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Warfare Collection (page 9)

Background imageWarfare Collection: German raid WWI

German raid WWI
German troops leaving their trenches for a raid on the British lines during World War I on the Western Front

Background imageWarfare Collection: Soldiers in trenches WWI

Soldiers in trenches WWI
Soldiers in trenches on the French battle front during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: German defences WWI

German defences WWI
German soldiers in an indoor trench during World War I on the Western Front in France

Background imageWarfare Collection: German soldiers in the Argonne WWI

German soldiers in the Argonne WWI
German troops stationed in the trenches in the forest of Argonne during World War I on the Western Front

Background imageWarfare Collection: German soldiers near Antwerp WWI

German soldiers near Antwerp WWI
German soldiers in a trench near Antwerp on the Western Front during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: German trench WWI

German trench WWI
German trench on the Aisne during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Exploding shell WWI

Exploding shell WWI
Shell exploding near German troops manning a trench on the Western Front during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Second Battle of Ypres WWI

Second Battle of Ypres WWI
In the heights northeast of Ypres during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Gallipoli view WWI

Gallipoli view WWI
View from the front line trench towards Achi Baba at Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Gallipoli soldiers WWI

Gallipoli soldiers WWI
Soldiers guarding on Ghurka Bluff at Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Gallipoli attack WWI

Gallipoli attack WWI
Allied forces attacking from the trenches at Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Communications trench at Gallipoli WWI

Communications trench at Gallipoli WWI
Sandbag wall across gully used as main communication trench at Helles, Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Trench attack at Gallipoli WWI

Trench attack at Gallipoli WWI
Allies attack across trenches during World War I at Gallipoli

Background imageWarfare Collection: French Soldiers WWI

French Soldiers WWI
Two French soldiers from the Corps Expeditionnaire d Orient looking over the side of a communications trench during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Turkish troops WWI

Turkish troops WWI
Turkish troops in trenches at Gallipoli during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: British Gurkhas WWI

British Gurkhas WWI
1/8th Gurkhas, 21st Brigade, 7th Division in captured Turkish trenches in Tikrit during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Turkish Trenches WWI

Turkish Trenches WWI
Turkish fire trenches during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: French machine gun section WWI

French machine gun section WWI
French machine gun section on their way to the trenches on the Western front during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: French trenches WWI

French trenches WWI
Practice with RC dogs in the trenches near Luippes (Marne) during World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Vimy Ridge 1915

Vimy Ridge 1915
French front line trench on Vimy Ridge on the French Front in France during World War I in 1915

Background imageWarfare Collection: French Front 1915

French Front 1915
French soldiers in a trench at Souain on the French Front in France during World War I in 1915

Background imageWarfare Collection: Lewis gunners 1918

Lewis gunners 1918
British Lewis gunners of the 12th Royal Scots wearing box respirators in action in a front line trench during a gas attack on the Western Front in France during World War I in June 1918

Background imageWarfare Collection: Arras 1917

Arras 1917
10th Scottish Rifles raiding party waiting in sap for the signal to go. Shortly after a shell fell in the trench killing seven men on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: Soldiers with mortar 1917

Soldiers with mortar 1917
Soldiers of the York and Lancaster regiment in the trenches with a mortar on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: Soldiers in snow in 1917

Soldiers in snow in 1917
Troops crossing snow covered ground going to the trenches near Bazentin in France on the British front during World War I in February 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: Royal Engineers 1917

Royal Engineers 1917
Royal engineers passing across snow-covered ground in single file East of Contalmaison in France on the British front during World War I in February 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: Soldiers resting in trench 1918

Soldiers resting in trench 1918
First battalion Northamptonshire Infantry resting in a British Front line trench at Molain, near Vaux Andigny, in France during World War I on 17th October 1918

Background imageWarfare Collection: Battle of the Somme

Battle of the Somme
The old British Front Line trenches during the Battle of the Somme, Delville Wood, Somme, in France during World War I on 3rd july 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: In the trenches 1915

In the trenches 1915
Soldiers of the Cameronians (5th Scottish Rifles) in the trenches in Bois Grenier on the Western Front in France during World War I in 1915

