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Background imageTanks Collection: Wwi Recruitment Poster

Wwi Recruitment Poster
First World War recruitment poster featuring a private and an officer and pictures of various divisions - including the Royal Flying Corps, Tank corps, artillery & cavalry

Background imageTanks Collection: Battle of Arras 1917

Battle of Arras 1917
Scene on the newly captured Fampoux Road with a ditched tank and soldiers at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank in Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, WW1

Tank in Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
A British tank at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Some of the crew have come out for a breath of fresh air while waiting for the order to advance. Date: 1917

Background imageTanks Collection: Ww1 / 15Sep16 / Battle Somme

Ww1 / 15Sep16 / Battle Somme
FIRST BATTLE OF THE SOMME British tanks are used in action for the first time, causing panic among the Germans

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank Battle on the Somme British MkIV & German A7V tanks in

Tank Battle on the Somme British MkIV & German A7V tanks in
Tank Battle on the Somme. British MkIV & German A7V tanks in action. Date: circa 1918

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank Battle in Villers Bocage, France 1944

Tank Battle in Villers Bocage, France 1944
Illustration showing a battle between German Tiger tanks and British tanks and infantry in the village of Villers Bocage, Normandy, June 1944

Background imageTanks Collection: British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, WW1

British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, WW1
British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War. The Tadpole Tail was an elongation of the rear horns to increase trench-crossing

Background imageTanks Collection: British Mark IV tank with Canadian soldiers, WW1

British Mark IV tank with Canadian soldiers, WW1
A British Mark IV tank on a training exercise, with a large number of Canadian soldiers sitting on top of it, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: February 1918

Background imageTanks Collection: British tank WWII

British tank WWII
British Matilda tank in France during World War II

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank Corps Recruitment

Tank Corps Recruitment
Wanted Smart Men for the Tank Corps - Let Professor Tank teach you a Trade Recruitment drive for the newly created tank Corps toward the end of WW1

Background imageTanks Collection: British tanks in Oosthoek Wood, Belgium, WW1

British tanks in Oosthoek Wood, Belgium, WW1
Two British tanks passing through Oosthoek Wood, near Elverdinghe, Belgium, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 11 September 1917

Background imageTanks Collection: British tank on Western Front, WW1

British tank on Western Front, WW1
A British tank, with the name " Barbarian II" painted on its side, in the snow on the Western Front during the First World War. Two German soldiers stand alongside it. Date: 28 December 1917

Background imageTanks Collection: Battle of Cambrai 1917

Battle of Cambrai 1917
Tank trains standing at Plateau Station awaiting despatch to detraining railheads at the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917

Background imageTanks Collection: Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps

Badge of the Royal Armoured Corps. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageTanks Collection: German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944

German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground)

Background imageTanks Collection: British Infantry and Tanks, Reichswald; World War Two, 1945

British Infantry and Tanks, Reichswald; World War Two, 1945
Photograph showing British infantry riding on Sherman tanks towards the Reichswald area, Germany, February 1945. On the left of the image anti-tank guns and their crews can be seen

Background imageTanks Collection: American Troops landing on D-Day; Second World War, 1944

American Troops landing on D-Day; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing American troops storming one of the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 6 June 1944. This image shows the first tanks charging through the water to the shore

Background imageTanks Collection: Ta Poster / Bairnsfather

Ta Poster / Bairnsfather
A recruitment poster for the Territorial Army featuring Bairnsfathers WWI creation, Old Bill

Background imageTanks Collection: WW2 poster, Back Them Up

WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British tank attack in the Western Desert. Date: 1940s

Background imageTanks Collection: Unusual Tanks

Unusual Tanks
A selection of tanks shaped like animals

Background imageTanks Collection: WW1 / 1917 / BRITISH TANK

WW1 / 1917 / BRITISH TANK
A British tank in action in France

Background imageTanks Collection: Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster

Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster
World War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort

Background imageTanks Collection: Oil Tankers of the Manchester Oil Refinery

Oil Tankers of the Manchester Oil Refinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageTanks Collection: German Tanks Advance

German Tanks Advance
A German tank column, accompanied by infantry, advances into Russia

Background imageTanks Collection: Wwi / British Tank / Cambrai

Wwi / British Tank / Cambrai
At Cambrai, British tanks smash through the Hindenburg Line, a success that the limited mobile reserves were unable to exploit

Background imageTanks Collection: British machine gun carriers passing through French village

British machine gun carriers passing through French village
British Bren Machine-Gun Carriers passing through a French village on the way to a rendezvous in the early weeks of World War Two. Date: 1939

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank Corps Recruitment

Tank Corps Recruitment
A recruitment poster for the British Tanks Corps Armoured Car Companies - Become a Motor Enginerr and see the World!

Background imageTanks Collection: German Tiger tank by G. H. Davis

German Tiger tank by G. H. Davis
The fangs of the Tiger revealed: another German super-weapon whose invincibility has been disproved. Details of the German Mark VI tank, a 56-ton monster whose 88mm gun fires a three foot long shell

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank abandoned in a field, end of WWI

Tank abandoned in a field, end of WWI
A tank abandoned in a field during the First World War, with a notice attached to it written in French saying, among other things, that it is forbidden to go inside. circa 1921

Background imageTanks Collection: Capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders

Capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Photograph, 11 Feb 1945: capture of Kleve, men of 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders supported by tanks of Guards Brigade. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)

Background imageTanks Collection: Army tanks in battle with planes overhead, WW2

Army tanks in battle with planes overhead, WW2
Army tanks in battle with planes overhead. Date: 1940

Background imageTanks Collection: Battle of the Scarpe, near Fampoux, France, WW1

Battle of the Scarpe, near Fampoux, France, WW1
A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe Marshes near Fampoux, northern France, observed by a solitary soldier

Background imageTanks Collection: Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales

Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales
The tank farm at the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales - built by British Petroleum Oil between 1918-22

Background imageTanks Collection: Tanks / War Bonds Poster

Tanks / War Bonds Poster
World War One poster featuring a tank, encouraging the public to buy war bonds to help fund the war effort

Background imageTanks Collection: Italians in Somalia

Italians in Somalia
East Africa : the Italians rout the British in Somalia

Background imageTanks Collection: Witley Station. The move to Westbury

Witley Station. The move to Westbury
Photograph: Witley Station. The move to Westbury. Photograph showing a number of tanks, having been loaded onto a train. From a photograph album containing 620 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred

Background imageTanks Collection: WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell

WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell
Dont Waver, Help Wavell. En---ds War Weapons Week, 17-24 May 1940. War saving photolithographic poster, published by The National Savings Committee, London, The Scottish Savings Committee

Background imageTanks Collection: 6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in Egypt

6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in Egypt
6th Battalion Royal Tank Corps - manoeuvres in the Egyptian desert near Cairo from their base at Abbassia. This photograph shows light tanks in action over some rough ground. Date: 1936

Background imageTanks Collection: Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show. Built as an F Mk.8 airframe with strengthened outer wings, the Ground Attack Fighter (GAF) aka Reaper

Background imageTanks Collection: Tanks of the 3rd and 4th Sharpshooter

Tanks of the 3rd and 4th Sharpshooter
Photograph: Tanks of the 3rd and 4th Sharpshooters in the de-waterproofing area. Shows two lines of tanks with the sea in the background

Background imageTanks Collection: East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma

East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma
Photograph of a soldier from the East African Reconnaissance Regiment, checking a machine-gun, Burma, 1945. The East African Reconnaissance Regiment, part of 11th East African Division

Background imageTanks Collection: Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2

Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks and pipelines at Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. The ground was covered with spilt oil which was subsequently ignited during an attack

