Strategic Collection (page 6)

Map Indicating the Area of the Rumanian Campaign, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Map Indicating the Area of the Rumanian Campaign, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VII. The Autumn Campaign of 1916", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Relief Map of Gorizia and the Carso Plateau, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Relief Map of Gorizia and the Carso Plateau, 1917. General Cadornas forces took the fighting north of Gorizia on the volcanic Carso plateau which had been fortified by the Austrians

Map Showing the Great British Advance of July 1916, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Map Showing the Great British Advance of July 1916, 1916. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VI. Allied operations during the Battle of the Somme

The Hour Has Struck. British First Line of Attack in the Great Push, 1917
The Hour Has Struck. British First Line of Attack in the " Great Push", 1917. The Battle of the Somme began on 1st July 1916, with General Douglas Haigs offensive known as the Great Push

The Belgian Court, 1915. Creator: Unknown
The Belgian Court, 1915. In November 1914, the British declared the entire North Sea a war zone and from then it was mined

Map of Poland Showing Russian Territory Occupied by Germany in August, 1915, 1916. By the end of 1915, the Germans had occupied the entire Russian sector, including Warsaw

General Map of the Balkan Operations in the Autumn of 1916, 1917. Creator: Unknown
General Map of the Balkan Operations in the Autumn of 1916, 1917. The Balkans campaign was fought between the Central Powers and the Allies

Area of General Cadornas Triumph on the Lower Isonzo, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Area of General Cadornas Triumph on the Lower Isonzo, 1917. The Battles of the Isonzo were fought between Austro-Hungarian

Large Scale Map of the Area of Victory in the Great Push of 1916, 1917
Large Scale Map of the Area of Victory in the " Great Push" of 1916, 1917. The Battle of the Somme began on 1st July 1916, with General Douglas Haigs offensive known as the Great Push

The Battle of Messines, 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Messines, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1917]

The Route of the Airmen Who Raided Dusseldorf and Cologne, 1915. Creator: Unknown
The Route of the Airmen Who Raided Dusseldorf and Cologne, 1915. On 22 September 1914 and 8 October, the British Royal Naval Air Service bombed Zeppelin bases in Cologne and Dusseldorf

The Steady Progress of the Allies Advance, 1915. Creator: Unknown
The Steady Progress of the Allies Advance, 1915. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume I. The First Phase", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Le Cabinet de Napoleon, 19th century, (1921). Creator: Unknown
Le Cabinet de Napoleon, 19th century, (1921). Napoleons Office. The emperor Napoleon and a child look at maps and discuss military strategy

Tenby, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Tenby, 1898. Tenby, a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the west of Carmarthen Bay with a natural sheltered harbour from the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea

Lord Nelson, (1758-1805), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Lord Nelson, (1758-1805), 1830. Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) British flag officer in the Royal Navy noted for leadership, strategy, and unconventional tactics

General Ivanoff, commanding the Southern Russian Group... First World War, 1915, (c1920)
General Ivanoff, commanding the Southern Russian Group in the Great Retreat, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov (1851-1919)

The Conquest of the Soudan, 1896-98: the Battle of Omdurman, September 2, 1898, (1901)
The Conquest of the Soudan, 1896-98: The Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, September 2, 1898, (1901). British soldier Major-General Kitchener regained the Sudan for Egypt by his

View of the Bosphorus: The Castle of Europe, 1890. Creator: Unknown
View of the Bosphorus: The Castle of Europe, 1890. On the European shore of the Bosphorus, Rumelihisari medieval fortress was built between 1451-1452 on the orders of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in

Stirling Castle, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Stirling Castle, 1890. There have been at least eight sieges at Stirling Castle dating c1110, when King Alexander I dedicated a chapel here

Jaffa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Jaffa, 1890. Jaffa, an ancient port city, with a broad view of the Mediterranean Sea, had strategic importance in military history

Lord Nelson, c1797, (1890). Creator: Unknown
Lord Nelson, c1797, (1890). Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) British flag officer in the Royal Navy, noted for his leadership, strategy, and unconventional tactics

The Castle of Hennebon, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Castle of Hennebon, 1890. Medieval ramparts dating 13th-15th centuries at Hennebont on the river Blavet. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

View of Florence from the Belvedere, 1890. Creator: Unknown
View of Florence from the Belvedere, 1890. Fort Belvedere was designed and built by Bernardo Buontalenti between 1590-1595, by orders of Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici

Smyrna, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Smyrna, 1890. Smyrna on a strategic point of the Aegean coast of Anatolia. During the Smyrniote Crusade in 1344, combined forces of the Knights Hospitaliers, Republic of Venice

The Vow of Hannibal, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Vow of Hannibal, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Hannibal in the Assembly at Carthage, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Hannibal in the Assembly at Carthage, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Gertrude Ederle receiving advice from her trainer Jabez Wolff, 1926, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Gertrude Ederle receiving advice from her trainer Jabez Wolff, 1926, (1935). Miss Gertrude Ederle [1905-2003], the young American swimmer

The Battle of the Nations, Leipzig, 16-19 October 1813, (1936). Creator: Unknown
The Battle of the Nations, Leipzig, 16-19 October 1813, (1936). Die Volkerschlacht Bei Leipzig, 16-19 Oktober 1813. The allied monarchs: King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia

Field Marshal Laudon, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Field Marshal Laudon, (1936). Feldmarschall Laudon. Portrait of Baron Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717-1790), Austrian general

Nelson, (1758-1805), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Nelson, (1758-1805), 1816. Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British admiral, noted for his leadership, strategy, and unconventional tactics during the Napoleonic Wars

The Battle of Waterloo, (18 June 1815), 1816 Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Waterloo, (18 June 1815), 1816. Fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815. The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by an allied British army under the Duke of Wellington

A Sketch of the Battle of Waterloo, (18 June 1815 ), 1816. Creator: Unknown
A Sketch of the Battle of Waterloo, (18 June 1815), 1816. Fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815. The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by an allied British army under the Duke of Wellington

Georg Von Frundsberg, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Georg Von Frundsberg, (1936). Portrait of German soldier Georg Von Frundsberg (1473-1528), early modern proponent of infantry tactics who fought on behalf of the Holy Roman emperors Maximilian I

Frederick the Great holds a council of war with his generals, August 1756, (1936). Friedrich Der Grosse Halt Kriegsrat Mit Seinen Generalen, August 1756

The Vale of Tempe, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Vale of Tempe, 1890. Vale of Tempe in Thessaly, Greece, celebrated by Greek poets as a place of Apollo and the Muses and the scene of numerous battles throughout history

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1804, (1839). Creator: Julien Leopold Boilly
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1804, (1839). Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (Laurent, Marquis de), Marechal de France. Portrait of Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764-1830), Marshal of France

The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored, 1890. The Long Walls connected Athens to the ports of Piraeus and Phalerum. Initially constructed in mid 5th century BC

The Macedonian Phalanx, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Macedonian Phalanx, 1890. The Macedonian phalanx, an infantry formation developed by Philip II and used by his son Alexander the Great to conquer the Achaemenid Empire

General Sakharoff, (1919). Creator: Unknown
General Sakharoff, (1919). Portrait of Russian soldier Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov (1853-1920): The captor of Brody in Brusiloffs great offensive

The Destruction of a Polish Village, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Destruction of a Polish Village, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: In her great and masterly retreat Russia ruthlessly put to the flame towns

The Blocking of Zeebrugge Harbour, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Blocking of Zeebrugge Harbour, (1919). Scene from the First World War: photograph taken by a German airman in 1918 of ships sunk by the Allies....incontestable evidence of the effectiveness of

Lord Nelson, 1927. Creator: Unknown
Lord Nelson, 1927. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) a British flag officer in the Royal Navy noted for his leadership, strategy and tactics during the Napoleonic Wars

West Point on the Hudson, c1897. Creator: Unknown
West Point on the Hudson, c1897. West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States, identified by George Washington as the most important strategic position in America

Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett
Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Unionist Major General William Tecumseh Shermans men sabotaging a railrway during a military campaign of the American Civil War

Joppa from the Sea, 1902. Creator: John Fulleylove
Joppa from the Sea, 1902. Bible as the name of the city of Jaffa. From " The Holy Land", painted by John Fulleylove, R.I. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1902]

Martin P6M-1 SeaMaster
Us Navy Martin P6M Seamaster Jet-Powered Seaplane Bomber Flying Date: 1950s

North American XB-70A Valkyrie
USAF North American Xb-70A Valkyrie Roll-Out Ceremony at Plant 42, Palmdale, Ca, Usa on 11 May 1964 Date: 1964

Republic XF-12 Rainbow
Republic Xf-12 / Xr-12 Rainbow Flying Date: 1940s

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"Unleashing the Power of Strategy: Aerial Forces in Action" In this captivating snapshot, four Royal Australian Air Force F-111 aircraft soar through the sky with precision and purpose. Their strategic maneuvers echo the importance of careful planning and execution. Accompanying them are U. S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters, showcasing their immense capabilities as they gracefully navigate through the clouds. Together, these forces epitomize strategic collaboration on a global scale. A lone Royal Australian Air Force F-111 takes flight against a backdrop between Berlin and Rome, symbolizing the vast distances covered by aerial operations in pursuit objectives. The awe-inspiring presence of a B-2 Spirit soaring high above reminds us of its unparalleled stealth capabilities - an embodiment of strategy at its finest. Delving into history, we witness the Republic XF-12 Rainbow RC-2 taking center stage. This iconic aircraft represents an era where strategic innovation pushed boundaries to new heights. Maps become our guiding compasses as we explore G. H. Davis's depiction of war in North Africa - highlighting how geography played a pivotal role in shaping military strategies during crucial conflicts. Continuing our journey across Europe, another map by G. H. Davis showcases Sicily's significance as a strategically vital location throughout history – reminding us that every inch holds untold stories waiting to be discovered. Amidst all this action-packed imagery, a C-17 Globemaster III releases flares over the Atlantic Ocean - not only demonstrating tactical prowess but also emphasizing the importance of defensive measures for successful missions. Taking us back to World War II is an image capturing LCC-LFB emergency dam unit and trailer pump; it serves as a poignant reminder that even amidst chaos, strategists find ways to mitigate disaster and protect lives at all costs. Finally, G. H. Davis enlightens us about Crete and Cyprus' strategic importance – two Mediterranean gems whose geographical positioning has shaped the course of history.