Destruction and Warfare

Dramatic scenes of destruction from wartime settings, including burning buildings and smoke filled skies, depicting the aftermath of conflict during significant historical battles.

The USS Intrepid is hit by a japanese kamikaze aircraft pilot attack 1944. USS Intrepid, Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943

Anefo photo collection. Panorama burning buildings. 1940-1945}. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Burma Battle Town Burns - Columns of black ***** pour from burning buildings at Insein, Burmese town 12 miles from Rangoon during battles for key towns between Government and Karen forces. Over half this town was gutted by fire during fighting. Karens seek separate State. February 18, 1949.

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

Elsevier photo collection. Allied bomb, discovered Kinkerbuurt Amsterdam, blasted outside city .. 1940-1945}. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Burning down the town of Kogys Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

The USS Intrepid is hit by a japanese kamikaze aircraft pilot attack 1944. USS Intrepid, Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in August 1943

B-29 Burns After Jap Attack On Saipan -- An American B-29 Superfortress burns on Saipan in the Marianas, after Jap planes strafed the airfield. December 27, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 - The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, 7 December 1941.

One of many oil wells set aflame by Iraqi forces burns out of control during Operation DESERT STORM. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Anefo photo collection. Military demonstrations in The Hague i.v.m. 60th anniversary of the O. O. Verg. "Our interest". 10 June 1958. The Hague, South Holland

Winemakers revolting in Aube, burning a winery, France, photograph by Branger, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVIII, No 17, April 23, 1911.

Germany Under Allied Occupation The explosion caused by the detonation of German bombs by men from a Royal Air Force Disarmament Wing.

The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 British artillery bombard the German trenches immediately prior to the attack, Beaumont Hamel.

World War II - Atomic bomb, Hiroshima August 1945. The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 11945. The two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.

Storsalva i Kirunavaara.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kuala and Banten (II). Smoke plume. In the field, a brencarrier with crew is just visible. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

French Manoeuvres in the ALPs - A Special mountain tank in action during the Alpine manoeuvres.French army manoeuvres are now taking place in the ALPs in the passes of Savoy and Dauphine. The entire 14th Army Corps, under the direction of Gen. Touchon, is engaged. September 10, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

Move Out! -- Leathernecks prepare to charge an "objective" seconds after an atomic explosion during tactical exercises at the Nevada Proving Grounds northeast of here today. Twenty-one hundred Marines under the command of Brigadier General Joseph C. Burger, participated in the tests. US Marines take part in war exercises... back in the days of atomic explosions in Nevada. May 1, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Aerial view of Oil fire in Bayonne, New Jersey - June 4, 1930

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Geiser Theodore (mons) Collection Positions shewing the trench system to the North of Beau Sejour, and flame thrower attack in progress. German troops can be seen advancing.

U.S. Fleet Repulses Jap Attack In Solomons -- Seven weeks of ceaseless battle since the U.S. Pacific Fleet delivered its initial blow in the Solomon Islands finds the enemy still trying for a successful counter-assault. Several already attempted have been hurled back. Phases of one Japanese counter-assault are seen in this series of photographs.A pillar of smoke fans out in the sky after a U.S. bomb hit on Japanese installations in the Solomons. The Japs were driven from this island. In the foreground is a U.S. destroyer. November 30, 1942.

Atomic Cloud Drifts Eastward -- Under the impetus of a 30-knot wind, the atomic cloud from today's explosion drifts eastward at 27,000 feet as seen from Angels Peak on Mt. Charleston. The device was fired from a 300-foot tower in Yucca Flat 50 miles away and is the third of the 1955 series. March 01, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

08/31/1922. The Destruction of Smyrnavista taken from the English battleship "Iron Duke" of the gigantic fire that left 350,000 inhabitants homeless and caused a large number of deaths and incalculable losses.

Milt-WWII-Germany-concentration camps - Belsen. July 30, 1945. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Smoke column from stricken docks & gas works towers above the town.

Storm course in Schabs: Sharp exercise: Defense of a counterattack by means of flame widths and hand grenades. .

Bomb Damage Salaumau - War File. February 27, 1942.

Fire line from the balloon on fire shot target.

Anefo photo collection. Fire brigade gave demonstration according to the Purple K Light system in Rotterdam Pernis. September 16, 1965. Pernis, Rotterdam

U.S. Marines under the police direction turn flame throwers on a field of marijuana plants in Chicago. August 15 1958.

