War Aftermath and Recovery

Monochrome photos documenting the aftermath of battles, showcasing destruction and recovery efforts by soldiers and civilians.

This picture was taken by a photographer who accompanied a landing party to Heligoland on April 20, following the demolition on April 18, of warship pens, coast batterers and tunnel fortifications on the German wartime island fortress. This is the first photograph from the mainland, and shows buildings blasted by explosions, whilst in the centre background, some buildings remain almost undamaged. May 4, 1947. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).

Eighth Army: Clearing Up After Battle -- Sappers move about in the debris of Castlenovu clearing mines strewn by the Germans. Children watch seemingly oblivious to the danger of shell and mortar fire. August 01, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

This picture was taken by a photographer who accompanied a landing party to Heligoland on April 20, following the demolition on April 18, of warship pens, coast batterers and tunnel fortifications on the German wartime island fortress. This is the first photograph from the mainland, and shows buildings blasted by explosions, whilst in the centre background, some buildings remain almost undamaged. May 4, 1947. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).

Bombing of Helsinki, Finland by the Russians, World War II

02/21/1909. Rescue of a girl in the Ruins of Messina by Mr Curcio (X) of Naples.

Pozzacchio after the battle and tracking fire on 18.5.1916. .

Wreckage of Japanese plane shot down during the attack on Pearl Harbour. World War two

Anefo photo collection. Purifications: Doesburg. The tower of the Martinikerk blown by the Germans. April 19, 1945. Doesburg, Gelderland

Singapore -Crime - Prisons - Changi. January 28, 1942

08/12/1923. Madrid. Current Notes. 2.- Yesterday's fire. Remains of the Garage on Núñez de Balboa Street.

06/30/1937. The German "Junkers" passed over this working-class neighborhood of Villanueva de la Serena (Badajoz). Photo: Grijota.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Fire at the workshop of the Army Technical Service in Solo. Man throws wooden or iron bar on a lot. November 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Solo

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England: Damage caused on night of 30 April/l May 1940 when a German mine-laying aircraft crashed, killing its crew of four and three civilians, and injuring more than 160 people on the ground.

Russians "Scorch" A Railway StationGerman soldiers approaching a blazing goods train after the Russians have "Scorched" the station.Swift German advance made it impossible for the Russians to remove in time a goods train from a suddenly occupied railway station. But the Russians are masters in the "Scorched earth" technique. In a surprise counter-attack they carried out the complete destruction of the station and the rolling stock, leaving in the hands of the enemy nothing but smouldering ruins. August 10, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).

Chasing The Nazis "Out o' Town -- Red Troops in white uniform, after recapturing Yukhnov, about 75 miles west and south of Moscow, press through the runs of the devastated town, close on the heels of retreating Nazis. June 9, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Cherbourg - Germans Surrender-- German prisoners surrender as they come out from their underground fortress. September 23, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Official Photo).

Stalingrad -- Battered Railway Station -- The main railway station at Stalingrad was battered and twisted after weeks of siege -- but the industrial city's defenders were able to keep the tracks in repair and move guns and equipment in to the Beleaguered forces that held sections of the city against the long siege. November 26, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Gran Guerra 1914-1918. La ciudad de Saint-Mihiel, liberada. Soldados franceses ocupados en trabajos de desescombro de las ruinas del frente. 1918.

Tengchung, China: October 4, 1944. A Chinese flame thrower sends a searing stream towards a Japanese pillbox in the fight for Tengchung.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soekaboemi. Buitenzorg-Soekaboemi: On the mess of the district disturbed by the TNI, the diligent Chinese have already started the reconstruction of their homes and shops. July 30, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Soekaboemi

Yank Bombs Blast Jap Five-Inch Gun-One -- One of two five-inch Japanese Naval dual purpose guns (foreground) was blasted out of commission when American fliers bombed Enubuj Island in the Kwajalein Atoll during the attack by the 7th Division. Fires in background were not explained. February 08, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

RAF Damage To German Transport At Vaires -- Wrecked railway trucks strew about the yards. A scene of great devastation was revealed. when the first ground photographs were taken at the Vaires, France, railway yards, target many attacks by R.A.F. Bomber Command. January 1, 1945. (Photo by Department of Air).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Environment Brastagi Braspoe not correct. A universal carrier for the nasmolene remains of an outbred building with corrugated iron. November 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Black and white photograph of the Burgerbraukeller beer hall after a bomb exploded in an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, 8 November 1939.

Stalingrad. September 1942. The red city was living its last moments, defended tenaciously by the fanaticism of the Moscow soldiers. The Germans, step by step, were liquidating the last communist hopes.

Removing dead: Correspondents under truce flag Ludlow Massacre, during which a tent camp of striking miners at Ludlow Colorado was attacked by the Colorado National Guard on April 20, 1914. Close of Battle, Forbes, Coloradio

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.