Background imageTanks Collection: The walking way in the keel of the R34

The walking way in the keel of the R34, shown when the airship was still under construction. Some of the aluminium fuel tanks and canvas bags for the water ballast may be seen. 24 November 1918

Background imageTanks Collection: Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2

Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. Firefighters trying to push a fire appliance (open topped pump)

Background imageTanks Collection: Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2

Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks, WW2
Fighting fires at Thames Haven oil tanks during the Second World War

Background imageTanks Collection: German Tanks in Russia

German Tanks in Russia
A German tank, accompanied by infantry, advances across the Russian steppes

Background imageTanks Collection: Soviet Tank Parade

Soviet Tank Parade
Tanks leave Moscow after a parade, going straight to the front-line. This is a view of Gorky Street

Background imageTanks Collection: Two Soviet Heavy Tanks Josef Stalin (IS) II

Two Soviet Heavy Tanks Josef Stalin (IS) II
This model of tank was introduced in spring 1944. The conflict depictedis likely to have been taken in Belarus or Poland in late autumn 1944

Background imageTanks Collection: Italians Take Adwa

Italians Take Adwa
The Italians invade and capture Adua, against a poorly equipped and ill-prepared Ethiopian army

Background imageTanks Collection: Tanks Near Tobruk

Tanks Near Tobruk
North Africa : a German tank destroys a British tank in Marmarica, during the fiercely contested battle for Tobruk, Libya

Background imageTanks Collection: Soviet ships attempt to land in Estonia

Soviet ships attempt to land in Estonia
German tanks thwart the Russians landing attempt in Estonia

Background imageTanks Collection: TANKS RECYCLED

TANKS RECYCLED
German tanks from World War One are scrapped and recycled Date: 1920

Background imageTanks Collection: The introduction of tanks into battle on the Western Front

The introduction of tanks into battle on the Western Front
A illustration showing a tank driving through a village street on the Western Front. Tanks were first introduced into battle on the 15th September 1916 when a D1 tank was guided into action by

Background imageTanks Collection: Whippet Tanks 1918

Whippet Tanks 1918
Whippet tanks of the 3rd Battalion at Maillet, some of which had been in action earlier in the day and were the first Whippet tanks to be in action

Background imageTanks Collection: British tank Mark IIA by G. H. Davis

British tank Mark IIA by G. H. Davis
British Tanks: No. 1. Infantry (heavy) tank Mark IIA. Heavy tanks in action: an explanatory drawing of Matilda and some of her sisters, in action during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Background imageTanks Collection: Relief of Prague by Russians (2 / 6)

Relief of Prague by Russians (2 / 6)
Relief of Prague by Russian forces at the end of World War Two. Russian officers march into Wenceslas Square ahead of their tanks, covered in troops and wellwishers. Date: 1945

Background imageTanks Collection: British tanks in Battle of Cambrai, aerial photograph, WW1

British tanks in Battle of Cambrai, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph of British tanks in action during the Battle of Cambrai, First World War. Date: November-December 1917

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank at Dunkirk WWII

Tank at Dunkirk WWII
Tank positioned by the coast at Dunkirk during World War II

Background imageTanks Collection: Battle of the Menin Road

Battle of the Menin Road
A tank at the Battle of the Menin Road on the British Western Front during World War I

Background imageTanks Collection: Western Front, France, 1918

Western Front, France, 1918
Australian horseman and British tank on the Western Front in France during World War I on 1918

Background imageTanks Collection: Tanks in Leningrad St

Tanks in Leningrad St
Tanks advance to battle positions along a city street

Background imageTanks Collection: New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot

New type of light tank demonstrated at Aldershot
A group of small machines with a pill-box turret, working over rough ground at Aldershot

Background imageTanks Collection: Captured German Tank

Captured German Tank
A huge German tank captured by the Americans in France, shortly before the Armistice

Background imageTanks Collection: Palestian Rebellion / 1936

Palestian Rebellion / 1936
At Nablus, Palestinians rebel against British mandate

Background imageTanks Collection: British Tanks / Koln / 1921

British Tanks / Koln / 1921
British tanks at Koln maintaining order in the Rhineland