Against a background of smoke and flame, wreckage-strewn Naval Air Station is shown after one of the sneak attacks by Jap bomber on Pearl Harbor, on December 7th, 1941. Note wing of blasted patrol bomber, (foreground) huge ball of flame (background) came from explosion that happened just as this photo was taken. Picture was just released by the Navy Department in Washington. February 4, 1943.

Air Raid On Canton -- A picture received recently showing canton during a Japanese air raid on May 28. It was taken from a building in the centre of Shameen, and shows bombs exploding around the Wongsha station, the Hankow-Canton terminus. The dome of the Hong-Kong and Shanghai Bank is seen on the right, and the flag seen flying on the left is that of the Danish Consulate. July 4, 1938.

8th Army "Gets Its Hand In" For Big Offensive Infantry And Tank Exercise.Bangalore torpedo explosion forces a gap in the wire around a minefield.Combined Infantry and tank exercises made by men of the 8th Army which is now in the first stage of its all-out offensive against the Mareth Line, and has captured all its primary objectives. March 25, 1943. (Photo by Fox Photos).

USA, New Jersey State, New Jersey, Lakehurst, Hindenburg disaster in 1937, Hindenberg, German airship exploded, May 6, 1937 after 10 roundtrips

Anefo photo collection. Landmines clear at Hoek van Holland. Series of land mines clear at Hoek van Holland. August 1945. Hoek van Holland

Photograph of the Queen Mary exploding during the Battle of Jutland.

RAF Blasts Robot Plane Launching Site: Bombs dropped by Royal Air Force planes burst on a German pilotless plane launching site on the Normandy coast of France, according to caption accompanying this British Official Photo, Caption states that a launching ramp is under attack at right center. June 21, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photograph showing the American aircraft-carrier, USS 'Bunker Hill', on fire after being struck by two Japanese 'kamikaze' suicide bombers, Pacific Ocean, 1945. Date: 07/07/1945

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Pedro Miguel/Locks - Smoke Screen Tests, Aerial Photograph.

The burning American shoe cut "Louise Adelaide" whose load of petroleum exploded at Gäddviken and cost 12 people life. At 1901, the bay was called "Svindelsviken".

Tactical DemonstrationParatroops landing on the sandhills at Morna Point today during the Tactical Demonstration. October 19, 1955. (Photo by Stuart William MacGladrie/Fairfax Media).

Highflyer Explosion Remains. This image depicts the point of explosion of the Highflyer. The Wilson B. Keene is in the background.

Ching Poy, Kwangtung province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Pearl Harbour , Japanese air attack sinks the USS Arizona 1941

Illustration showing a crashed German Heinkel HE-111 bomber burning in a wood in Essex, 18th June 1940. This bomber had taken part in one of the large air-raids on London and was flying home when it was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery. Date: 1940

Photograph - Vienna, Austria - Bombing. Photograph - Vienna, Austria - Bombing. Bombing of an oil dump at Vienna, Austria, by Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" of the 15th Air Force. Original 4x5 negative and print received 15 November 1945 from HQ AAF, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations, Photo Section, APO #650..

Pedro Miguel/Locks - Smoke Screen Tests, Aerial Photograph.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. At the front. The sugar refinery that was captured by the Canadians. 1914-1918}

Atomic Burst. At The Time This Photo Was Made, Smoke Billowed 20,000 Feet Above Hiroshima While Smoke From The Burst Of The First Atomic Bomb Had Spread Over 10,000 Feet On The Target At The Base Of The Rising Column. August 5, 1945. Two Planes Of The

Original Caption: DATE: 16 Jan-45 TAKEN BY: USS HANCOCK SUBJECT: Carrier-based planes strike Hong Kong, one of the most important Jap held seaport in China. Taken by plane from USS HANCOCK (CV19) Taikoo Shipyard is ablaze.

Lorient U-Boat Base Bombed By U.S. Fortresses Pictures Made During Actual Attack. Photo taken later during the attack at Lorient Base with; A. Later stage of bomb-burst shown at "A" in photo No. C. 3216. B. Bomb bursts a bout the southernmost floating dock the U-boat is completely enveloped. C. Many bursts near the shelter entrance and between the central block and the incomplete block of shelters to the South. D. Bursts at the Northern end of the incomplete block of shelters. E. Bursts on and

Hit by two torpedoes and two Japanese bombs, the Lexington is in flames.

