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These spikes were laid out on a wall dividing "Tide Mills" from the Harbour at Newhaven in Sussex. They made up a small part of the Army defences used around the area during the Second World War
Often overlooked by many, there is a smaller Palmerston fort in the Solent, near Bembridge on the Isle of Wight
This is St. Helens Fort. Construction began in 1865 and was completed in 1878. It's much smaller than the other, circular, forts in the Solent.
Periodically (often in August), on one of the lowest tides of the year, there is a mass walk from St Helens beach out to the fort and back.
On this day the causeway appears from the sea upon which the original materials were carried out from the shore at St Helen's Old Church, where there was formerly a quarry. Access is from this point, but also along the spit from Bembridge.
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli soldiers tell a Palestinian vendor to close down his shop after scuffles in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.
Israel - Yahalom Unit Exercise
Special unit of the Corps of Engineers, Yahalom, held a demonstration exercise at the urban warfare facility – 4th March 2012
Yahalom unit is the most elite unit of the Engineering Corps and one of the IDF's elite units. This is the professional body that provides a solution for operational purposes in sabotage, bomb disposal, dealing with the threat of tunnels and the like.
Photos: Ftian Ibrahim - IDF Spokesman Unit
Israeli Defence Force Recruits for a Field intelligence unit during their basic training course - 2011
Defence Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South and Central Asian Defence, Strategy and Diplomacy, IISS
Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, Oman
Vikram Misri, Deputy National Security Advisor, India
Admiral John Aquilino, Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command
Sagala Ratnayaka, Chief of Staff to the President and National Security Advisor, President’s Office, Sri Lanka
Admiral Pierre Vandier, Chief of Staff, French Navy
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israel Defence Force officer cadets from the Geffen Battalion at Training Base 1 during a field training exercise - storming straight into thorny bushes and dense vegetation, preparing them for the anything they may encounter in the next conflict – January 2012
Israeli Soldiers from the Nahal's Brigade during a Brigade Training Exercise conducted on May 22nd 2012
Photos: Israel Defence Force
Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
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Israeli soldiers patrol along the border fence between the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and Syria next to the Druze village of Majdal Shams on May 20, 2011, as Israel boosted security in the Golan Heights, sending troops and police to the northern region and denying access to non-residents amid fears that protesters could repeat May 15 demonstrations that saw dozens breach a security fence and enter from Syria.
Section of what I believe to be Boom Defence Chain, with 1943 shown on links preserved next to Portsmouth Dockyard in Queens Street
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller meets with the Minister of Defence of Austria, Thomas Starlinger
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Soldiers from The Nitzan 636 special unit called "Chameleon" – the unit operates in the West Bank – seen during a training exercise – January 2012
Israeli Soldiers from The Nitzan 636 special unit called "Chameleon" – the unit operates in the West Bank – seen during a training exercise – January 2012
Israeli Soldiers from a number of Different Infantry Brigades training with the TOW Anti-Tank Missile System – 3rd October 2011
Defence Boom: one of a collection of images shot at East Beach, Shoeburyness - home to the Shoebury Garrison, an MOD base and the Defence Boom built during WWII - history, character, decay, quiet galore. Oh, and lots of sea-worn glass and pieces of pottery to be found on the beach. Available as a 18"x12" limited edition signed print for £40.00
Left to right: NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the start of the meeting
QALANDYIA, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 9: An Israeli border policeman fires tear gas during clashes with Palestinians throwing rocks and bottles on October 6, 2009 in Qalandyia, south of Ramallah, West Bank. Israeli border police and army clashed with Palestinians for several hours as Palestinians prepare for a general strike on Friday to protest the continued strife surrounding a holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
Suda Bay War Cemetry
Chania, Crete
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In May 1941, the Commonwealth force in Crete was organised in five widely separated defence areas along the north coast - around the three airfields at Iraklion, Rethymnon and Maleme, and at Suda Bay and the port of Chania.
The Germans launched their attack on 20 May with airborne troops.
The airfield at Maleme was quickly captured and used for landing German reinforcements. On 23 May, the remainder of the Maleme position had to be given up and its defenders fell back to Chania. On 26 May, the Allied line west of Chania was broken.
Suda Bay became indefensible and the troops from these two positions, with the remainder of the Maleme garrison, withdrew across the island to Sfakion, where many of them were evacuated by sea on the nights of the 28 - 31 May.
The airborne attacks on the Iraklion and Rethymnon positions on 20 May were repulsed. Iraklion was successfully defended until the night of 29/29 May when the garrison was evacuated by sea.
Orders for the Rethymnon garrison to fight its way southward for evacuation did not arrive, and it was overwhelmed on 31 May.
Of the total Commonwealth land force of 32,000 men, 18,000 were evacuated, 12,000 were taken prisoner and 2,000 were killed. The site of Suda Bay War Cemetery was chosen after the war and graves were moved there by 21st and 22nd Australian War Graves
Units from the four burial grounds that had been established by the German occupying forces at Chania, Iraklion, Rethymnon and Galata, and from isolated sites and civilian cemeteries. There are now 1,500 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 776 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery also contains 19 First World War burials brought in from Suda Bay Consular Cemetery, 1 being unidentified.
There are also 7 burials of other nationalities and 37 non-war burials.
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell
Israeli Soldiers from the Stinger Unit (IDF Canine Unit) during the Tracking Phase of a field training exercise – 10th to 12th March 2012
Defence Forces Triathlon took place in Lilliput Adventure Center in Mullingar on the banks of Lough Enell