War Destruction and Aftermath

Images capturing the devastation of war, illustrating bombed buildings and ruins from various conflicts. Evokes a somber mood and historical significance.

A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

General Bomb, Fires etc. June 24, 1941. (Photo by Keystone).

'En territoire libere; Enfants agitant un drapeau sur le passage de nos soldats', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Poising of Bath A fireman still at his job of fighting the first on end of the airesto of Bath. April 23, 1942. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).

November 1936. The Plaza de Zocodover after the Bombings Suffered during the Civil War.

A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

Cologne - War File Germany. April 16, 1945. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Venlo. Destruction in the city center of Venlo. March 1945. Limburg, Venlo

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.

War Destruction in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

View of Richmond, Virginia., at the close of the USA Civil War 1865

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.

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Hoogstraat. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Madrid, 06/23/1906. Fire in the stables and garages on Jordán Street shortly after the fire started.

Church Spires Survive Bombardment -- Two French civilians gaze at the twin spires of a church in Caen, France, which stand almost unscathed amid the wreckage of surrounding buildings badly damaged by heavy barrage which preceded the downfall of the former German strongpoint in Normandy. December 07, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).

12/31/1905. The revolution in Russia: state of one of Moscow's Main Factories after the Recent Events.

First Pictures Of German Air Raid Damage in France -- The wreckage of a picturesque house in the French village of Mery-Sur-Oise after a Nazi bomb had fallen on it during a German air raid yesterday, May 10. June 12, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Railway station in Haifa; Palestine is destroyed by an attack carried out in September, 1946 by the militant right-wing Zionist underground organization, the Irgun

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Groenendaal Boerensteiger. May 1940. Boerensteiger, Groenendaal, Rotterdam

07/31/1912. Fire in Jerez de la Frontera, in a 2000 Botas de Vino winery - photo Francisco de Rojas - Approximate date.

The general company's staff closes 36-piped cement blocks for telephone cables in Gustaf Adolf's square. Nordic

U.S. Soldiers Reconnoiter In Castle Forte -- Pistols and rifles ready, Americans soldiers scout the debris-filled streets of Castle forte on the lookout for scattered German troops, on routed May 13, 1944, the day before the Allies completely routed the enemy from the stronghold in NestCentral Italy. The U.S. patrol party passes one of the American tanks, which aided French troops of the allied fifth army who captured the town three days after the Allies opened their swift - moving offensive that smashed through the heavily fortified German Gustav Line. June 7, 1944.

French soldiers are seen in the foreground of a destroyed house. Dated 1914

Corpses on the seafront of Messina after the earthquake of December 28, 1908, Italy, photo by Angelo Cairoli, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 2, January 10, 1909.

Madrid, 09/29/1905. Demolition work on the old San Gil barracks.

London, England: c. 1943 Civil Defense rescue workers searching the ruins for victims and survivors after a German V-1 flying bomb hit London's Balham district.

Paris Firemen, Sapeurs Pompiers Rescue Squad. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Inside Atomised Hiroshima - An Allied Soldier, standing a twisted and fire-blackened ***** views the remains of Hiroshima theatre, gutted when the first. Atomic bomb, blasted The Japanese Industrial City, leaving hardly a building intact, over an area of many miles. July 12, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Raid on Foochow - According to communist reports from Peking, 120 civilians were killed in a raid on Foochow January 20 by American-built F-84 Bombers of the Chinese Nationalist air force, which came over in 12 sorties. According to communist sources, this is a street scene in Foochow after the Alleged Bombing. February 16, 1955.

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

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Extensive damage to occupied Berlin flats, Germany, 27 August 1945. Artist: Unknown

Baird Andrew H Collection Air raid damage, Edinburgh. George Watsons Boys College.

Anefo photo collection. Demolition work in Nieuwmarkt disturbed; Police look at the demolition. March 25, 1975

DM-SN-87-12340. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

08/31/1926. San Baudilio del Llobregat. The Temporaries. Appearance of the Destroyed Houses Due to the Terrible Explosion, Caused by the Storm, of an Acetylene Drum.

Flyer attack on Trieste, destruction in town hall.25.8.17. .

Bomb Damage in Valletta, Malta, 1 May 1942. A heavily bomb-damaged street in Valletta, Malta. This street is Kingsway, the principle street in Valletta. Service personnel and civilians are present clearing up the debris.

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.

Éibar, April 1937. Spanish Civil War. Éibar destroyed after the liberation. In the image, rubble and demolished buildings.

'Quelques Points de Chute; Les ruines des Magasins Paris-France, boulevard Voltaire, 137, incendies le 15 juin 1918: torpille d'avion de 50 kilos', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Horror Of Russian ***** Raids - A women in Helsinki ***** making her escape from her home by ***** a long plank after it had been ***** by Russian aircraft. December 22, 1939.

Premier Visits Rocket Launching Site - The Prime Minister with British and American officers at the site. During his tour of the Normandy front Mr. Churchill visited an uncompleted rocket launching site captured in the Cherbourg Peninsula. July 25, 1944.

Through bombing houses in the vicinity of airport (Fliegerhorst) Schiphol.

Hooglede, Flanders, Belgium, 1918. Artist: Unknown.

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Van Oldenbarneveltstraat. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

V2 rocket damage. Farringdon Road, 8th March 1945

Baird Andrew H Collection Air raid damage, Edinburgh. Marshall Street.

''L'Heroique Defense de Troyon', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

Spanish Civil War: Republicans forces battle street by street against nationalists near the Alcazar in Toledo 1936

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.

09/13/1936. Irun. One of Many Streets Burned by the Reds during their Escape to France.

Luftwaffe Raids Over Britain Two senior RAF officers examining the wreckage of a Heinkel He 111 which crashed at Clacton, 1 May 1940. The bomber's defensive 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns and ammunition drums have been collected together.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Tegal. After a tornado it hadn't looked different. The railway emplacement of Poerwokerto has been destroyed by the TNI. 24 July 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto, Tegal

Watersnoodramp 1953.urriant soldiers in surveillance on the quay, with links at the intersection with the Molendijk a part of the town hall. After the soldiers the ravage in the Voorstraat with the Dutch Reformed Church at the end.

Berlin War File - Germany. March 21, 1945.

Spanish Civil War: On the Basque Front -- Our photograph shows General France's forces in Ochandiano. In the background can be seen some of the wrecked buildings. May 26, 1937.

Sabotage At Gre Noble - The second attack. When the Germans refused to liberate hostages taken after the first attach, the Underground movement blew up the barracks " de Bonne" (show hare). 220 Germans were Killed out right and 500 wounded. March 17, 1944. (Photo by Fox Photos).

After the disastrous fire in Hasselfelde in the Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, woodcut circa 1871, Europe

Madrid Flats Demolished by Shells and Bombs - A scene of utter desolation in a block of flats bordering Moncloa park. The whole of the front wall has been torn away by successive shellings, and flooring joists hang in gruesome patterns against a background of rain-sodden wallpaper and broken it windows. Eleven Killed and 72 wounded in an artillery and air "Strafe" is last night's news from this Beleaguered city, where fierce fighting has again broken out. Wholesale evacuation of the civilian population has been ordered following the destruction of many Residential quarters of the capital. February 18, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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

01/31/1916. The Italo-Austrian War. Italian Soldiers Contemplating the weapons taken from the enemy in one of the Last Battles. Photo: Parrondo.

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Middelburg. City hall and surroundings. May 1940. Middelburg, Zeeland

Campomolon work. KaVerne. .

Aftermath Of Battle For Caen (July 10) -- A British soldier gives a helping hand to an old lady amidst scene of utter desolation in the town. Picture taken on July 10 in Caen. The town, which fell to British and Canadian Troops on July 9, had been heavily minded by the Germans, and parts of it badly damaged in the battle which led to its capture. Lt. Gen. Crocker, (1st Corps Commander) took the first opportunity on entering the town to study the problems of civilians who stayed in the town. Man

Ministry of Information Second World War Press Agency Print Collection

Soviet Tanks On Cleared Street In Berlin -- Russian tanks concentrate on a street cleared of Germans in Berlin, according to caption on this Russian photo. May 03, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Fire in a garage of coach company broke-broken firefighters between the bustles. November 20, 1984

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the destruction of the Spanish town of Guernica by German Bombers, 1937.

American Soldiers Visit Bombed School -- Left to right:- Sergt. E. Yelle, of Courtland, New York, Sergt. A. Tucker, of Alabama and Cpl. M. Perkins, of Tracey, California watching rescue squads at work at the bombed London school. Nine children were known to lie still crushed beneath the wreckage almost certainly dead. Forty-seven already extricated from the debris awaited burial. Sixty-two others lay in hospital, seriously injured. The ages of all were between five and fourteen. January 22, 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Police and army with armored cars and tanks clear up barricades in Vondelbuurt, Amsterdam; Mobile unit dispels bystanders. March 3, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Children waving a flag on the liberation of a town in France from German control 1917

Homeless people in London searching for belongings after their homes were bombed during WWII. From Front Line 1940-41, published 1942

Anefo photo collection. Students Societit Minerva to lead burned down. December 3, 1959. Leiden, South Holland

Plymouth "Blitz" -- Latest pictures just released, showing the scene at Plymouth after a recent German "Blitz" on the city. July 20, 1941. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).

How Hitler's Private Office Looks -- Here's how the war left Adolf Hitler's once elaborate private office in the chancellory. Yanks looking the place over are (from left) PFC Harvey Natchees, Myton, Utah; T/5 Montero Casci, San Francisco (32 Meadowsrook Dr.); PFC Richard Blust, Tawas City, Mich. Desk Hitler used is at left, on-platform. July 10, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

The Latest Pictures From Malta -- Little country carts brought to help clear the rubble from the Maltese streets, blocked with piles of debris twenty feet high from buildings which collapsed under the bombs. Tremendous tasks were achieved in the extrication of victims trapped beneath demolished buildings.These pictures just received in London from the much bombed island of Malta. The Governor, Lord Gort, V.C., has appealed for funds to supply the urgent needs of hospital beds in the island. December 09, 1942. (Photo by Fox Photos).

First U.S. Army men and equipment pour across the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. Two knocked out jeeps in foreground are evidence of the German attacks and attempt of to destroy the U.S. held bridge. March 11, 1945, Germany, World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_8_67)

Anefo photo collection. Purifications: Doesburg. NSB people must pick stones. April 19, 1945. Doesburg

The Entry Into Devastated Julich -- An air view of devastated Julich, newly captured strong-point on the road to Cologne, photographed (24.2.45)., by an R.A.F. official photographer who flew at low level over the town - now little more than a mass of rubble. The leading man carries a Bazooka and tanks are seen patrolling the cross roads. April 16, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

House damaged by a crashed RAF aircraft, Leytonstone, London, World War II, 11 February 1942. Artist: Unknown

Black and white photograph of the siege of the Alcazar in Toledo during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The Nationalists relieved the Alcazar on 27 September 1936; a courtyard in the Alcazar destroyed by bombs.

Important Chinese City Back in Allied Hands - Changteh, a city in Northern Hunan, China, was recaptured by Chinese Forces in Dec. 9, 1943 after five days of Japanese occupation. The battle began from Nov. ***** 1943 while the Japanese invaders penetrated Northern Hunan Province because they failed to make any headway in West Hupeh. Changteh is a city of great strategic and economic importance. It is one of the important centers of the "Rice Bowl" region as well as the gateway of Changsha. A scene in the City in the business district of Changteh. February 28, 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Roermond. German barriers in the center of Roermond (Pollartstraat). Left the R.K. Arms and Weezenhuis (Maison des Orphelins et des Pauuvres) .. March 1945. Limburg, Roermond

Nationalists Claim Teruel Victory -- The Ruined church of perales de La Alframbra after the terrific fighting a few days ago at Alframbra, near Teruel.After nine weeks of the hardest fighting in the Spanish civil war the battle of Teruel has virtully ended in a Decisive victory for the nationalist troops. The Shattered town, occupied by Government troops exactly fifty days ago, became untenable last night. It is now encircled by Nationalist forces preparing to strike from the hills in the North East, west and South west. February 22, 1938. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd).

MESSINA, SICILY Hunting for looters amid the rubble Date: January 1909

Prime Minister Gerbrandy has a speech to commemorate the German invasion of the destroyed Dutch church 'Austin Friars' in London, 1941 documentary photographs In the remains of the total of rubble Dutch Reformed Church 'Austin Friars' in London, Prime Minister Gerbrandy gives a speech to the German invasion of the Netherlands. With the weapon of the Netherlands on stage next to Gerbrandy attached to a flagpole with the Dutch flag, the English flag in the corner. A military chapel on stage. London photographic support London

Finland War File. January 22, 1940.

The Great Kantō earthquake (東大震災 Kantō daishinsai) struck the Kantō Plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58 in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 1923. Varied accounts indicate the duration of the earthquake was between four and 10 minutes. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake later surpassed that record, at magnitude 9.0. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Moment magnitude scale (Mw), with its focus deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in the Sagami Bay. The cause was a rupture of part of the convergent boundary where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate along the line of the Sagami Trough. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region. The power was so great in Kamakura, over 60 km (37 mi) from the epicenter, it moved the Great Buddha statue, which weighs about 93 short tons (84,000 kg), almost two feet. Estim

'The battered remains of Ypres after the last shell had done its worst, showing the ruins of the fam Artist: Unknown.

Bomb Damage To A City Somewhere In France. 15 July 1944.

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