Dust Swallows A Texas Town -- This remarkable photograph was made in Texas as a dust storm whirled towards a small town at sixty miles an hour. A few minutes after the picture was taken midnight darkness covered the scene and the air was filed with choking, stinging particles of dust. June 30, 1935. (Photo by Keystone).

08/25/1937. A house destroyed by the Republicans, with hand bombs and dynamite, and which was occupied by the Nationals.

Coldstream Guards action at Landrecies August 24 1914 From The War Illustrated Album deLuxe published London 1916

A bombed house, one of a ***** of work ***** dwellings far away form any military ***** in Swansea, South Wales, after the town had stood up to three nights of bombing. February 26, 1941. (Photo by Keystone).

'La derniere etape de l'offensive; Les coffres-forts pilles par les Allemands dans la prefecture incendiee', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Italy. Lazio. Montecassino. The Abbey Destroyed By Bombing During The Battle Of Cassino Of 1944

Munitions Ship Blasted By Stukas in Piraeus Piraeus, Greece -- This is the wreckage of an allied munitions ship blasted by Stuka dive bombers in the Harbor of Piraeus, the port city of Athens, according to the German censor-passed caption on this picture flashed to New York from Berlin by radio on April 29th. The tangled wreckage of the ship was found by the German Conquer one to they march into the city. April 29, 1941. (Photo by ACME Radiophoto).

Belchite (Zaragoza), September 1937. View of the town after being reconquered by the troops of the Republic. In the image, Republican stretcher bearers remove a wounded man from the ruins of Belchite.

12/31/1936. A garden Bombed by National Aviation.

'De la Picardie au Chemin des Dames; les troupes d'assaut americaines dans les ruines du village de Cantigny, le 28 mai', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Borneo War File. July 2, 1945. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Information Service).

Elsevier photo collection. Destructions Hague. June 4, 1945. Hague, South Holland

two men walking among the rubble destroyed by bombs after U.S. Air Force air raids, Tokyo, Japan, Stanley Troutman, ACME, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, 1945

Marseille Harbor Reconstructed. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Madrid, 08/08/1919. Low Carabanchel. Firefighters working to extinguish the fire that destroyed a block of houses in the Muñoz neighborhood.

Antietam, Md. Confederate dead in a ditch on the right wing. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Confederate, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment and supplies, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, War casualties, Firearms, United States, Maryland, Antietam.

View on the Debelivrk ridge with the Austro-Hungarian positions, Karst region, Italy, World War I, photo by Aldo Molinari from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 8, February 20, 1916.

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

Battle of Tarawa --- U.S. Marines storming a heavily reinforced Japanese pillbox on Tarawa during the bitter-three-day battle that resulted in the death or capture of 5,700 Japanese soldiers and placed the Gilbert Islands in Allied hands. Capture of the Gilberts was an important step in Allied offensive operations to strip Japan of all territory she acquired by force. The Gilberts fell on November 20, 1943. August 20, 1945.

Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

'Derriere la bataille, au Sud de la Somme : Le travail de notre artillerie sur les defenses Allemandes; Bouleversement d'un poste de commandement d'artillerie, qui etait renforce d'une couche de ciment arme de 25 centimetres d'epaisseur de troncs d'arbres entiers fixes dans le beton, de pierre dure et de plaques d'acier de 3 centimetres.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Through enemy grenades reversal A.D.isonzofront. .

American Forces Take Marshall Islands -- Troops advance past wreckage of a Jap radio tower on Enubuj Island, Marshalls group. February 13, 1944. (Photo by U.S Office Of War Information Radiopicture).

Cherbourg's Harbour Forts Smashed -- A gun mounted on one of the four mighty Fortresses which guarded the Harbour, smashed by allied aerial Bombardment. These Harbour fortresses were the last to surrender to the allies. September 11, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Hurricane Sweeps Jamaica -- General view of the town of Port Royal, which is completely laid in ruin.Pictures just received show some of the damaged caused by Jamaica's worst ever hurricane which swept across the island at 140 m.p.h. Nearly 200 people were killed and many thousands are left homeless.The damage caused has been estimated at nearly 25 million pounds. August 27, 1951. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

Éibar (Vizcaya), April 1937. Spanish Civil War. Destructions in the city, which affected the unions of locksmiths, gunsmiths and machinists.

10/31/1911. Mogent-Sur-Seine disaster. Engineer Soldiers Searching for Corpses among the Rubble of the Sunken Factory.

Through enemyl. Grenades destroyed barracks.5.9.17. .

Infantry positions on the Desna River Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

Air defense cannon with ammunition.

German forces enter Karamanova in the region of Smolensk, Russia 1942

This was a farm. "Shelling the ruins of towns and villages seemed to give the Teutons positive pleasure". World War I

Photograph showing the destruction following the bombing of Milan. Dated 20th Century

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Kuala and Banten (II). Kuala and Banten: Scorched Earth .... In practice, this came down that Chinese houses and shops were burned down. Indonesian properties were spared. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The ruins of a fortification in France during world war I.

