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Wars and Battles


Wars, Battles, Warefare, Soldiers, Weapons etc.



11 subcategories
Battles against Turks

BATTLES AGAINST TURKS

Battles by century

BATTLES BY CENTURY

Conquest of England - Bayeux Tapestry

CONQUEST OF ENGLAND - BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Crusades

CRUSADES

Emperor Karl V

EMPEROR KARL V

Mythological Battles

MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLES

Napoleonic Battles

NAPOLEONIC BATTLES

Naval Battles

NAVAL BATTLES

Prince Eugene of Savoy

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

Sieges

SIEGES

War of Austrian Succession

WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

541 photos
Monument to Queen Louise of Prussia, 1811, Gransee.    
Queen Louise (1776-1810),wife of king Friedrich        
Wilhelm III, was extremely popular, because of her     
curageous stand against Napoleon. Gransee was the place
where her coffin rested on its way to Charlottenhof.
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Monument to Queen Louise of Prussia, 1811, Gransee. Queen Louise (1776-1810)...

Base of the statue of general Scharnhorst, hero        
of Prussia's resistance against Napoleon. Pallas       
Athene dictates the history of the war.                
The Scharnhorst monument stands in front of Schinkel's 
"Neue Wache" guard-house.
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Base of the statue of general Scharnhorst, hero of Prussia's resistance...

"The Construction of the Ark",                         
Noah and a son building.                               
Detail. Bas-relief on a stone                          
capital from the nave hall.
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"The Construction of the Ark", Noah and a son building....

"The Construction of the Ark",                         
Noah and a son building.                               
Detail. Bas-relief on a stone                          
capital from the nave hall.
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"The Construction of the Ark", Noah and a son building....

Cavalier's head from the tomb of a donor
Ca. 1300
Church of the Mehrerau monastery, Vorarlberg, Austria
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Cavalier's head from the tomb of a donor Ca. 1300 Church of the Mehrerau monas...

Three soldiers with a ram (siege artillery)            
forcing open the gate of a fortification.              
From "Four Books of Knightship" (1529)
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Three soldiers with a ram (siege artillery) forcing open the gate of...

A sling-shot (siege artillery),                        
from "Four Books of Knightship" (1529)
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A sling-shot (siege artillery), from "Four Books of Knig...

An attack tower with armed soldiers.                   
From "Four Books of Knightship" (1529)
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An attack tower with armed soldiers. From "Four Books of Knig...

Two soldiers with a cannon being fired off, in         
the background another war-machine and a town.         
From "Four Books of Knightship" (1529)
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Two soldiers with a cannon being fired off, in the background another w...

A vertical cannon (siege                               
artillery) being fired off.
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A vertical cannon (siege artillery) being fired o...

Iziaslav, prince of Kiev, forces Prince Iuri           
Dolgoruki and his Couman allies to lift the siege      
of Chernigov (1152). From the Radziwill Chronicle,     
an early history of Russia. Page 195 v., 612           
miniatures, late 15th
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Iziaslav, prince of Kiev, forces Prince Iuri Dolgoruki and his Couman...

Siege of Jerusalem. Codex Justinianus; Institutes,      
descriptio terrae sanctae. Italien
#15020251

Siege of Jerusalem. Codex Justinianus; Institutes, descriptio terrae sanc...