Liberation Collection (page 2)

The Inauguration (on 30th August, 1907) of The equestrian Monument to the Tsar Liberator in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria

Liberation of Belgium - Honour to our Liberators
Liberation of Belgium. Honour to our Liberators. Belgian

The Maquis (French Resistance) share in the liberation of France. Date: 1944

WW2 - Liberation of Paris - The Barricades
WW2 - Barricades, Liberation of Paris. " Man the barricades!" This cry which rang out on Monday, August 21st, 1944. Date: 1944

Portugal - Lisbon - Liberation Avenue
Portugal - Lisbon (Lisboa) - Liberation Avenue (Avenida da Liberdade). Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Liberation of Paris. Victorious American soldiers
World War II. The liberation of Paris. Victorious American soldiers marching down the Champs Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe behind them on August 26, 1944

Crimean War (1853-1856). Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-1855, by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud (1856-1928). The city, on the Black Sea, was besieged for 11 months. Detail

Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Postcard celebrating the centenary of President Abraham Lincolns Birth in 1809, illustration his Emancipation Proclamation of January 1st 1863. Date: 1909

The Liberation of St. Peter from prison by an angel
The Liberation of Saint Peter is a story told in the Acts of the Apostles in which Saint Peter is rescued from the prison of King Herod by an angel. circa 19th century

Memorial to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Graye, Normandy
Plaques to the Rifles and to the Canadian Scottish were unveiled on this renovated lavoir (a communal washing place) on 5 June 1994 to commemorate the liberation of Graye by the two Regiments whose

WW2 - Liberation of Paris. A Leclerc Tank in action. Date: 1944

National Liberation Front, Yemen -- a Marxist paramilitary organisation operating in the Federation of South Arabia (now southern Yemen). Date: 1967

Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). Rebels appeal for a p
Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898). Three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain. The final three months of the complict escalated to become the Spanish-American War

Panayot Ivanov Hitov (1830 A?o??n? 1918). Was a Bulgarian hajduk, national revolutionary and voivode. Engraving. The Spanish and American illustration, 1876. Colored

WW1 - Emilienne Moreau, Heroine of Loos - Croix de Guerre
Emilienne Moreau-Evrard (18981971) - French heroine of World War I (where she won the Croix de Guerre due to her bravery at Loos) and World War II

SABATTIER, Louis R魹(1863 - 1935). End of the
SABATTIER, Louis R魹 (1863 - 1935). End of the First World War. 1918. The liberation in the Place de la Concorde of Paris. Watercolour

78 mm German engraved artillery shell case - Bezalel School
77 mm. German artillery shell case engraved at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. Engraved brass decorated with vignettes of Rachels Tomb and Absoloms Tomb, with animals, grapes and vine leaves

The liberation of Paris. Charles de Gaulle
General Charles de Gaulle at Arc de Triomphe during the liberation of Paris in the Second World War. 1944

The tools for the job of European Liberation
Photograph: The tools for the job of European Liberation. When the Allies launched the liberation of Europe the quantities of shells required to back up the attack and vehicles in vehicle depots

Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads
Photograph: Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads, Fight Their Way Inland. Shows Commandos wading ashore from landing craft. One is carrying a small motor cycle. Picture issued: 1944

Liberation of Europe First Women to land in France
Photograph: Liberation of Europe First Women to land in France.Personnel of Queen Alexandra?s Imperial Military Nursing Service were the first women to arrive on the Normandy beachhead

Liberation of Paris, WW2
Liberation of Paris, street scene, August 1944. 1944

Cuba - Cuban Soldiers from the Cuban War of Independence
Cuba - Cuban Soldiers of the Liberation Army who fought in the Cuban War of Independence (18951898). Date: circa 1905

Bulgaria - Plovdiv - The Russian Memorial. On 4th January 1878, Plovdiv was liberated from Ottoman rule by the Russian army. Date: circa 1910

WW2 - Liberation of the Netherlands - 5th May, 1945
Spring 1945. Card celebrating the Liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War Two on 5th May 1945. The Dutch flag flies proudly alongside the flags of the Liberators

Modern and Old Costume in Turkey
Soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils

Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595-1657). Cossacks leader. Monument b
Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595-1657). Cossacks leader. Monument, 1888. Was created by sculptor Mikhail Mikeshin (1835-1896). St. Sofia Square. Kiev. Ukraine

The Ten Years War (1868A?i?1878). Cuba. Catalan volunteer
The Ten Years War (1868A?i?1878), also known as the Great War and the War of 68. It was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain. Catalan volunteer. Colored engraving

Ukraine. Crimean Peninsula. Kerch. Memorial. Heroism of Kerc
Ukraine. Crimean Peninsula. Kerch. Obelisk of Glory. The memorial on the mountain Mithridat, dedicated to the heroism of Kerch in World War II

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

Ukraine. Sevastopol. The Museum of Heroic Defense and Liberation of Sevastopol. Bust of Admiral Vladimir Ivanovich Istomin (1809-1855) outside the museum. Crimean Peninsula

Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect. Liberati
Raphael (1483-1520). Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Liberation of Saint Peter, 1514. Fresco. Raphaels Rooms. Room of Heliodorus. Apostolic Palace. Vatican City

Oporto. Portugal. Liberation of Lisbon from the Arabs. Comme
The day June 17, 1147, the Bishop of Porto called the army of the Second Crusade, to aid the king Alfonso I to liberate Lisbon from the Arabs. Commemorative plaque in the Seo. Square. Oporto. Portugal

Capture of Calais from the English in 1558 by Francis de Lorraine, Duke of Guise, (january 1558) which had been under English rule for two centuries

French Society Lady
A French Lionne - a lady who holds fashionable salons for the leading people of the day Date: 1850

French Commandos Land
French commandos come ashore at Canadel, on the coast of Provence, one of the first steps towards the liberation of France from German occupation Date: 14 August 1944

WWII - Barricade in the Cite District - Liberation of Paris
" Man the barricades!" This cry which rang out on Monday, August 21st, 1944. This absolutely terrific photograph shows the men manning a barricade in the Cite District manned by some suave

WW1 - Patriotic Demonstrations in Russia in support of the Tsar and the war effort against Germany. The caption states that war has united the whole population of Russia - this was to prove far

Lin Biao (1907 - 1971)
Lin Biao (Piao), Chinese Communist military leader, co-leader of the Manchurian Field Army of the Peoples Liberation Army

Singapore service 1945
Following the liberation of Singapore in September 1945, the Bishop of Singapore leads a service at Changi Jai, attended by many released Prisoners of War. Date: 1945

Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French in Paris. Date: 1944

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, freedom
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, showing people celebrating their freedom at the end of the war. Date: 1940-1945

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, squadrons overhead
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, with people excited to see British squadrons flying overhead, giving them hopes of liberation. Date: 1940-1945

Nerses Ashtaraketzi
NERSES ASHTARAKETZI Patriarch of the Armenian church and a leader in the Armenian liberation movement. Date: 1770 - 1857

Turkish girl by the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey
Picture from a set of cards issued to reflect the fact that soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress

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