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Sabotage Collection

Background imageSabotage Collection: Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis

Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis
Introducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches

Background imageSabotage Collection: LIONEL BUSTER CRABB

LIONEL BUSTER CRABB Commander Crabb, underwater sabotage agent and alleged double-agent, who disappeared whilst investigating the Russian cruiser Ordkhonikidze Date: 1910 - 1956

Background imageSabotage Collection: The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard Sabotage

The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard Sabotage
An illustrated front cover for The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard Sabotage, written by Stanton Hope, no. 736 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

Background imageSabotage Collection: Retreating Belgian soldier obliterating signpost names

Retreating Belgian soldier obliterating signpost names to confuse the invading enemy during the early stages of the First World War. 1914

Background imageSabotage Collection: Leslie Thornton in the dock at a trial in Moscow, USSR

Leslie Thornton in the dock at a trial in Moscow, USSR
Leslie Thornton in the dock, at a trial in Moscow of employees of the Metropolitan Vickers Company, April 1933. They were charged with sabotage, espionage

Background imageSabotage Collection: METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933

METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933
Russian lawyers confront the British engineer, Thornton, and his secretary, Kutosuova, accusing them of spying and sabotage. Metropolitan-Vickers trial, Moscow, Russia. Date: April 1933

Background imageSabotage Collection: Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers

Workers strike in Jumet (Belgium) on 26 March 1886. Strikers destroying an smelter in the H. Bandoux glass factory. Engraving

Background imageSabotage Collection: Human torpedo in action by G. H. Davis

Human torpedo in action by G. H. Davis
A human torpedo in action: a two-man crew working together to sink an enemy warship during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Background imageSabotage Collection: Communist China - sabotaged supply line

Communist China - sabotaged supply line
Chinese villagers standing behind an uplifted railway track in Communist China - they had sabotaged a supply line to cut off the enemys route in wartime. circa 1940s

Background imageSabotage Collection: WW2 poster, Don t Act The Goat

WW2 poster, Don t Act The Goat! Don t bash your way past stacks on sheet -- this form of carelessness amounts to sabotage! By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

Background imageSabotage Collection: Cartoon, German arrested in the street, WW1

Cartoon, German arrested in the street, WW1
Cartoon showing a German arrested in the street by a policeman and a soldier, at the start of the First World War. He is protesting: But how much more times must I tell you I vas an Englishman

Background imageSabotage Collection: Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales

Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
One of the coal-carrying trucks in Llanelli, Wales, which rioters wrecked during the railway strike. 1911

Background imageSabotage Collection: Belgian engineers at Termonde, Belgium, WW1

Belgian engineers at Termonde, Belgium, WW1
Belgian engineers blowing up a railway bridge at Termonde, Belgium, towards the start of the First World War, in order to delay the German advance. Date: 18 September 1914

Background imageSabotage Collection: Destroyed Serbian guns near Prizren, Serbia, WW1

Destroyed Serbian guns near Prizren, Serbia, WW1
Destroyed Serbian guns near Prizren, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. The Serbians have destroyed the guns themselves, to prevent the enemy using them. Date: 1915-1917

Background imageSabotage Collection: Belgian troops at Termonde, Belgium, WW1

Belgian troops at Termonde, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops at Termonde, Belgium, towards the start of the First World War. They are the rear guard, covering a retreat after a railway bridge has been blown up to delay the German advance

Background imageSabotage Collection: Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Background imageSabotage Collection: Soldier inspecting destroyed train, Iraq

Soldier inspecting destroyed train, Iraq
A soldier inspecting the debris of a destroyed train, somewhere in Iraq

Background imageSabotage Collection: Soldier inspecting sabotaged train, Iraq

Soldier inspecting sabotaged train, Iraq
A soldier and his dog inspecting a sabotaged train, somewhere in Iraq

Background imageSabotage Collection: Trains Sabotaged

Trains Sabotaged
In protest against the forced enlistment of Poles to help Russia fight the Japanese, patriots sabotage the railways on which they will have to travel

Background imageSabotage Collection: Explosion at Rome

Explosion at Rome
A mine explodes in the barracks of the French zouaves, defending the pope at Rome : accident or sabotage ?

Background imageSabotage Collection: Rus / Jap War: Spies Hang

Rus / Jap War: Spies Hang
Russians hang captured Japanese spies, intent on sabotage, from the railway bridge they planned to destroy

Background imageSabotage Collection: Arabs Sabotage Oil Pipes

Arabs Sabotage Oil Pipes
Arabs sabotage oil pipes

Background imageSabotage Collection: Anti-Suffrage Device

Anti-Suffrage Device
Automatic Suffragette Exterminating Pillar-Box - a comment on militant suffragettes who sabotage letter boxes

Background imageSabotage Collection: Boxers Sabotage Rail

Boxers Sabotage Rail
BOXER REBELLION Boxers sabotage the railway between Peking and Hong-Kong


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