Offensive Collection (page 4)

Australian Howitzer 1918
An Australian Howitzer in action in the Somme Offensive on the Western Front in France during World War I in August 1918

German troops on Western Front 1918
Guard Dragoon regiment advance during an offensive on the Western Front in France during World War I in June 1918

German Field Gun Battery 1918
German Field Gun battery in action in the open during the Offensive of 1918 on the Western Front during World War I

Howitzers in action 1917
British Howitzer guns in action at the Battle of Arras offensive on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Captured German dugout, Battle of Albert
Photograph of an incredibly elaborate and well-built German dug-out in the northern corner of Bernafay Wood, captured by the 9th Division during the Battle of Albert on the 3rd July during the first

German offensive on the Lys
British troops on a German offensive on the Lys. A 6 inch Mark VII gun firing near Caestre on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in April 1918

Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive 1915
German troops advance unopposed during the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive at the southern end of the Eastern Front. Taken by surprise, Russian forces were pushed back by the offensive

Russian prisoners 1915
Russian prisoners are conveyed to the rear in waggons, having been captured during the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, during which German forces made rapid progress as the Russian lines collapsed

German advance 1915
German troops advance to the front line in Galicia during the Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, which resulted in the collapse of the Russian lines

Amiens Offensive 1918
British Mark V tanks taking German trenches during the Amiens offensive on the Western Front in France during World War I on 10th August 1918

Allied Troops in the Reichswald Forest; Second World War, 19
Photograph showing British and Canadian troops, tanks, armoured vehicles and trucks on the edge of the Reichswald Forest during the Allied offensive of February 1945

A Serbian Dragoon regiment in the Battle of Borenitza
A Serbian Dragoon regiment, part of the Allied army based in the Greek port of Salonika, are pictured riding to repel an attack by the Bulgarian army, October 1916

The entrance to a captured German dug-out
The staircase and entrance to a German dug-out captured by the British army during the Somme offensive in July 1916. Such shelters were often highly elaborate

The beginning of the Somme offensive
British troops are shown marching across German trenches at the beginning of the Somme offensive of July 1916. Some soldiers are shown consolidating the captured positions

The crater of an exploded mine
A photograph showing one side of a crater left by the detonation of a buried mine by the French army as part of the Somme offensive of 1916

British soldiers advancing as reinforcements
Soldiers are shown marching to reinforce a British attacking force in France, September 1916. The advance was part of the greater British Somme offensive which began in July of that year

British reserves leaving their trenches during an advance
A photograph of British reserves leaving their trenches on the morning of 25th September 1916 as part of the continued British offensive which had begun along the Western front in July that year

General Sir Ian Hamilton
Photograph of General Sir Ian Hamilton aboard a destroyer off the coast of the Dardanelles. Hamilton was the leader of the Dardanelles Expeditionary Force

Russian Troops Leave
Russian troops leave Petrograd to take part in the June offensive, though enthusiasm is limited

Petard Offensive / 17th C
Diagrams showing the attack offensive on a castle using a petard. A device filled with gunpowder and fastened to the gates, the danger lest the engineer be blown up too

Red Army Offensive
Workers form a Red Army and go on the offensive against the right wing soldiers who had taken part in the Kapp Putsch. Their general strike had helped defeat Kapp

Spring Offensive
AUF GEHTs ! As the trees blossom, the Germans prepare for their Spring Offensive Date: 1915

Tank Liberates Village
LIBERATION SCENES Liberated village in December offensive. The tank is a Russian T-34

Fighting Near Moscow
A counter-offensive by Soviets on the outskirts of Moscow prevents the Germans from reaching the city

Liberated Village
Village in the Stalingrad district, liberated in the course of the December 1942 offensive. The tank is a Russian T-34

Wwi / 1915 / Champagne
A distant view of the night- time offensive by the British and French forces at Champagne. Artillery and grenades light up the sky

Italian Offensive / 1936
A major air and land offensive by the Italians against the Ethiopians

A Toscanini / Aug 1917
ARTURO TOSCANINI Italian conductor, known for his dynamic style - seen here with a military band on Monte Santo, a few days after the August 1917 offensive

Wwi / Serbs Welcome French
French troops arrive to bolster the Serb army against a major Autumn offensive by the Central Powers. It was to no avail, and Serbia had fallen by November

French Troops Retreat
Beaten back by the German offensive, French troops retire : the people of Reims watch as their troops defile through the place du Palais- de-Justice and rue de Vesle

British Staff Officer
A staff officer from G.H.Q. in a dug-out, studying details before the opening of the British offensive

Shells Abandoned / Cambrai
A British soldier inspects a large haul of shells abandoned by the Germans near Cambrai during the offensive of 1917. Roofless houses provide a poignant backdrop

Ww1 / 1918 / Allies Retreat
The Allies retreat before the all-conquering might of the German spring offensive !

Ww1 / 1918 / German Offensiv
German Spring Offensive: the Germans counter-attack when thought to be defeated

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