Background imageWarfare Collection: Battle of Lys 1918

Battle of Lys 1918
German infantry leap from their trenches to attack the cold, tired and homesick Portuguese Division at the Battle of Lys on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I on 29th September 1918

Background imageWarfare Collection: Battle of Menin Road Ridge

Battle of Menin Road Ridge
The 13th Durham Light Infantry in trenches before their attack on Veldhoek, Belgium, during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge during World War I on 20th September 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: Battle of Menin Road Ridge

Battle of Menin Road Ridge
The 13th Durham Light Infantry in trenches before their attack on Veldhoek, Belgium, during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge during World War I on 20th September 1917

Background imageWarfare Collection: Aerial torpedoes

Aerial torpedoes designed by an Australian engineer, Mr A Dunbar Wigram. They were expected to revolutionise the methods of modern warfare, by speeding over land and sea with a deadly aim

Background imageWarfare Collection: Italian army aviators during Italo-Turkish War

Italian army aviators during Italo-Turkish War
Italian army aviators during the Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) -- the first use of aeroplanes in warfare. Captain Piazzi sits in his monoplane

Background imageWarfare Collection: Journeys End by Webster Murray

Journeys End by Webster Murray
Illustration by Webster Murray depicting a scene from the play Journeys End by R.C. Sherriff, which deals with the period of March 1918 during World War One

Background imageWarfare Collection: Bomb Damage - Vietnam

Bomb Damage - Vietnam
The destruction caused by US bombing in North Vietnam (Tan Hoa) in 1972. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Background imageWarfare Collection: The Spirit of the People

The Spirit of the People
Six photos showing the imperturbability of British citizens when faced with German bombings: You might as well try to shake the nerve of a mountain as of this population wrote Mr E.C

Background imageWarfare Collection: London Territorials

London Territorials
The London Territorials charge a German trench at Pozieres during the Battle of the Somme in 1916

Background imageWarfare Collection: Woolley Earns Vc / Hill 60

Woolley Earns Vc / Hill 60
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley of the Queen Victorias Rifles, a territorial regiment, earns the Victoria Cross on Hill 60 by continually throwing bombs

Background imageWarfare Collection: Home Guard training against bombers

Home Guard training against bombers
Training for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London. Riflemen being trained to meet dive-bombing attacks by practising rapid fire against a diving model that represents a 50

Background imageWarfare Collection: The Little Contemptibles

The Little Contemptibles
Fighting in the open country in the early months of World War One, before trench warfare turned the Western front into a stalemate

Background imageWarfare Collection: Captured German 155-mm Gun, Italy; Second World War, 1944

Captured German 155-mm Gun, Italy; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a French 155-mm gun, used by the German army to shell Allied shipping, captured by British troops and being towed by a Sherman tank, Italy, 1944

Background imageWarfare Collection: Subterranean warfare

Subterranean warfare
Two French engineers are illustrated constructing a mine gallery. During the war tunnels were dug beneath enemy lines and mines placed to destroy enemy positions above

Background imageWarfare Collection: British trenches at the front

British trenches at the front
A quiet morning in the British trenches showing officers during a lull in firing. Trench warfare defined World War I

Background imageWarfare Collection: Infantry entrenched

Infantry entrenched
German infantry firing from a trench during training exercises. The trenches would become the characteristic feature of World War I stalemate warfare

Background imageWarfare Collection: Underground warfare

Underground warfare
Men working a mine-drill in a gallery, making a bore-hole for a camoflaut or secondary chamber, intended to cause the enemy work to fall in

Background imageWarfare Collection: Land-mine explosion

Land-mine explosion
Photograph showing the upheaval of earth and debris as a land-mine explodes. A frequent characteristic of siege warfare, the landmine could destroy huge section of trenches

Background imageWarfare Collection: Listening for sounds of counter-mining

Listening for sounds of counter-mining
British soldier using a microphone to listen for evidence of enemy counter-mining underground. Underground mines became a major feature of warfare on the Western Front during World War I with miners



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