of Saint Charles) - an 18th-century fortress complex, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbour entrance in Havana, Cuba

Istanbul, Turkey - Rumeli Hisari in silhouette
Istanbul, Turkey - A Tower of the Rumeli Hisari in silhouette seen through an arch. Date: 1927

Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, Havana, Cuba
Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana, known as La Cabana (Fort of Saint Charles) - an 18th-century fortress complex, located on the elevated eastern side of the harbour entrance in Havana, Cuba

British Bulldog Tank surprises Germans in a trench
A truly superb postcard showing a British Tank represented by an armour-plated Bulldog surprising three German soldiers in their trench. WWI era

Portoferraio, Italy - Torre del Martello, detta di Passanant
Martello Tower, (called Passanante ) at Portoferraio, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Russian Boys playing war games
Two young Russian Boys take sides in this propaganda postcard from the First World War era, one pretending to be the valiant Russian Forces, fighting from behind their defences (foreground)

Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Patmos, Greece
The Monastery of St. John the Theologian, which takes the form of a Citadel (Chora) on Patmos Island, Greece Date: circa 1940s

Gateway to the Fort Saint Andre - Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France Date: circa 1910s

Verdun : too Strong
The battle of Verdun : the German finds that the French defences are too solid for him to batter down ! Date: May 1916

Turkey - Istanbul - Castle of Seven Towers (Yedikule)
Turkey - Istanbul - Interior of the Castle of Seven Towers (Yedikule) Date: circa 1920

Parame, France - Sea Defences
Parame, France (Emerald Coast) - the sea defences constructed after the tsunami of 1905. Date: 1905

Varberg Fortress
The fortress of Varberg, Halland, Sweden 1970s. Date: 1970s

Serbian troops constructing defences, WW1
Serbian troops constructing defences at Prisreud during the First World War. Date: 1914

British troops with stakes and fascines, Salonika, WW1
British troops landing wooden stakes and fascines (bundles of wood used in military defences) at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 14 November 1915

Duncon Picquit - Shimla, India
Duncon Picquit (Duncan Picket) - a small hilltop fortification on the outskirts of Shimla (Simla), India. Possibly named after British General in Shimal in the early 19th century - General Duncan

Crew of HMS E11 submarine, WW1
The crew of the British HMS E11 submarine, probably around the time of a successful attack on Turkish defences at Gallipoli during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

Marseille, France - Fort St Jean Date: circa 1910s

Rabat, Morocco - Oudayas Point Date: circa 1910s

HMS Grampus and HMS E11 submarine, WW1
The crew of the HMS Grampus (a Beagle-class destroyer) cheering the surfaced HMS E11 submarine after a successful attack on Turkish defences at Gallipoli during the First World War. Date: 1915

Castle Williams - Governors Island, New York Harbour
Castle Williams - situated on the northwest point of Governors Island, one of a series of forts built in the early 19th century to protect New York from sea attack. Date: circa 1900

The Sanctuary of Monte Sant Angelo sul Gargano
Manfredonia, Puglia, Italy, in the province of Foggia. Coastal town to the south of Monte Gargano. This card shows the medieval castle, begun by the Hohenstaufen and completed by the Angevins

Mytilene, Lesbos, The Castle
Mytilene, Greek Island of Lesbos - The Castle/Citadel Date: circa 1903

Rhodes, Greece - The Towers of the Fortress, built by the Knight Hospitaler (Knights of the Order of St John of Rhodes and Malta). Date: circa 1903

Trench in Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
A trench in the Suez Canal defences, Egypt, during the First World War. It was probably at Muhammadiya, where the Scottish Horse dug a new line of trenches. Date: spring 1916

Camel transport, Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
Camel transport (Somali camels) for Suez Canal defences at El Kubri, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Allied action at Arsuf, Middle East, WW1
Allied action on the Mediterranean coast at Arsuf in the Middle East (now in Israel) during the First World War. Sandbag defences are being held by the 2nd Battalion Black Watch

Housesteads Fort on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland
The North Gate at Housesteads Roman Fort (Vercovicium) on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland. Date: circa 1910s

Rhodes, Greece - The Red Gate of the Castle Date: circa 1903

Rhodes - View from the Battlements
View of the Town of Rhodes from the fortress battlements of the Palace of the Grand Master, defences erected by the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Rhodes and Malta Date: circa 1903

Rhodes, Greece - Black Tower and Hospitaller Cannon
Rhodes, Greece - Black Tower and Cannon of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Rhodes / Knights of Malta) Date: circa 1903

The Red Peril
Soviet Russia perceived as a threat in American science - fiction : in Captain Macks The Red Peril Russian craft, protected by force fields, defy the U.S. defences Date: 1929

British Landing Repulsed
A British attempt to land troops on American soil is repulsed by American shore defences Date: 1812

Pavia - 16th Century
Pavia in the 16th century, showing the defences Date: 16th century

Caernarvon Castle / Wales
Built by Edward I, Caernarvon was an intended seat of power and is one of Europes great medieval fortresses. Date: Mid 19th century

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