Islands Gallery

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles. From papers relating to the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), collected by 24057159 WO2 David Langham, 81 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Date: circa 1982

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

The Last Man, Hans Bohrdt - Propaganda - German navy officer

In 1915 Hans Bohrdt created his most famous illustration which is called "The Last Man". The image shows a German navy officer holding up a German flag as his ship sinks because he would rather go down with the ship than surrender during the Battle for the Falkland Islands on 8th December 1914. "The Last Man" would become one of the most widely recognized propaganda images used during the First World War to inspire courage. Date: 1915

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

St Kilda archipelago at sunrise

St Kilda archipelago at sunrise, containing the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides. The archipelago is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986. Scotland

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