Defense Collection (page 2)

Italo-Turkish War - Defense of the Bumiliana Wells, Libya
Italo-Turkish War - The heroic Italian defense of the Bumiliana Wells, Libya, North Africa. Date: 1911

Makeshift Home Guard Tank
This jerry-built armoured car, fitted with a Sunbeam chassis and three machine guns, was the pride of the Berkshire Home Guard. 1940

Cannon on the wall. Dubrovnik. Croatia

Genoese Fortress. Sudak
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Sudak. Genoese medieval Fortress

Landing of the sailors of the Penelope in Blockhaus, the March 15, 1849. Grand-Bassam. Ivory Coast. Drawing by M. Calve. Colored engraving

St. Sebastian Gate or Ancient Porta Appia. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Porta S. Sebastiano (St. Sebastians Gate) or Ancient Porta Appia. I was built within Aurelians wall (271-275 AD.). It houses the Wall Museum (Museum della Mura). Rome. Italy. Europe

TOSSA DE MAR. Catalonia. Spain
TOSSA DE MAR. Town located in the Costa Brava. Landscape coast. La Selva Region. Girona Province. Catalonia. Spain. Europe

Roman Art. Column of Marcus Aurelius. Built in honour of rom
Roman Art. Column of Marcus Aurelius. Doric column, with a spiral relief. Built in honour of roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (180 AD.)

Aerial view, the Pentagon, Washington DC, USA
Aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington DC, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Map showing distant early warning line for defence
Distant early warning line (DEW line) of all-round radar defence. A map of North America, showing the various systems and devices of Conad

Fort Santiago Gate - Manila, Phillipines
Fort Santiago Gate - a defense fortress built for Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The fort is part of the structures of the walled city of Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

Model of the Tower of Birger Jarl, 1520s
Model of the Tower of Birger Jarl, erected in 1520s. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Spain. uellar. The Castle of the Dukes of Alburquerque or
Spain. Castile and Leon. Cuellar. The Castle of the Dukes of Alburquerque or Cuellar Castle. Building in different architectural styles between the 13th and 18th century

Robert McNamara explain Vietnam War strategy, 1965
A front page of The Illustrated London News, dated 13th February 1965, showing Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara(1916-2009) outlining the U.S strategy for the Vietnam War. Date: 1965

George Allison on River Patrol
George 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 Thames
Two 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

Government and defense bases in Dakar, Senegal
French colonial government and defense bases at the coast of Dakar with the city stretching out in the background, the capital of Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: 1910s

Torpedo Boats - Moored at Dunkirk, France circa 1909

U. S. Marine Corps who fought at Wake Island
Group photo of the 47th Platoon of the U.S. Marine Corps, who defended America during the Japanese naval and air attacks on Wake Island in December 1941

REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Stretch of wall between Saranda and Mes
REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Stretch of wall along the road between Saranda and Mesopotam

REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. Kotor. The wall
MREPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO. Kotor. The wall

Victorinus wall. Late IV century A. C. Byllis Ruins. Republi
ROMAN ART. REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. Remains of the Wall of Victorinus (Victorino). Late IV century a.C. Byllis Ruins

Syria. Margat (Marqab). Castle Qalaat al-Marqab (Castle of the Watchtower). Crusader fortrees and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. Built 1062. Basalt

Syria. Palmyra. Ruins of Qala at ibn Maan castle on top of mountain. 17th century. Oais of Tadmor. Photo before the Syrian civil war

Spain. Castile-La Mancha. Belmonte. Walls. Chinchilla town gate. Province of Cuenca

History of Spain. Reconquista. Translation of Our Lady of Sa
History of Spain. Reconquista. Battle between Christian troops at the foot of the wall of the city of Zamora in defense the Saracen attacks, 1062

History of Spain. Reconquista. Battle between Christian troops and saracens in lands of Zamora. 11th century. Translation of Our Lady of Saint Antolin to Zamora by the Palentines

Site of the city of Barcelona, 1705. Anonymous
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Site of the city of Barcelona, 1713-1714. Anonymous. Detail of the defense of the city walls. Private Collection

Jacinto Abarguer de Rey. Colored engraving
Jacinto Abarguer de Rey. Engraving by A. Perea of The Spanish and American Illustration, 1870. Colored

Medieval History. 15th century. Building the defense walls at Argos and Athens. Miniature at Bouquechardiere Chronicle. Chantilly Castle. France

Spain. Castile-Leon. Coca Castle. 15th century. Mudejar style
Spain. Castile-Leon. Coca Castle.15th century. Mudejar style. Exterior. Detail

Syria. Qalat Jabar Fortress. Lake Assad
Syria. Defensive tower of the Qalat Jabar, arab fortress on the banks of Lake Assab. Near Ar Raqqah

Syria. Saladin Castle. In the background, the minaret of the mosque inside the fort

Spain. Castile-Leon. Coca. Coca Castle. 15th century. Mudejar
Spain. Castile-Leon. Coca. Coca Castle. It was built by the Archbishop of Seville and Don Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa. 15th century. Mudejar style

Monument to the Siege of Zaragoza, 1908 by Agustin Querol. S
Napoleonic Wars. Peninsular War (1807-1814). Monument to the Siege of Zaragoza. Built in1908 by the Spanish sculptor Agustin Querol (1860-1909)

Spain. Albarracin. Walls and Cathedral of the Salvador (Tow
Spain. Aragon. Albarracin. Walls and Cathedral of the Salvador (Tower). Mudejar style

Spain. Castile and Leon. View of the Coca Castle. 15th centu
Spain. Castile-Leon. Coca. Coca Castle. It was built by the Archbishop of Seville and Don Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa. 15th century. Mudejar style

Ukraine. Yevpatoria. Cannon
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Yevpatoria. Cannon used in defense of the city during the Russo-Turkish, 1877-1878

Cannon used to defend the city during the siege of Sevastopol (1854-1856), episode of the Crimean War (1853-1856). Sevastopol. Ukraine

Ukraine. Feodosiya. Genoese Fortress
Ukraine. Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Feodosiya. Genoese Fortress. 14th century. Tower

Spain. Galicia. Catoira. Torres do Oeste castle. 9th century
Spain. Galicia. Catoira. Torres do Oeste castle, built in 9th century by the king Alfonso III of Leon the Great as a defense fortress. They are the ruins of Castellum Honesti. Next to river Ulla

Belmonte castle. A Plateresque window with decoration. La Ma
Belmonte castle. Built by John Pacheco between 1456 and 1470 over another fortification of 1324. Gothic transition to plateresque

Russia. Moscow. 1856. Ceremony to welcome the participants in the siege of Sevastopol defense, during the Crimean War (1853-1856). Lithography by Vasili Fedorovich (George Wilhelm) Timm (1820-1895)

Battle of Sinop, 1853. Part of the Crimean War. Turkey
Battle of Sinop, 1853. Part of the Crimean War (1853-1856), which was a confrontation between the Russian Empire and the alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Piedmont

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