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  5. IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Tanks and armoured vehicles 1914-1918

IMAGO International History, Archive, First World War, WWI, Tanks and armoured vehicles 1914-1918

Feb 14, 2024

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  • An English Mark I tank crossing English trench on its way to attack Thiepval September 25, 1916, during Somme battle. The tanks were used for the 1st time at Fleurs-Courcelette battle (Somme, France) in September 1916 1713440 An English Mark I tank crossing English trench on its way to attack Thiepval September 25, 1916, during Somme battle. The tanks were used for the 1st time at Fleurs-Courcelette battle (Somme, France) in September 1916; (add.info.: An english Mark I tank crossing english trench on its way to attack Thiepval september 25, 1916, during Somme battle. The tanks were used for the 1st time at Fleurs-Courcelette battle (Somme, France) in september 1916). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1713440

    An English Mark I tank crossing English trench on its way to attack Thiepval September 25, 1916, during Somme battle. The tanks were used for the 1st time at Fleurs-Courcelette battle (Somme, France) in September 1916 1713440 An English Mark I tank crossing English trench on its way to attack Thiepval September 25, 1916, during Somme battle. The tanks were used for the 1st time at Fleurs-Courcelette battle (Somme, France) in September 1916; (add.info.: An english Mark I tank crossing english trench on its way to attack Thiepval september 25, 1916, during Somme battle. The tanks were used for the 1st time at Fleurs-Courcelette battle (Somme, France) in september 1916). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1713440

  • First World War: soldiers and tanks hidden in the bush in the area of the lower Piave (b w photo) 1250808 First World War: soldiers and tanks hidden in the bush in the area of the lower Piave (b w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Unidentified Author Friuli Venetia Julia, Italy); Fratelli Alinari Museum Collections, Florence, Italy. Copyright: xFratellixAlinarixMuseumxCollections,xFlorence,xItalyx xBridgemanxImagesx 1250808

    First World War: soldiers and tanks hidden in the bush in the area of the lower Piave (b w photo) 1250808 First World War: soldiers and tanks hidden in the bush in the area of the lower Piave (b w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Unidentified Author Friuli Venetia Julia, Italy); Fratelli Alinari Museum Collections, Florence, Italy. Copyright: xFratellixAlinarixMuseumxCollections,xFlorence,xItalyx xBridgemanxImagesx 1250808

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The American Army in France during the First World War 301st Tank Battalion. American heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of 17 October 1918. Note Old Glory flying from the tank. St Souplet, Nord. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagwarw13102023-198 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The American Army in France during the First World War 301st Tank Battalion. American heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of 17 October 1918. Note Old Glory flying from the tank. St Souplet, Nord. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagwarw13102023-198 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Au Combat; Un tank en action: sa tourelle gauche est armee d un petit canon marine a tir rapide , 1916. From L Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1 L Illustration, Paris, 1924 . Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Au Combat; Un tank en action: sa tourelle gauche est armee d un petit canon marine a tir rapide , 1916. From L Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1 L Illustration, Paris, 1924 . Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Notre Artillerie d Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; un groupe de chars d assaut legers entre deux attaques , 1918. From L Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2 L Illustration, Paris, 1924 . Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Notre Artillerie d Assaut; La Replique de Foch: Au Sud-ouest de Soissons; un groupe de chars d assaut legers entre deux attaques , 1918. From L Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2 L Illustration, Paris, 1924 . Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED En Argonne; L amalgame a l arriere de l offensive; chars d assaut americains, fantassins et chasseurs francais, aux abords d un cantonnement commun , 1918. From L Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2 L Illustration, Paris, 1924 . Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED En Argonne; L amalgame a l arriere de l offensive; chars d assaut americains, fantassins et chasseurs francais, aux abords d un cantonnement commun , 1918. From L Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2 L Illustration, Paris, 1924 . Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxUnknownx IMAGO

  • WW1 - The Tank Bank - National War Bonds WW1 - The tank Egbert which visited Wimbledon on March 14, 1918 to encourage people of visit The Tank Bank and invest in National War Bonds during a Feed the Guns campaign week. Date: 1918 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13791327

    WW1 - The Tank Bank - National War Bonds WW1 - The tank Egbert which visited Wimbledon on March 14, 1918 to encourage people of visit The Tank Bank and invest in National War Bonds during a Feed the Guns campaign week. Date: 1918 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13791327

  • Armoured car in St Isaac s Square, Petrograd, Russia Armoured car used by Kerensky and his supporters to defend Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, against a counter-revolutionary challenge from General Kornilov during the revolutionary period. Seen here in St Isaac s Square, outside the Astoria Hotel. Date: circa 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11773653

    Armoured car in St Isaac s Square, Petrograd, Russia Armoured car used by Kerensky and his supporters to defend Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, against a counter-revolutionary challenge from General Kornilov during the revolutionary period. Seen here in St Isaac s Square, outside the Astoria Hotel. Date: circa 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11773653

  • City militia with armoured car, Petrograd, Russia City militia (volunteer police force) with armoured car, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11773372

    City militia with armoured car, Petrograd, Russia City militia (volunteer police force) with armoured car, Petrograd (St Petersburg), Russia. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 11773372

  • The Tank Bank - Trafalgar Square War Bond Shop, WWI An Army tank in Trafalgar Square where the public could buy war bonds. It was part of a wider exhibition of war trophies in the square at the time and attracted much attention and media interest. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10951904

    The Tank Bank - Trafalgar Square War Bond Shop, WWI An Army tank in Trafalgar Square where the public could buy war bonds. It was part of a wider exhibition of war trophies in the square at the time and attracted much attention and media interest. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10951904

  • Can-Tankerous by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon Ere! Where the ell are ye comin with that Turkish bath o yours? Old Bill, the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander receives a frosty reception from soldiers in the trenches when he drives his tank rather clumsily towards them. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10837347

    Can-Tankerous by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon Ere! Where the ell are ye comin with that Turkish bath o yours? Old Bill, the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander receives a frosty reception from soldiers in the trenches when he drives his tank rather clumsily towards them. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10837347

  • Disabled German Tank - WWI - Betheny (Marne) Disabled German Tank - WWI - Betheny (Marne) - captured on 29th May 1918 by the 100th Infantry Regiment on the Road to Neufchatel. Date: 1918 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10826118

    Disabled German Tank - WWI - Betheny (Marne) Disabled German Tank - WWI - Betheny (Marne) - captured on 29th May 1918 by the 100th Infantry Regiment on the Road to Neufchatel. Date: 1918 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10826118

  • Peace Day procession, 19th July 1919 Tanks take part in the Peace Day Victory procession through London on 19th July 1919 to celebrate the end of World War One. Date: 19th July 1919 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10639450

    Peace Day procession, 19th July 1919 Tanks take part in the Peace Day Victory procession through London on 19th July 1919 to celebrate the end of World War One. Date: 19th July 1919 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10639450

  • British tank in action in France A British tank in action in France. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10038924

    British tank in action in France A British tank in action in France. Date: 1917 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 10038924

  • ARCHIVE 1914 1918 Picture from the first world war British tank at the western front in France Picture from first world war British tank at the western front in France FRANKRIKE x1900x Copyright: xTTxHISTORICALx FÖRSTA VÄRLDSKRIGET

    ARCHIVE 1914 1918 Picture from the first world war British tank at the western front in France Picture from first world war British tank at the western front in France FRANKRIKE x1900x Copyright: xTTxHISTORICALx FÖRSTA VÄRLDSKRIGET

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Tanks in the great victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. Artist: Unknown Copyright:xArtxMedia HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,1276222 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ArtxMedia HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Tanks in the great victory parade, Paris, France, 14 July 1919. Artist: Unknown Copyright:xArtxMedia HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,1276222 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ArtxMedia HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2926433 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Army, U.S. Armored Car, 1916. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2926433 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED British Mark IV tank on the Western Front, First World War, c1917, (c1920). Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtrasporto,trasporto,veicolo,tecnologia,libro,Britannico,fango,guerra,partexanteriore,secolo,GranxBretagna,serbatoio,serbatoi,primaxguerraxmondiale,concetto,veicoloxcorazzato,Crusty,World.war.i,WWI,campoxdixbattaglia,B W,GuerraxmondialexUna,glixannix10,ventesimoxsecolo,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,Unknown,KeystonexArchives,landship,ThexGreatxWorldxWar:xAxHistory,FrankxArthurxMumby,Mumby,FrankxArthur,GreshamxPublishingxCompany,GreshamxPublishingxCoxLtd,FrankxAxMumby,FrankxA.xMumby,FrankxA.,FrankxA,MarkxIVx IMAGO ,2752288 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:trasporto,trasporto,veicolo,tecnologia,libro,Britannico,fango,guerra,partexanteriore,secolo,GranxBretagna,serbatoio,serbatoi,primaxguerraxmondiale,concetto,veicoloxcorazzato,Crusty,World.war

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED British Mark IV tank on the Western Front, First World War, c1917, (c1920). Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtrasporto,trasporto,veicolo,tecnologia,libro,Britannico,fango,guerra,partexanteriore,secolo,GranxBretagna,serbatoio,serbatoi,primaxguerraxmondiale,concetto,veicoloxcorazzato,Crusty,World.war.i,WWI,campoxdixbattaglia,B W,GuerraxmondialexUna,glixannix10,ventesimoxsecolo,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,Unknown,KeystonexArchives,landship,ThexGreatxWorldxWar:xAxHistory,FrankxArthurxMumby,Mumby,FrankxArthur,GreshamxPublishingxCompany,GreshamxPublishingxCoxLtd,FrankxAxMumby,FrankxA.xMumby,FrankxA.,FrankxA,MarkxIVx IMAGO ,2752288 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:trasporto,trasporto,veicolo,tecnologia,libro,Britannico,fango,guerra,partexanteriore,secolo,GranxBretagna,serbatoio,serbatoi,primaxguerraxmondiale,concetto,veicoloxcorazzato,Crusty,World.war

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Offensive on the Cambrai Front , November 1917, (1919). Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransporte,transporte,estrada,povos,macho,veículo,homem,homens,France,guy,pista,avenida,guerra,posição,ForçasxArmadas,século,tanque,tanques,furado,soldados,soldado,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,conceito,tropas,B&W,MONOCROMÁTICO,Exército,guerra,veículoxarmoured,World.war.i,WWI,pretox&xbranco,pretoxexbranco,B W,GuerraxDexMundoxUma,1910s,20oxséculo,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,frontxline,Unknown,Knight,CaxtonxPublishingxCompany,WilliamxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WilliamxStanleyxMacbean,W.xStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,W.xStanleyxMacbean,WxStanleyxMacbean,W.xS.xM.,W.xS.xM.xKnight,CaxtonxPulishingxCompanyxLim,Ribecourt,Ribécourtx IMAGO ,271087 Copyright:transporte,transporte,estrada,povos,macho,veículo,homem,homens,France,guy,pista,avenida,guerra,posição,ForçasxArmadas,século,tanque,tanques,furado,soldados,soldado,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,c

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Offensive on the Cambrai Front , November 1917, (1919). Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransporte,transporte,estrada,povos,macho,veículo,homem,homens,France,guy,pista,avenida,guerra,posição,ForçasxArmadas,século,tanque,tanques,furado,soldados,soldado,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,conceito,tropas,B&W,MONOCROMÁTICO,Exército,guerra,veículoxarmoured,World.war.i,WWI,pretox&xbranco,pretoxexbranco,B W,GuerraxDexMundoxUma,1910s,20oxséculo,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,frontxline,Unknown,Knight,CaxtonxPublishingxCompany,WilliamxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WilliamxStanleyxMacbean,W.xStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,WxStanleyxMacbeanxKnight,W.xStanleyxMacbean,WxStanleyxMacbean,W.xS.xM.,W.xS.xM.xKnight,CaxtonxPulishingxCompanyxLim,Ribecourt,Ribécourtx IMAGO ,271087 Copyright:transporte,transporte,estrada,povos,macho,veículo,homem,homens,France,guy,pista,avenida,guerra,posição,ForçasxArmadas,século,tanque,tanques,furado,soldados,soldado,primeiraxguerraxdexmundo,c

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Allied troops marching through a liberated town, 27 October 1918. Allied troops marching through a liberated town, 27 October 1918. Artist: Unknown

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Allied troops marching through a liberated town, 27 October 1918. Allied troops marching through a liberated town, 27 October 1918. Artist: Unknown

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED A group of light tanks, Soissons, France, 1918. Although tanks were first deployed in World War I by the British, it was the French who adopted the new weapon with the greatest enthusiasm, building some 4000 by the end of the war. A group of light tanks, Soissons, France, 1918. Artist: Unknown

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED A group of light tanks, Soissons, France, 1918. Although tanks were first deployed in World War I by the British, it was the French who adopted the new weapon with the greatest enthusiasm, building some 4000 by the end of the war. A group of light tanks, Soissons, France, 1918. Artist: Unknown

  • British tank Lusitania waiting to go into action on outskirts of Arras. Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation s armed forces and personnel during World War I. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsww130012022-1649 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    British tank Lusitania waiting to go into action on outskirts of Arras. Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation s armed forces and personnel during World War I. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsww130012022-1649 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • World War One was to have a devastating impact on Russia. When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II.<br ><br > Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg greatly weakened the Russian Army in the initial phases of the war. The growing influence of Gregory Rasputin over the Romanov™s did a great deal to damage the royal family and by the end of the spring of 1917, the Romanovs, who had ruled Russia for just over 300 years, were no longer in charge of a Russia that had been taken over by Kerensky and the Provisional Government.<br ><br > By the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had taken power in the major cities of Russia and introduced communist rule in th Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0026057

    World War One was to have a devastating impact on Russia. When World War One started in August 1914, Russia responded by patriotically rallying around Nicholas II.<br ><br > Military disasters at the Masurian Lakes and Tannenburg greatly weakened the Russian Army in the initial phases of the war. The growing influence of Gregory Rasputin over the Romanov™s did a great deal to damage the royal family and by the end of the spring of 1917, the Romanovs, who had ruled Russia for just over 300 years, were no longer in charge of a Russia that had been taken over by Kerensky and the Provisional Government.<br ><br > By the end of 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Lenin had taken power in the major cities of Russia and introduced communist rule in th Supplier:xCPAxMediaxCo.xLtd. 1060_05_cpa0026057

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  • The death of a the tank Zillebeke The ruins near Ypres, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1296483

    The death of a the tank Zillebeke The ruins near Ypres, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1296483

  • Male Tadpole tank in action, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1295848

    Male Tadpole tank in action, Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1295848

  • King inspects tank training corps at Southern Depot. King on a Whippet on which he rode to the demonstration. 25 October 1918, Great Britain Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU060928

    King inspects tank training corps at Southern Depot. King on a Whippet on which he rode to the demonstration. 25 October 1918, Great Britain Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU060928

  • The King inspects tank training corps at Southern depot. 25 October 1918, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU059518

    The King inspects tank training corps at Southern depot. 25 October 1918, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU059518

  • The King inspects tank training corps at Southern depot. Brigadier General Matthew Lannowe, who is in charge of the whole training centre explaining features of a tank to the King. 25 October 1918, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU059190

    The King inspects tank training corps at Southern depot. Brigadier General Matthew Lannowe, who is in charge of the whole training centre explaining features of a tank to the King. 25 October 1918, London United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesEU059190

  • Lord Mayor s Show, 1917. Charles Hanson was the Lord Mayor of London. Tank in procession through the City. Crowds looking on outside St Paul s Cathedral (?). 9 November 1917 , Polizei, Polizist, Polizeimann UnitedArchives00927853

    Lord Mayor s Show, 1917. Charles Hanson was the Lord Mayor of London. Tank in procession through the City. Crowds looking on outside St Paul s Cathedral (?). 9 November 1917 , Polizei, Polizist, Polizeimann UnitedArchives00927853

  • Mark I tank in dificulties One of the first tanks in difficulty !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Mono Print UnitedArchives0656597

    Mark I tank in dificulties One of the first tanks in difficulty !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Mono Print UnitedArchives0656597

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