World War II, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the destruction of the USS Arizona, December 7, 1941, official U.S. Navy photograph

Burning of threshing floors during Arab-Jewish riots, Artuf. 1929, Israel, Har-Ṭov

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Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 - The forward superstructure and Number Two 14/45 triple gun turret of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39), afire after the Japanese raid, 7 December 1941. The foremast is leaning as a result of the collapse of the hull structure below its front leg, following the explosion of the ship's forward magazines.

Smoke ring tube for displaying smoke rings at the 30.5 cm mortars M. 11. Exercise square Villach. .

Atomic blast, Hiroshima , Japan 1945.

View of cleaning up by means of a bunker on Lepelenburg in Utrecht.

Vintage photograph. Bell helicopter performing Black fly fogging operations

Billowing white smoke soars skyward from the center of the Eschwege rail yards in Germany, 22 Feb 45, as U.S. 8th Air Force heavy bombers pounded the marshalling yards there.

Vintage Photograph. Bomarc in flight.

Strolling a heavy enemy grenade at the cemetery of Gorjansko. .

Assault on Arnhem September 17, 1944 U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps. Assault on Arnhem. U.S. Army Photographic Signal Corps. September 17, 1944. Gelatin silver print. Photographs

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops & PARATroops,MEIKTILA War

1952 - Pfc Jack Wilson (left center) and Sgt. Glenn Poth gaze a the atomic cloud at about two minutes after detonation on Shot Day. White streak is a censor's mark.

Burning The Last Hut at Belsen Camp - The last hut blazing watched by crowds. German flag and portrait of Hitler went up in flames with the hut.On May 21st, Colonel Bird, Commander of Belsen Camp, gave the order for the 1 last hut of Belsen to be burned. A rifle salute was fired in honour of the dead, the Union Jack was run up at the same moment as the flame throwers set fire to the last hut. June 01, 1945.

Thick smoke and intense flames surround a confiscated Serbian Army T-55 Main Battle Tank (MBT), parked in the field artillery area of Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina, after C-4 explosive charges, rigged by a US Army TF 1-26 EOD unit, were detonated inside the tank to destroy it during Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is part of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDJOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Quarter Of A City Burns Down -- When a native accidentally spilled some petrol he started a fire which involved the whole of the North West quarter of the City of Saigon, Indo-China, on April 21.Here, people of Saigon try to stem the blaze which destroyed 1,500 straw huts. May 3, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); the intentional sinking of the French fleet in Toulon, with a photo of the French ship "Dupleix" in flames.

The BAKER test of Operation Crossroads, July 25, 1946. The fireball and mushroom cloud and water column emerge rise from the ocean surface. BAKER had the force of 20,000 tons of TNT. (BSLOC_2015_2_6)

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Seen from Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. May 14, 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Part of Douglas still firing after the crash. November 08, 1938.

World War 1. The famous exploit of Commander Cecil H Fox (1932-2010) who sent four German destroyers to the bottom on 17th October 1914.

Huge mushroom of smoke rises from Japanese installations at Yap City on Yap Island from Pacific Fleet's carriers strike 29-30 March 1944. April 14, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Oil fires Palembang (reproductions). Palembang: On the edge of the pendopo oil fields in the Palembangse, two wells were placed by the TNI Tentara Nasional Indonesia. Two other things flame burn by Alang-Alang grass. Recording of borehole number 20 wrapped in smoke and flames. July 28, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Pedro Miguel/Locks - Smoke Screen Tests, Aerial Photograph.

Elsevier photo collection. Japanese fleet shanghai shield (China). 1932. China, Japan, Shanghai

Nite foto of an American anti-aircraft gun unit in action. These units now network the Hawaii defense scheme and outlaying isles. September 17, 1940.

Texas City Fire Aerial.

A Nazi bridge is put out of commission. Black smoke engulfs a railway bridge on the line from Florence to Rome after it was straddled by bombs. For two months Allied bombers pounded German railroad installations forcing the enemy to depend increasingly upon cargo vessels and motor vehicles for transportation

US Air Force clinic personnel maneuver a stretcher-borne "casualty" through a simulated gas attack during mini-medical Red Flag training on the obstacle course. Base: Vance Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fire in train and snow gallery at the national border.

War's Wrath Bursts Over Angaur Beachhead. Close by a landing party of Coast Guard and Marine invaders, an explosion sends ugly black smoke towering over the beachhead of Angaur Island in the Palaus. Jap guns, from hidden inland emplacements, are trained upon American positions as the invaders move from Coast Guard-manned landing barges.

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