Defensive Collection (page 2)

Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, Holy Land, Palestine, Israel, Bonf
Vintage 19th century photograph: Pedestrian traffic walking through the Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, Holy Land, Palestine, Israel, Bonfils studio

German bunker, Oosttaverne Wood, Oostaverne
This bunker is one that formed part of the German defensive line that was attacked on 7 June 1917, the opening of the Messines prelude to the battle for Passchendaele

The Trenches of Death Museum by the River Izjer, Dixmuide
The Trenches of Death formed a Belgian defensive line along the west bank of the River Izjer which was pivotal in preventing the Germans breaking through to the Channel Ports

An ancient machine for defending a pass. Six spears on a carriage. Copperplate engraving by J. Newton from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale

Fencing positions and equipment
Sword and cloak versus sword and lantern, defensive guard of small and broad swords, and weapons, breastplate, mask, glove

Defensive guard of the small sword (B) against an attack by the broad sword (A). Copperplate engraving by after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Mr

Luftwaffe Radar Station Bunkers Douvres Normandy
This was not only a radar station but as it was on high ground it was a major defensive position with bunkers, barbed wire and minefields. The bunkers are often hidden by crops

German Bunker Asnelles Gold Beach Normandy
This defensive bunker posed considerable problems to the units of 231 Brigade who landed here - the Dorsets, the Hampshires and supporting armour of the Essex Yeomanry & Sherwood Foresters

Stirling Bombers Stirling Bombers
Stirling Bombers - Short Stirling Heavy Bomber. Four 1, 400 H.P. Bristol Hercules or American Wright Cyclone engines. Very Heavy defensive armament. Date: circa 1940s

Defense in a Church from Guerillas
French soldiers fire from the Church of St. Nicholas, using it as a defensive position against Mexican guerillas. Guerilla lancers on horseback

Defensive Theodosian walls of Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 5th century. Date: circa 1900s

The Davis Blockhouse near Coupeville, Washington, USA
The Davis Blockhouse in Sunnyside Cemetery built in 1855, near Coupeville, Washington State, USA. Whidbey settlers constructed a number of defensive blockhouses in the 1850s in response to threats

MONT SAINT-MICHEL
A fine view of the rock at high tide; the defensive battlements at sea level are conspicuous. Date: circa 1840

U-boat Under Net
How the Untersee-Boot passes beneath the defensive nets which are hung at the entrance to harbours... Date: 1915

Defensive Galleons 1550
Spanish galleons attempt to ward off rivals for the New World Date: circa 1550

Delhi, India - Lahori Gate, Fort Delhi (Red Fort) - built by Enperor Shah Jahan between 1638 and 1648. Date: 1911

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

Peace of Augsburg (September 25, 1555). German Bible, 17th c
Peace of Augsburg (September 25, 1555). Signed by Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, during the Diet of Augsburg. German Bible, 17th century

Cannon on the wall. Dubrovnik. Croatia

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

Syria. Baniyas. Margat castle, also known as Marqab from the Arabic Qalaat al-Marqab. It was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. Built in 1062

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

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

WW1 - Aerial view of Gallipoli, 1915
WW1 - A photograph of a town in Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915, taken from one of the allied aeroplanes operating at the Dardanelles

Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang - used initially as a defensive fighter, the Boomerang really proved itself as a close-support type

Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis
Anti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942

Laager adapted for modern warfare by G. H. Davis
Night defence: a Zareba or Laager -- old words with new meanings during the Second World War. Once a defensive enclosure against enemy attack

Rockfort, Tank and Clives House, Tiruchirappalli, India
Tiruchirappalli (formerly called Trichinopoly and nicknamed Tiruchi or Trichy) - a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District

Fort Perch Rock Battery, New Brighton, Lancashire
Fort Perch Rock - a former defence installation situated at the mouth of Liverpool Bay at New Brighton. Built in the 1820s to defend the Port of Liverpool

Ruins of Ollantaytambo, Cuzco, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco

Antioch on the Orontes / Antakya, Turkey
Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey early 19th century

French patriotism
An innocent looking little boy in French soldiers uniform poses with a rifle and a bull dog

Porcupine (Bewick)
histrix cristata Bewick says that the quills are a defensive rather than offensive weapon, but are nonetheless very effective. This was drawn from life

Bermuda - Dockyard - looking south
HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majestys Dockyard) - the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War - looking south Date: circa 1910s

Pskov, Pskov Oblast, Russia on the Velikaya River. View of St. Trinity Cathedral and the (prior to being fully reconstructed) remains of the defensive walls and towers. Date: 1917

San Marino - Panorama of The City, Defensive Walls and Borgo Maggiore. Date: 1943

San Marino - Panorama of The City and Defensive Walls Date: 1943

San Marino - The Second Tower and Castle Walls. Date: 1943

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

Spain. Segovia. Casa de los Picos. By Pedro Lopez de Ayala, 15th century. Facade. Detail diamond-shaped stones

Hadrians Wall - Borcovicium (Houseteads Fort) - Pretorium
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - Borcovicium (Houseteads Fort) Pretorium (Praetorium - Generals quarters)

Old Battery, Entrance to The Narrows, Newfoundland, Canada
The Old Battery, Entrance to The Narrows, St. John s, Newfoundland, Canada - note the iceberg! Date: circa 1910

Hadrians Wall - near Houseteads Wood
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) near Houseteads Wood - a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia

Hadrians Wall - near Crag Lough
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - excavated Gateway at Camboglanna Fort (Gabaglanda)

Hadrians Wall - near Borcovicium (Houseteads Fort)
Hadrians Wall (Vallum Aelium, Roman Wall, Picts Wall, Vallum Hadriani) - MileCastle near Borcovicium (Houseteads Fort) - a defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia

British field of corn defended by barbed wire - WW2
British field of corn defended by barbed wire fencing - WW2 Date: circa 1941

Laon, Aisne, France - Porte d Arlon (or Ardon), a remaining section of the towns original defensive wall. It is a drawbridge gateway, situated where the armoury once stood. circa 1910s

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

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