Warfare Collection (page 7)

British Reserves on the Western Front, WW1
Supporting British troops move up to join the attack, near Ginchy during the Battle of Morval, 25th - 28th September 1916, part of the Battle of the Somme

Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in modern warfare: how the aeroplanes of the combatant powers have fared. Left: dropping bombs from an aeroplane onto massed troops below

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis
A battle of wits: the magnetic mine and the counter-moves, a battle of wits: new types of mines countered by the Navy. Naval experts versus the enemy

U-boat warfare 1939-1945 by G. H. Davis
U-boat warfare 1939-1945: a survey of changing German submarines and tactics in a never-ceasing battle during the Second World War

Rommels Panzers by G. H. Davis
Rommels Panzers: details of the PZ Mark IV, and German methods of tank transportation and refuelling during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Torpedo in naval warfare by G. H. Davis
The deadliest weapon in naval warfare during the Second World War: the torpedos intricate mechanism and modus operandi of firing. Date: 1942

Specialised aircraft by G. H. Davis
Specialised aircraft: the increasing demands of modern war during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Motor torpedo boats v. E-boats by G. H. Davis
British motor torpedo boats versus German E-boats: British and German mosquito (miniature) craft which wage incessant warfare during the Second World War. Date: 1942

Warfare on wheels by G. H. Davis
Warfare on wheels: mechanised and mobile units of the modern British Army during the Second World War. Showing many types of vehicle used by the various military units. Date: 1942

Tanks going into action by G. H. Davis
Mechanised warfare on land during the Second World War: the tanks go into action. Date: 1942

Middle East warfare by G. H. Davis
Middle East warfare during the Second World War: rival fighters, bombers and flying boats. A comparison of rival military aircraft in the Middle East

The mine used by Germany by G. H. Davis
The mine: a weapon used by Germany for unrestricted warfare. The basic principles of mine laying: a form of naval warfare whose restrictions under international law are ignored by Germany to ensure

Radar warning and control system by G. H. Davis
A powerful new aid for the navy: the radar warning and control system installed in HMS Victorious. Date: 1958

French catapult
French using catapults, where the trenches were close together, using lengths of steel springs or even resilient tree branches as propellants

Advert for the General Electric Company 1944
Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944

A thrilling charge, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
A charge of Highland soldiers with bayonets fixed during an attack, World War I. Date: 1916

Repulsing a frontal attack, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
British soldiers, armed with rifles and bayonets, scrambling over the top during an enemy attack. Date: 1916

Aerial warfare in summer skies by G. H. Davis
Beware of the Hun in the sun: aerial warfare in summer skies, flight formations and tactics dependent on the suns position. Left: hide and seek in the clouds, with the sun used for cover

Building merchant ships by G. H. Davis
How pre-fabricated sections are used in the building of merchant ships in British shipyards during the Second World War. Rapid construction of cargo vessels to make good the losses sustained by

Japanese two-man submarine by G. H. Davis
The Japanese two-man submarine: a surprise weapon in sea warfare during the Second World War. An illustration of the tiny craft which raided Pearl Harbour

Aeroplanes and warship construction by G. H. Davis
Aircraft and sea warfare: the influence of aeroplanes on warship construction and naval strategy during the Second World War

Body armour and visors by G. H. Davis
Body armour and visors: medieval style protection for the British army during the Second World War. This protection stops small

Tracked machine guns and in fights by G. H. Davis
Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing tankettes with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with

Leviathan luxury American ship 1924
Leviathan luxury ship sails April 22nd from Southampton - Cherbourg to New York. A trip on the Leviathan is a wonderful experience

Hotchkiss Machine Gun
Hotchkiss machine-gun on a parapet mounting, adapted for use as a fortress defence Date: August 1914

Au Revoir to Jack and Jill, 1939
A somewhat contrived imaginary scene, depicting gunners waving goodbye to Jack and Jill, horses that once played a far more intrinsic role in warfare

French aeroplane with hand bombs, WW1
Two airmen in a French aeroplane, with hand bombs ready to be dropped over enemy territory during the First World War. Date: August 1914

The Whip Hand, by Bairnsfather
The Whip Hand Private Mulligatawny (the Australian stock-whip wonder) frequently causes a lot of bother in the enemys trenches Bruce Bairnsfathers " stock whip" cartoon sums up

Advert for The General Electric Company 1943
A battalion of kettles won t stop a tank. That is a job for gun, shells, mines and bombs. So that industry can concentrate its energies on the weapons and supplies of War

Blood and Iron 1914
On 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of the First World War; a few days later this illustration appeared in The Graphic. Date: 1914

Chemical warfare, Livens bomb exploding, WW1
Chemical warfare, showing white smoke from a Livens bomb exploding during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The over-enthusiasm of some sportsmen in the trenches
" Libellous? - With a sporting battalion at the front: Highly imaginative drawings" The over-enthusiasm of Harry Lows sporting battalion certainly raises a smile

Admiral Alfred Friedrich von Tirpitz (1849 - 1930), pictured when serving as Secretary of State for the Imperial German Navy, 1909

Fredk. William Trench
Sir FREDERICK. WILLIAM TRENCH British military commander, . but so far as I know he was not the inventor of trench warfare. Date: 1775 - 1859

Scharnhorst - 3
GERHARD JOHANN DAVID von SCHARNHORST Prussian military commander depicted studying the art of warfare in order to secure German freedom. Date: 1755 - 1813

WW1 - In Picardy - Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun
WW1 - In Picardy - The Noble British Tommy, the Vanquisher of the Hun... A British soldier stands over the body of a dead German soldier in a trench on the Western Front

A. D. Nineteen Fifty
Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, originally published in The Bystander magazine on 29 September 1915 and subsequently issued as part of his Fragments from France, and, as here

Playbill postcard for Alfs Button
The most popular manifestation of Orientalism after WWI seems to have been Alfs Button. W.A Darlingtons novel appeared in1920, was filmed (silent movie) the same year

WWI - The (German) Fox and the (Allied) Grapes
The Fox and the Grapes - A Hungry Fox, finding that he could not reach some tempting bunches of ripe grapes, declared that they were sour and that he did not want them

Monsieur Turpin - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI
French Chemist Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927) in his Laboratory - French Gas warfare specialist - WWI. France broke the Hague Conventions in August 1914

British Bulldog Tank surprises Germans in a trench
A truly superb postcard showing a British Tank represented by an armour-plated Bulldog surprising three German soldiers in their trench. WWI era

British Tommies in German dug-out trenches - WWI
British Tommies in captured German dug-out trenches - WWI Date: circa 1916

South African gas alarm post trench sentry, 1917
Soldier ready to ring the bell to give warning to a gas attack. In the Western Front they took gas attacks as " all in the days work"

Scouts as ARP wardens practising chemical warfare treatment during the Second World War. circa 1940

Blind Craftsman 1930S
A blind man making a tray at St. Dunstans school established in 1915 to provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service men blinded during warfare &c. Date: early 1930s

ULIVIs F-RAYS
Signor Ulivis F-Rays will make it possible for explosives to be detonated by remote control : push-button warfare becomes a freseeable possibility Date: 1914

Book cover design, Aerial Warfare by RP Hearne, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, with an introduction by Sir Hirams Maxim. 1908

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping