Images Dated 4th October 2011

German U-boat 49 hitting Giovanni Albanesi, WW1

German U-boat 49 and crew in the foreground, with the Italian sailing ship the Giovanni Albanesi, which she had just set on fire in the Gulf of Naples during the First World War. Date: 19 March 1918

© Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

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Touring Club Italiano chart, aeroplanes and airships

Touring Club Italiano chart of aeroplanes and airships, Italian and foreign (German, Austrian, French, British), for recognition purposes. The sign on the wing indicates enemy (lower left) and ally (lower right). Date: 1915

© Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

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D'Annunzio's propaganda drop over Vienna, WW1

Aerial view of the centre of Vienna, Austria, with thousands of propaganda leaflets dropped by the Italian poet and nationalist Gabriele d'Annunzio from his Ansaldo SVA biplane (accompanied by ten other planes of the 87th Squadron) during the First World War. Date: 9 August 1918

© Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

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