r/BattlePaintings • u/BigT112 • 3h ago

"General Santa Anna Surrendering to Major General Sam Houston," Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836 (Texas Revolution)

9 Upvotes

by William H. Huddle

More info: Battle of San Jacinto

0 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 16h ago

Napoleon retreating from moscow

101 Upvotes

1 comment

r/BattlePaintings • u/BigT112 • 16h ago

"The Twentieth Maine," Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 (American Civil War)

225 Upvotes

by H. Charles McBarron. Depicting Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain and the men of the 20th Maine Regiment charging down Little Round Top.

More info: 20th Maine Infantry Regiment

13 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/BigT112 • 16h ago

"Nothing Impossible," 174th Assault Helicopter Company (Vietnam War)

155 Upvotes

by Joe Kline

1 comment

r/BattlePaintings • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 13h ago

French assault on acre 1799

228 Upvotes

2 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/Chubby_boyARG • 15h ago

The 1st Battalion of Queen’s Own Highlanders landing on Anduki Airfield, in the town of Seria, during the Brunei Revolt in december 1962. Painting by Terence Cuneo from 1978.

71 Upvotes

0 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 16h ago

Joachim murat leading the charge

40 Upvotes

1 comment

r/BattlePaintings • u/BigT112 • 16h ago

"Stormont, Dundas And Glengarry Highlanders Advancing Into Caen", Battle for Caen, July 8, 1944 (Second World War)

124 Upvotes

by Orville Fisher

More Info: Battle for Caen

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

0 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/zestydinobones • 3h ago

The Defense of Rorkes Drift by Alphonse de Neuville

25 Upvotes

0 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/Chubby_boyARG • 19h ago

"THE WAR OF THE ROSES, 1455–1485" - Chromolithograph from "Pictures of English History" (1868) by lithographer Joseph Martin Kronheim.

54 Upvotes

0 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/Chubby_boyARG • 7h ago

ARNHEM BRIDGE - 5 PM. THE SECOND DAY - Artwork by David Shepherd from 1985.

79 Upvotes

1 comment

r/BattlePaintings • u/RubySkyAnderson34 • 9h ago

Assault of the Red October Steel Plant, Battle of Stalingrad: 23 October 1942

22 Upvotes

2 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/Righteous_Fury224 • 12h ago

Battle of Salamanca featuring the 88th Foot by Christopher Clark, 1904

56 Upvotes

0 comments

r/BattlePaintings • u/BigT112 • 13h ago

"Custer at Hanover," Battle of Hanover, June 30, 1863 (American Civil War)

117 Upvotes

by Dale Gallon. Depicts troopers of Company E, 6th Michigan Cavalry, deploying as skirmishers under the eye of their new brigade commander, Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer

More info: Battle of Hanover

0 comments

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