Tolmezzo Exploded Italian arms depot on the Tagliamento river; bridge-head. Photographer: 10. Armeekorps.

A Total Of 38 School Children And 23 Adults Were The Fatal Victims Of A Disaster When A Consolidated B-24 Of The 2Nd Base Air Depot Crashed Into A Cafe And School Building In The Small Village Of Freckleton, England On 23 August 1944.

The French flag flying back to Noyon Town Hall, France, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 42, October 20, 1918.

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.

Jap's Kwajalein Radio Tower Falls -- Troops of the 17th Infantry advance past the wreckage of a Jap Radio tower on Enubuj Island in The Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshalls group as U.S. forces seized key Jap bases in an invasion thrust. February 08, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Padang. The Chinese residential area of Loekboek Aloeng was equated with the ground by the deductible TNI. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Wounded, Sick Etc. - British Troops. November 15, 1937.

'Le champ de bataille; Les ruines de Craonne, pris le 4 mai 1917: au fond, la crete parcourue par le Chemin des Dames', 1917. First World War: the battlefield; the ruins of Craonne, taken on the 4 May 1917; in the distance the ridge of the Chemin des Dames. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Second Sino-Japanese War 1937 During a bombing raid, the Japanese bombed a Chinese train station that housed women and children. This baby survived, although injured.

Anefo photo collection. Jet fighter lands on farm, front farm, extinguish from the destroyed farm. July 20, 1959

Heavily bombed four times to check the advance of reinforcing German troops headed toward the Normandy beachhead, the French town of Valogne, took a terrific punishment in the fortunes of War. But American engineers were clearing the city the day

An aerial view of the path of destruction left by the rain-soaked coal tip that slipped 500 yards down the mountainside into the mining village of Aberfan, Glamorganshire. The Pantglas infants and junior school, a farmhouse and a terrace of houses were engulfed in the slurry, which claimed 144 lives, including 116 children. Date: October 21st 1966

Reims , Marne , Champagne , France , 1917 - Marne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the armies) (French - Reims , Marne , Champagne , France). Rear-front, ruins, rear, bombing, street , neighborhood, rubble, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, France, Reims, rue St Symphorien

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions II-2 RVA at Salatiga. Suroeh: a black-bloked, rubble-covered plain indicates the place where Kampong Suroeh found himself, "freedom" had been brought to the TNI. October 23, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

10/31/1912. Horrors of the Eastern War. Fire in a village located in the vicinity of Thessaloniki, which was destroyed.

DA-SN-03-00961. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Life Goes On In War-Ravaged French Village: Natives of a French village shattered by the Normandy invasion fighting move down a road past ruined buildings, June 15. Note small cart is squirred with balloon tires. August 14, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

04/30/1920. A cyclone in the United States. Damage caused by the storm in a suburb of Chicago, of which not a single home was left without damage.

A pipe hanging in the lifting tube from a 28cm mortar. S.Marco height.Mitte April 1918..

Group of American tourists at the ruins of the 'Kronprinz Observatory' (Fest Kronprinz or Fort Drian) In or at Montfaucon, France, destroyed during the First World War.

Franco Raid Spelt Death For More Than 500 -- And Left Granollers Like This!Typical view in the centre of the town here after the death-dealing bombs had wrought horrible toll, and reduced the town to a shambles.Granollers, Spain, May 31, Franco Bombers swooped down on this catalan town today. A hail of death devastated an unsuspecting market square where men, women and children were waiting for potato rations. Machine gun bullets spat a vicious accompaniment to the rain of Bombs. June 19, 1938. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd).

Conquered Italian 149mm G.K.n b. At Pascolo, 2000m. .

This was a train. Before a R.A.F. bomb came down this mangled heap of wreckage was an ammunition train moving up to supply Rommel's army. Of all the have wrought by the R.A.F. to Rommel's supply lines, this was the most spectacular. February 20, 1943. (Photo by Department of Information, Commonwealth of Australia).

Anefo photo collection. Museum and equestrian center burned down in Borger (Dr.), fire brigade extinguishing. Fire brigade extinguishing. July 7, 1967. Borger, Drenthe

U.S.S. Bunker Hill - Aircraft Carrier - American Navy. July 09, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

The Ferruzzano ruins in Calabria after the earthquake on October 23, 1907, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIV, No 44, November 3, 1907.

Here's "General Mud" Again -- Caption accompanying this picture, which came to the U.S. from Lisbon, Portugal, says it shows German bunker positions surrounded by water from melting snow on the Volkhov front--The Volkhov River sector south of Leningrad on the Russian front. June 29, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

guerra, milano, santa maria alle grazie, il cenacolo, 1939 1945

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