Destruction from War Bombing

Images depicting the aftermath of bombings, showing destroyed buildings, debris, and remnants of structures from historical conflicts, in black and white.

Latest Pictures from Spanish War - New Bombardment of Valencia - A scene in a street of Government-held Valencia, showing the piles of bricks and debris which were all that remained of a building after the heavy air raid by Insurgent 'planes. Notice the horse lying dead in the streets, while men search among the ruins for injured people. September 22, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

05/29/1937. Bombing of Barcelona. Appearance of an Affected House.

Latest Pictures from Spanish War - New Bombardment of Valencia - A scene in a street of Government-held Valencia, showing the piles of bricks and debris which were all that remained of a building after the heavy air raid by Insurgent 'planes. Notice the horse lying dead in the streets, while men search among the ruins for injured people. September 22, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

09/30/1915. The Destroys of War. Current status of the Belgian population of Zuydechoote.

Yanks Take Positions Near Cologne Cathedral -- American soldiers of the first army move their tank's into position at a street intersection in Cologne, German Rhine city captured March 6, to fire on snipers in surrounding buildings. Note shattered ruins in foreground and the twin spires of the Cologne cathedral in background. May 14, 1945. (Photo by William C. Allen, AP Wirephoto).

08/26/1937. Remains of a position of the National Troops.

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Ruin of the passage. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

House in Danish Town of Esbjerg who was bombed accidentally by Britain plane during raid on Germany. September 24, 1939. (Photo by The Associated Press Of Great Britain Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Destructions air attack London. 1940-1945}. Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. Destructions air attack London. 1940-1945}. Britain, London

09/30/1914. The "Zeppelin" Bombs. Effects of a bomb dropped by a "Zeppelin" on Ostend.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Venlo. VENLO vandalism. 1945. Limburg, Venlo

08/31/1914. A Destroyed Belgian City. A street in Termonde, Destroyed by German Soldiers.

London is bombed by German aircraft during the Blitz: World war two 1941

Mine crater in Athies April 1917

A father directing the search for two children buried under the ruins at Vignetta, earthquake in Versilia and Garfagnana, September 6-7, 1920, Italy, photo by A Bruni, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XVLII, No 38, September 19, 1920.

06/30/1937. A view of Villanueva de la Serena (Badajoz) after a Bombing. Photo: Grijota.

A woman leaving her burning house in a bombed street, Germany, 1945. Artist: Unknown

Flying Bomb Site (French Military) - French Military. September 25, 1944.

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

Rescuing a dog from a bombed house during the blitz : the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals will take care of it and find it a quieter home. Date: 1940 - 1941

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Madrid Main Streets Cratered by Bombs and Filled with Falling Debris - One of the main streets of Madrid after an air raid. The sidewalk is covered with broken debris and twisted metalwork torn from the buildings by the explosions.Although the defenders of this city appear to be holding their own, many of the main streets are pitted with bomb craters and strewn with debris from buildings damaged in bombing raids by nationalist Aeroplanes. December 08, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

City of Roslavl Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

General Bomb, Fires etc. October 8, 1940.

Interior of the Cabaret La Gaité (Domplein 16) in Utrecht on the night of November 21, 1934.

Anefo photo collection. The Spanish Civil War Houses shot until rubble. April 8, 1964

March 1918. The Villamartin catastrophe (Cádiz). State in which the flour factory was left, whose collapse caused the death of six workers.

One Of A Set: Fires Rage After Berlin Aerial Attack -- A street in the central part of Berlin is covered with a pall of smoke from fires started by fire bombs dropped on the German capital by Allied planes, prior to the fall of the city. July 31, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

09/30/1916. Among the Ruins of Arras. English General Sir Sam Hughes and his Adjutants Examining the Bombing Damage to the City.

03/31/1956. Collapsed house in Atarfe, where one person died and one person was seriously injured.

Raid Damage In Malta -- One of the damaged streets in Malta after an attack by enemy raiders. Numerous raids have been costly to the enemy, due to the excellence of the defence. January 07, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Old inland road and surroundings. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Destroyed street in Görz 1.11.17. .

Effects of the bombing in the early hours of Saturday, July 24 to Sunday, July 25, 1937.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Tegal. A thoroughly destroyed by the TNI in Poerwokerto. 24 July 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto, Tegal

Houses destroyed after the bombing raids on Annenstraße, exact date of photograph estimated

US Participation in World War I, French Battlefields. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

'The search goes on', 1941 (1942). Artist: Unknown.

Bomb Damage In The Ginza Area.

SECOND WORLD WAR. Battle of Stalingrad fought between Russian and German troops. Delivery of outposts. December 1942 Eastern Front. USSR.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Demolitions in Pekalongan. Pekalongan: The shipyard of Pekalongan was also destroyed by fire for the TNI city left .. August 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Pekalongan

March 1937. A Block of Houses Destroyed by the Bombs of the National Trimotors.

Shared Understeat.3.9.17. .

Cagliari, Sardinia-9/29/43.

After RAF Bombed Milan Fremen secondary wreckage of bombed Milan have after RAF attack December 19. March 02, 1941.

01/01/1937. Effects of shrapnel in some houses on Paseo de la Florida, close to the hermitage of San Antonio.

Street fights in Kiev, Ukraine. November 1943

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting tjilatjap. Also in Tjilatjap also emerged the shops and homes of the Chinese not to the 'total' war through the TNI led 'totality', however, it turned out to be alone from a total destruction and plundering from other people's own. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Tjilatjap

World War II, after the explosion of the atom bomb in August 1945Hiroshima, Japan

07/31/1917. The Destroys of War. French Reservists busy walling up the entrance to an open shed in a church in Alsace.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destroyances Netherlands 1941/1945. Location unknown. May 1940. The Netherlands

Bomb Damage To Telephone Center, St. Lo France, 14 August 1944.

Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. The flat-burned Chinese district of Bandoeng. April 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Russian aviator bombs effect. A man dead. Taken in Buczacz on 30.III.1916. .

04/30/1922. Melilla. Of Recent Operations. Legionnaires Demolishing a House, from which the Enemy Moors offered tenacious resistance.

'En territoire libere; l'eglise de Lassigny', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Department store De Bijenkorf to the Schiedamsevest. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

BOMBING

Scenes Taken At The German Reichs chancellery Where It Has Been Reported Hitler Met His Death -- The spot just outside Hitler's private air-raid shelter where it is reported the bodies of Hitler and his mistress Eva Braun were taken after their deaths and burned with gasoline from the cans seen in picture. An American soldier is seen looking into the ditch which is supposed to have held the bodies prior to burning. July 23, 1945.

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection The old main terminal railway station at Warsaw destroyed by bombs and shells.

Before Allied bombing attacks, this mass of rubble was an apartment house in Palermo, Sicily. The small dump cars in the left foreground were used to haul some of the debris away. July 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Venlo. Destroyed property in Venlo. March 1945. Limburg, Venlo

Anefo / London photo collection. Oh Occupied Holland / Anefo London series. German troops in a fight after passing the Maas. May 1940. Maas

Panorama of bombing as seen down Session Road. From left to right: Pine Theatre, outted by fire, and hardware store, a direct hit. Baguio, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands, 27 April 1945.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Crumblene hairstyer a.dis.isonfontront. 12.9.17. .

Civitavecchia Harbor, Italy, Showing The Results Of Attacks By The 12Th And 15Th Air Forces.

Wrecked By French Shells -- According to German information, this wreckage was the result of French artillery trying to dislodge the Germans from Sedan. May 29, 1940. (Photo by ACME).

04/30/1915. The bombing by the Zeppelins. Destruction Caused in an English town by the Bombs Dropped by the German Airships in their recent raid.

Street fights in Stalingrad. Autumn 1942

Shattered Rail Yards at Emmerich : A General view of the wrecked rail yards at Emmerich where Canadians under field Marshal Montgomery's command are meeting with stiff opposition. The town has been all but razed by artillery fire and air attacks. August 08, 1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

01/31/1920. Niwport. Delivery of the War Cross to the City. The president of the Republic. M- Poincare and the King of Belgium walked the streets of the city after the solemn ceremony.

03/31/1912. Collapse of a house in Melilla. Soldiers of Engineers Working among the Debris of the house number 29 on O'Donnell Street, whose collapse caused three Victims.

Bank Tube station, 11th January 1941. Artist: Unknown

Bomb Damage In The Vicinity Of Cherbourg, France, 5 July 1944.

Destruction in Gdansk, Poland. Original German Caption: "Die Westerplatte nach dem Kampf. Ort: Westerplatte nordl. Danzig poln. Territorium im Freistaat Danzig." English Translation: "The Westerplatte after the fight. Location: Westerplatte north. Gdansk Polish Territory in the Free State of Gdansk.". Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS

Air Raids On France -- It was officially stated in Paris that 148 French civilians had been killed and 337 injured in the first series of raids on French open towns. Out photograph shows damaged house at Nancy. June 12, 1940.

Not only devastating effect but accuracy of bombing is shown by this job done on Tiburtina Railroad Yards, Rome, Italy by medium and heavy bombers. Buildings in background appear to be intact.

British Retaliation -- Here are two views of Damage to Buildings in a North German Town. German Sources said British Bombers "Under the Protection of the Night" July 20/21 flew over the town and Dropped Bombs "on Non-Military Aims." Soldiers are shown cleaning Away Debris. August 4, 1940. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Warsaw 1945 - "Kościer W. Florjana"; Bu Hak, Jan (1876-1950); 1945 (1945-00-00-1945-00-00);

Anti-English Irish uprising, Dublin, May 1916: English troops inside the ruins of the Post Office after its destruction by the rebels. Half-tone. Black-and-white

04/30/1917. On the Western Front. The French infantry entering Chauny, a town of which only Ruins remain.

French Return To Their Homes: French civilians sort out their belonging ***** on their return to Caen after British for ***** took town on July 9. Germans were ***** shelling the town at the time this photo ***** taken. July 15, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Ruined Kyiv capital of Ukraine, during bombings of World War II. (1941-1945)

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions 1940 The Netherlands - R to Z. Tilburg. May 1940. The Netherlands

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Arnhem. Military jeep with recurring evacuées. June 1945. Arnhem

Winston Churchill Inspecting a Bomb Crater in London Date:

Damaged buildings at Market Street, west of Powell and Fifth Streets, showing area east of Taylor and Powell Streets, after earthquake, San Francisco, California, USA, U.S. Army Signal Corps, April 1906

371- Battle of Changteh: A scene taken from Changteh's East Gate showing refugees returning to the city. December 20, 1949.

Anefo photo collection. Reaming rubble and look for victims of Hotel Poland. May 10, 1977

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