Occupying Collection (page 2)

Russo-Japanese War - General Kuroki inspecting captured guns
Russo-Japanese War - Count Tamemoto Kuroki GCMG (18441923) General in the Imperial Japanese Army, inspecting captured Russian guns. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Landing Stage at Chemulpo (now Incheon, Korea) erected in only eight hours to a state whereupon it could be used to unload heavy transport. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Artillery in action - Hilltop position. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Bringing up shells for the field guns. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marking Chinese Coolies for Identification. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind artificial screens to hide their movements. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - 3rd Army Division at Battle of Shaho
Japanese Commander and his staff of the Third Army at the Battle of Shaho (Saka no kaisen) - the second large-scale land battle of the Russo-Japanese War fought along a 37-mile front centred at

Russo-Japanese War - Captured Wagons, Office and Train
Russo-Japanese War - Captured Russian baggage wagons, The Head Office of the Military Railways at Dairen (now Dalian, formerly Dalny)

France - Strike of the Western (State) railwaymen - soldiers occupying the Gare Saint-Lazare in improvised conditions. The significance of the five franc coin appears to be the amount requested by

Vietnam - Montrang - French soldiers cooking in the open air
Vietnam - Yen The District, Montrang - French soldiers cooking in the open air. Date: circa 1907

German troop parade in Namur, Belgium - WWI
German troop parade in Namur, (occupied) Belgium - WWI. Namur fell after only three days fighting in 1914 and the town was occupied by the Germans for the rest of the war. Date: circa 1914

Spain. Peninsular War. Barcelona (February 29, 1808). French troops occupying the Citadel and the Montjuic Castle. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

British occupation of Cyprus - the Bashi-Bazouks leaving the island in 1878. Cyprus was first occupied by the British on July 10th 1878, under the terms of the Anglo-Turkish Convention

Polish Insurgents
After the Second Partition (1793) Polish patriots led by Kosciuszko rebel against the occupying forces : many of his supporters are peasants armed only with scythes. Date: 1794

St. Pauls Cross Tablet
The tablet at the base of St. Pauls Cross, in the grounds of St. Pauls Cathedral, London. Here is given the history of the cross formerly occupying the site. Date: 1930s

Italian torpedo boat crew occupying a port, post-WW1
An Italian torpedo boat crew occupying the port of recaptured territory just after the end of the First World War. Date: December 1918

Noyon - Occupying Germans Bureau de Change
Noyon, France - Bureau de Change installed by occupying German Forces. The town was occupied by the Germans during World War I and World War II and on both occasions suffered heavy damage

French camp - Thessaloniki
The French army camp - Thessaloniki, Greece. This fascinating card has a strong historical interest - In 1915, during World War I

Music in French camp - Thessaloniki
Music in the French camp - Thessaloniki, Greece. This fascinating card has a strong historical interest - In 1915, during World War I

WW2 / 1940 / DUTCH LOOT
The occupying Germans load their vehicles with Dutch pictures, objects and all kinds of goodies, while the Dutch people stand in line for bare necessities Date: 1940

Oastler in Prison
Richard Oastler, reformer, in his cell, number 12 Coffee Gallery, at the Fleet, London, where he is imprisoned for four years, occupying himself by writing The Fleet Papers Date: 1840-1844

Armenian Refugees occupy house
Homeless Armenian refugees occupy a fine house, with their horses stabled in the living room and a portrait lying symbolically across the floor

Various Views of Crete including a panoramic view of Jerapetra, the Venetian Fort at Spinalonga and the construction (and subsequent) use of a canal, built by French forces occupying Crete

The advance guard of the Russians occupying a town in Poland

Map at the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the Berlin Airli
Photograph showing a large wall map of Berlin and its air corridors, in the Berlin Air Safety Centre, during the airlift of 1948

Volunteers at Tuileries
Departure of the volunteers who have been occupying the palais des Tuileries since the abdication of Louis-Philippe

The General Election: On the way to the Poll
Engraving by R.Caton Woodville showing people occupying horse-drawn carriages making their way to the poll to vote. 1886 saw Salisbury

China German Troops 1899
German troops of the occupying force, sent to protect German trade interests, parade at Kiautschou : the natives watch with mild interest

Italians in Tripolitania
The Italians bring civilisation to Tripolitania - by occupying it !

Patriotic Girls
At Lille, France, three patriotic French girls dress in blue, white, and red to demonstrate their national pride before the German occupying forces

Holy War Preached / 1897
In India, fanatical Moslems respond enthusiastically to the call for a Jihad (holy war) against the occupying British

India / Simla
Barnes Court, the summer residence of the commander in chief of the British occupying forces (in 1863 sir Hugh Rose)

Montenegro Army Supplies
Supplies for the Montenegro army, seeking to expel the occupying Turks, are carried over mountainous terrain by the women of the country

Riots in Verona
The populace of Verona riot against the Austrians who are still occupying their city - but not for long now

Ngo Mon Gate / 1972
Through the barbed wire, a tank belonging to the occupying forces of the South Vietnamese military, is seen in front of the Ngo Mon Gate of the Thai-Hoa Palace

Lovenstein Attacked
During the fighting between the occupying Spanish and the Dutch patriots, the castle of Lovenstein is attacked with artillery, cavalry and infantry

Occupiers in Germany
The occupying forces find weapons hidden in a factory

Troops in Rhineland
German troops violate the Treaty of Versailles by occupying the demilitarised zone of the Rhineland

Turks Attack Marriage
At Bolitza, occupying Turks fire on orthodox marriage procession

Hun Settlement
Ring-shaped fortified settlement of the Huns, who invade Europe from the east in the 4th century, occupying parts of Hungary and Germany before trying to move west

Germans Occupy Norway
Norway : German troops occupying this huge and rugged country position their guns in a tactical position

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