This is a painting by Hans Holbein generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1530s.
Allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula
Allied troops lining the shore at "ANZAC Cove" on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The cove was named after the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops that were part of the Allied forces. The Dardanelles Campaign against the Turks was a bloody defeat for the Allies.
The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Royal navy
Assembly of the Royal Navy at Spithead for fleet review, July 1914.
World empires and colonies
World map colour coordinated showing the Empires and countries that are colonized during 1914 when World War I began.
Schlieffen plan
The Schlieffen Plan is a name given after the First World War to German war plans, due to the influence of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on an invasion of France and Belgium, which began on 4 August 1914. Schlieffen was Chief of the General Staff of the German Army from 1891 to 1906.
Sinking of the Lusitania
The New York Herald reporting the sinking of the Lusitania, a British ocean liner, by a German submarine on May 7, 1915.
Cannon
The French 75-mm cannon, the archetypal rapid-firing gun from its introduction in 1897 through World War I.
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
