Invasion Collection (page 10)

German military rocket camera, WW1
A German military rocket camera with a Zeiss lens being fired into the air in the early weeks of the First World War. It was designed to map enemy territory to facilitate invasion

Cartoon, German soldier with two women, WW1
Cartoon, Vae Victoribus, showing an invading German soldier on friendly terms with two local women near Vise, Belgium, during the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914

Cartoon, German sword with loot from Belgium, WW1
Cartoon showing a German sword with two moneybags impaled on it, representing loot taken from Brussels and Liege during the invasion of Belgium in the early days of the First World War

The Russian peril approaching Germany, WW1
Nemesis, or the Russian peril approaching Germany, in the early days of the First World War. Above: a view of Konigsberg, the capital of East Prussia (it is now Kaliningrad)

Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, WW1
Three scenes in German occupied Vise, Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Top left: a damaged house, with German soldiers in the street

German infantry in Brussels, WW1
German infantry making their way into Brussels at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

German artillery in Brussels, WW1
German artillery making their way into Brussels at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

German troops entering Belgium, WW1
German troops entering Belgium by moonlight in covered wagons during the First World War. Date: August 1914

Japanese invasion of China
Japanese troops advance up a slope during the invasion of China Date: 1937-1945

Kunming students
Two female Chinese students at the Southwest Associated University in Kunming. The University had its origins in the local agricultural college

August invasion of London by tourists, H. M. Bateman
Impression of the cosmopolitan visitors descending upon London during August to enjoy a sightseeing holiday in the capital. Date: 1913

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Nicolas Count Serin
NICOLAS ESDRIN, count of SERIN Hungarian military commander in the imperial service, who played a crucial role in repelling the Turkish invasion of Europe. Date: - 1529?

The D-Day Landings - 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle - WW2
WW2 - The D-Day Landings - Operation Overlord - Normandy, France, 6th June 1944 - General de Gaulle surveys the beaches. Date: 1944

WW2 - Russian Propaganda - Repelling Germans in the Baltic
WW2 - New Years greetings to the Baltic - a Soviet propaganda postcard from 1942 showing a Russian soldier finishing off an Invading German in the Baltic

WW2 - The re-capture of the Island of Kiska, Alaska
The re-capture of the Island of Kiska, Alaska from Japanese forces during WW2. On August 24th, 1943, Kiska was declared secure by the American forces

WWI - Propaganda postcard - Kaisers dream bubbles burst
WWI - Propaganda postcard - The German Kaisers dream bubbles are popping before his eyes. By this point however (late 1914)

En route to Constantinople -WWI
Propaganda postcard from early WWI era, showing British and French navy vessels aproaching (and assaulting) the walls of Constantinople, Turkey. Date: 1915

US Parachute Troops - WWII Date: 1942

Napoleon gathering the fleet - Invasion of Britain
Decree signed by Napoleon wrote to ordering the meeting of the flotilla at Boulogne - 30th August 1805. From 1803 to 1805 a new army of 200, 000 men

A projected invasion of England published in France in 1803

A de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth is bombed-up at Hatfield during anti-invasion preparations in 1940. Trials were completed over Hatfield airfield but no bombs were dropped in anger. Date: 1940

CASTELLO I AMAT, Vicent (1787-1860). Captain general of Valencia with the English consul before the French invasion. 19th c. Episode of the War of Independence or Peninsular War (1808-1814)

VINCENT of BEAUVAIS (1190-1264). Speculum historiale. ca. 1460. Innocent III excommunicates Otto IV for the invasion of Sicily (1210). Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN

ALARIC I (370-410). Visigothic king (395 - 410). Scene in the camp of Alaric I during the Sack of Rome. Engraving

Czechoslovakia. Prague Spring. Popula resistance against the Soviet invasion (August 1968)

Spain (1823). Ferdinand VII of Spain disembarks
" Spain (1823). Ferdinand VII of Spain disembarks at Puerto de Santa Maric after the invasion of Spain by " Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis (French army). 1st October, 1823. Litography

Spain (1808-1814). Peninsular war. Allegory of Napoleons invasion of Spain. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Kutusov, Mikhail Illarionovich, Prince (1745-1813). Russian Field Marshal who defeated Napoleons Grande Arm饠 during the invasion of Russia in 1812. Bust. Sculpture on bronze

Glider invasions of Britain by G. H. Davis
Official warning about the possibility of glider invasions of Britain, an Air Ministry warning poster during the Second World War. Date: 1940

The annual invasion. Illustration shows actors and characters (some in cages), acrobats, and theater props being unloaded from a ship into a dock-side warehouse. Date 1905 August 30

The invasion of England

Chronological tree of Irish history from the first invasion of the English to the present day. Print shows a large tree with many limbs on which are chronicled important dates

Russian armoured car rattles through Polish town, 1939
The advance of the Russian Army into Poland. Scene in Rakov, a small Polish town of typical wooden houses. As the countryside was practically unoccupied by Polish forces these armoured columns

German Army on the road to Brest - Litovsk, 1939
Military traffic endeavouring to pass in the opposite direction on the road to Brest-Litovsk in central Poland during the invasion of the country in 1939

Red Army distributing Moscow newspapers after invasion of Po
Russian soldiers engaged in feeding the liberated Polish population with a plentiful supply of Bolshevik propaganda. The soldiers here are distributing Moscow newspapers to peasants near Vilna

Bombs reveal underground railway in Warsaw, 1939
Following the bombardment and subsequent invasion of Warsaw, photograph revealing the citys underground railway system only a few feet below the surface. Date: 1939

Destruction in Warsaw after invasion, 1939
A group of German soldiers watch the devastation of the Praga quarter of Warsaw from behind their batteries following the invasion of the Polish capital in September 1939. Date: 1939

Polish presidents daughters arrive as exiles in London, 1939
Following the invasion of Poland, the two daughters of the President of Poland, General Joseph Pilsudski, arrive in London having fled to sanctuary by way of Lithuania. Date: 1939

Roman invasion of Britain
Julius Caesar leads an attempted landing on the British mainland, somewhere on the Kent coastline. Facing the Britons gathered on the shore

Cassivellaunus, opposing Julius Caesars second invasion of Britain, rouses his followers with a speech, pointing out the Roman camp on the hill behind him, the Romans lined up for the attack

Alfred Divides his Loaf
Following the Danish invasion of Wessex, King Alfred and his followers retreated to the island of Athelney, Somerset, where they were obliged to seek refuge and sustenance from local peasants

Caesar invades Britain
Julius Caesar makes his first attempt to invade the British mainland, making a landing somewhere on the Kent coastline. The standard bearer of the 10th Legion urges the hesitant legionaries to follow

Edward the Elder defeats Danes at Watchet
Edward the Elder, eldest son of Alfred the Great and king since 899, fights off an attack by the Danes at Watchet, in Somerset. Date: 921

Bayeux Tapestry (4 of 8)
A black and white depiction of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this section, Harold Godwinson is crowned King Harold II of England

Odun captures Danish Standard
At Kenwith Castle, Devon, Odun, Saxon Earl of Devon, defeats the Danish invaders and captures their Standard. Date: Circa 877

British Commandos Advancing in Normandy; Second World War, 1
Photograph showing British Commando troops sprinting forward to attack German positions in Normandy, France, during June 1944

Trochu Restores Order
In the streets of Paris, general Trochu rallies the Garde Nationale, after the red republican invasion of the Corps Legislatif in the Hotel de Ville. Date: 4 September 1870

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