Ruhr Collection

Bouncing Bomb
Plans for Operation Chastise drawn by Sir Barnes Neville Wallis for the bouncing bomb used in the raid known as the Dambusters in World War II Date: c. 1943

Ruhr Crisis / 1923
The French forcibly take coal from the Ruhr when Germany defaults on reparations

Krupps Steelworks / Ruhr
An interior view of Krupps Steelworks, Ruhr

The New Krupp Munitions Factory, Essen, Germany Date: circa 1908

Poster, Allied Air Offensive against Germany, WW2
Poster, Allied Air Offensive against Germany up to 1 January 1941 Date: 1941

Limit of French Zone in the Ruhr
France extend their sphere of influence after German default in reparations - limit of French Zone in the Ruhr. 1923

Dambusters - breaching of the Eder dam
Aerial photograph showing the breaching of the Eder Dam by the dambusters raid in May 1943 causing serious flooding through the Ruhr Valley

Sphere cover - The Dambusters raid on German dams
Front cover of The Sphere with an official Air Ministry photograph taken by reconnaissance aircraft on May 18 following the successful raid of the dambusters on the Ruhr Valley dams

Sphere cover - King George VI meets the dambusters
Front cover of The Sphere magazine depicting King George VI closely examining the reconnaissance photographs at a Lancaster station in the North of England accompanied by Wing-Commander Guy Gibson

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Dambusters)
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (12 August 1918 19 September 1944), first Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Forces No

Poster / Ruhr Crisis / 1923
No - You Cannot Force Me! A poster supporting the policy of passive resistance among workers during the French occupation of the Ruhr

Krupp family homes, Essen, Germany
Krupp family homes -- Alfred Krupps humble childhood home, and a somewhat grander family home, the Villa Hugel, both in Essen, Germany

Fleet of German Commercial Barges; Second World War, c. 1940
Photograph showing a fleet of German commercial river barges anchored in the Ruhr area, c.1940. These barges were usually used for the transport of goods along Germanys rivers and canals

Ruhr Crisis Poster / 1923
A poster showing France as the agressor in the Ruhr Crisis

French Occupy the Ruhr
The French occupy the Ruhr to obtain reparations. Date: 1923

Autobahn Built 1936
Construction of an autobahn in the Ruhr district, Germany. Date: 1936

France in the Ruhr, 1923
France occupies the Ruhr Marianne: J y suis - j y reste Date: 1923

Two pages of a postwar leaflet about Germany
Two pages (front and back cover) of a postwar reconstruction leaflet -- Germany under control, with a map showing the British Zone, and statistics. Date: circa 1947

Avro 683 Lancaster wrote its name into history with its breaching of the Ruhr dams

Bomber force panorama by G. H. Davis
1000 bombers: a panorama showing the Allied bomber force which attacked the Rhineland and Western Germany, at the rate of ten bombers per minute

Saar miners, 1939
A group of typical miners of the Saar district, the mining areas of which were completely evacuated by the German authorities during the early weeks of World War II as the French Army advanced into

Red Army / Ruhr 1920
The Red Army of the Ruhr. Communist workers are given weapons in Dortmund

French in Ruhr
The French heroes in the Ruhr - a German view of the French occupation

Germany / Essen / Krupp 1900
Essen: Krupps industrial works, on the Ruhr

Krupp Gun Emplacements
Krupp: armoured gun emplacements at the Grusonwerk

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