Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (GL) ART211DHM1243GL. Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. So Tell The Spartans, Stranger passing by that here, Obedient to their laws, we lie. In 480 BC the Spartans tried to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians led by Xerxes. The Persian fleet had sailed along the coastline from northern Greece into the Gulf of Malia on the eastern Aegean Sea towards the mountains at Thermopylae. The Greek General and King
three Lancasters of 617 Sqn turned their attention to the Eder
Braving intense enemy fire
Limited edition of 5 giclee canvas prints
17th Lancers
killing all but one of her crew
as the 'Black Hats'
HMS Magicienne by W Fred Mitchell
Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 is seen taking to the air for a test flight in June 1936 from Eastleigh Airport in Southampton
flown by Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown
a Buccaneer and a Fairey Gannet
Soviet airforce MIG19 shoots down a USAF RB47 Stratofortress during the 1960s
Danang April 1965