Background imageTanks Collection: British Tank / 1932

British Tank / 1932
Two soldiers wearing gas masks, with an anti-aircraft gun, stand in front of a new British tank

Background imageTanks Collection: Emden Shells Madras

Emden Shells Madras
The German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed

Background imageTanks Collection: Tank / Comet Cruiser

Tank / Comet Cruiser
A British Vickers-Armstrong Comet Cruiser tank undergoes tests

Background imageTanks Collection: German tank destroyer Jagdtiger 1946

German tank destroyer Jagdtiger 1946
German tank on its way to England for technical examination, post-World War Two: a monster tank destroyer, the Jagdtiger (Jugd Tiger tank), mounted with a 125mm gun, and weighing 69 tons complete

Background imageTanks Collection: Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania

Italian Propaganda postcard - Invasion of Albania by Italian Tank Regiment (this card is celebrating the brave tank drivers) 7-12 April 1939

Background imageTanks Collection: Cartoon with British and American tanks, WW2

Cartoon with British and American tanks, WW2
Cartoon, political map of Libya with British and American tanks during the Second World War. circa 1942

Background imageTanks Collection: Avro Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ

Avro Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ
Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 G-APRJ (later G-29-1), of Napier Icing Research Ltd. at The SBAC Farnborough Air Show on 13 September 1959

Background imageTanks Collection: 'KV-1' heavy tank

'KV-1' heavy tank
A Soviet 'KV-1 ' heavy tank, knocked out by German anti-tank fire, with a Wehrmacht horse-drawn lorry passing it. (The Kliment Voroshilov (KV)

Background imageTanks Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Girl Friend

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Girl Friend
The Caption is The Girl Friend. The printed message on the back says Your country needs your L.S.D. [Pounds, Shillings and Pence] to help it win the Victory. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1943

Background imageTanks Collection: Oil Refinery at Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island

Oil Refinery at Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island
circa 1910s

Background imageTanks Collection: Poster, German Armoured Vehicles, WW2

Poster, German Armoured Vehicles, WW2, Deutsche Panzerfahrzeuge, a range of different types of tanks and armoured vehicles. (1 of 2) 1940s

Background imageTanks Collection: One Battle, One Will, One Goal

One Battle, One Will, One Goal
German World War Two propaganda poster - One Battle, One Will, One Goal...Victory at any price - showing workers and soldiers working towards victory

Background imageTanks Collection: Alvis FV101 Scimitar and FV107 Scorpion light tanks

Alvis FV101 Scimitar and FV107 Scorpion light tanks at the British Army Equipment Exhibition, held at Aldershot from 23-27 June 1980. Date: 1980

Background imageTanks Collection: USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo

USN - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo
United states Navy - Lockheed R7V-2 Super Constellation BuNo 131630 or 131631. Turbo-Prop conversion of the R7V-1 for the US Navy

Background imageTanks Collection: The Cisternoni of Livorno - a series of three large buildings in the neoclassical style

The Cisternoni of Livorno - a series of three large buildings in the neoclassical style at Livorno, in Tuscany, Italy constructed between 1829 and 1848 as part of a complex of purification plants

Background imageTanks Collection: British tanks ready to attack during the First World War

British tanks ready to attack during the First World War

Background imageTanks Collection: Brittish tanks wrecked at Gonnelieu, - WW1

Brittish tanks wrecked at Gonnelieu, - WW1
Brittish tanks wrecked at Gonnelieu, during the First World War

Background imageTanks Collection: Battle of Canal du Nord, Tanks of A Company 7th

Battle of Canal du Nord, Tanks of A Company 7th Battalion parked after capturing Bourlon Village, 27th September

Background imageTanks Collection: British tanks in Oosthoek Wood near Elverdinghe

British tanks in Oosthoek Wood near Elverdinghe, 11th September 1917



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