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Saint Louis (Louis IX of France) and his brothers Alphonse and Charles taken prisoner during the Sixth Crusade. Ransomed 1250. Woodcut of 1522. Incidence of Scurvy high amongst Crusaders
Envoys of Sultan, old merchant on crutches acting as interpreter, discussing ransoms with Christian knights taken prisoner during a Crusade
Gas light illuminations on Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, to mark the end of the Crimean War. Woodcut. 31 May 1856
Christian De Wet (1854-1922) Boer soldier and politician c1900
World War I postcard of 1914, showing British officer saying farewell to loved one and answering the call to duty
Harold II (c1022-1066) Nominated as his successor as King of Angles and Saxons by Edward the Confessor. Harold killed by Norman arrow at Battle of Hastings 1066. Colour-printed wood engraving 1864
Peninsular Campaign, known in Spain as War of Independence (1808-1814). Storming of Badajoz by troops under the command of Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington 1814) 6 April 1812. Steel engraving
Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima 1945 suffering the effects of radiation. ICRC photograph
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-42: British army passing through Meyden valley on march from Meyden to Urghundee. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: Encampment of lst Bengal European Regiment. Regiment struggling over mountains with the artillery. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: Ghanzi: fortress, citadel and remains of 2 minarets. Changed hands a number of times during hostilities. From Atkinson Afghanistan London c1850
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British army under canvas at Dadur at entrance to the Bolan Pass. Sioriab mountains in background. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-42: Dost Mohammed Khan surrendering to William MacNaghten (1793-1841) taking his morning ride outside Cabul (Kabul). MacNaghten shot by Akbar Khan 23 December 1841
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British army entering the Bolan Pass from Dadur. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: Tomb of Emperor Babur (d1530). From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. British army under canvas at Roree on the Indus. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: British army at Urghundee with 25 guns abandoned by Dost Mohammed. From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. Shah Shujah or Shoja, puppet of British, holding a Durbar at Cabul (Kabul). From J Atkinson Sketches in Afghanistan London 1842. Hand-coloured lithograph
150-megaton thermonuclear explosion, Bikini Atoll, l March 1854. Unexpected spread of fallout led to awareness of, and research into, radioactive pollution. UNO photograph
Hiroshima after the dropping of the atom bomb in August 1945. USAF photograph
Home from the War : Currier and Ives print of Union (northern) soldier returning safely to home and family at end of American Civil War 1865
American Civil War 1861-1865: George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) American army officer in 1861 when Commander-in-Chief of Unionist (Northern) forces, a position he held for five months
American Civil War 1861-1865: Destruction of the Confederate (Southern) flotilla by Unionist armoured gunboats at Memphis, Tennessee, July 1862. Wood engraving
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) American soldier: 18th president of USA, in Civil War commander of Unionist (northern) forces from 1864. American Civil War 1861-1865. Signature. Engraving
American War of Independence: Defeat of British at Yorktown, Virginia 1781. Charles, Marquis of Cornwallis (1738-1805) O Hara and Chewton surrendering their swords to Washington. Engraving
Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) American Confederate (southern) general in American Civil War 1861-1865. Mortally wounded at Shiloh. Engraving
Heidelberg Castle and town viewed across the Necker river. After 1620 woodcut. Home of Frederick V Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia (1619-20) and Elizabeth
Spartans asking Oracle at Delphi whether to make war against Athenians. Peloponnesian War (Second or Great 431-404BC) between Athens and Sparta. Wood engraving 1910
Cassandra, legendary Greek Trojan princes and prophetess, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, delivering a prophecy. Rejected Apollos advances, so he made it so no one believed her usually true prophecies
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871-1936) British naval commander, World War I: Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916: Commander-in-chief Grand Fleet 1916: First Sea Lord 1919
World War I: Battle of Loos. Scottish regiments, with bayonets drawn, charging and overwhelming German trenches
Italian World War I Poster shows a soldier looking down at his small son. 1917 Aurelio Craffonara, 1875-1945, artist
Sottoscrivete al prestito Italian World War I Poster shows a classical female figure, representing Italy, wearing a crown, armour and draped in the Italian flag
Der Wahlsturm fegt durchs Land German World War I Poster shows a man in red running from a deluge of blue and white pieces of paper marked Bayerische Volkspartei
Think Are you content for him to fight for youja Won t you do your bitja We shall win but you must help. Join to-day. World War I Poster showing silhouette of a soldier striding forward with bayonet
Carry on Buy Liberty Bonds to your UTMOST: American World War I patriotic poster, 1918, by Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848-1936). Lithograph
World War I poster (British) Lads you re wanted: Go and help. 1915
Poster shows a hand holding a pen and signing a German war bond certificate. 1918
(Detail from a ) Poster showing a battalion marching down a lane, as two women standing by a gate watch and wave. This was a propaganda poster in England during the First World War. dated 1915-16
Poster showing a father with his children after the war. the children are saying Daddy what did you do in the warja. This was a propaganda poster in England during the First World War. dated 1915-16
Wold war one Poster the British King George V and a slogan Surely you will fight for your (King, implied) and country (implied).This was a propaganda poster in England during the First World War
German air raid over central London 1940, Blitz, World War II
Central London Recruiting depot during World War I 1914
Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan, December 8, 1941. world war II
English arms factory with female workers in 1915. World War I
Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863-28 June 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death
Front page of the Daily Mirror, a British newspaper during the First World War 1915. The headline refers to the sinking of the naval vessel HMS Formidable
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