Wartime Destruction Scenes

Photographs depict the aftermath of warfare, showcasing destroyed vehicles, wreckage, and damaged landscapes from World War I and II.

''Ce qui fut Lens; Des rails tordus pres de l'emplacement ou elevait la gare; en entrant a Lens, le 2 octobre 1918, les Anglais ne purent y retrouver la trace meme du soubassement d'une maison', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

World War Two: Destruction of rail infrastructure, at Trappes, in the western suburbs of Paris, in the south-western suburbs of Paris , during the liberation of France from German occupation in the summer of 1944

The Tank Warfare on the Western Front, 1917-1918

View of the havoc after the train disaster in Harmelen.

Woerner Eugen (herr) Collection German Offensive. Ruins of sugar factory, Guillemont, March 1918.

German aircraft shot down by the French army in 1917, at Lor, Aisne, France.

12/31/1905. Attack in Charleroi. The Belgian rapid in which Grand Duke Wladimiro of Russia was traveling, after the derailment.

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War The wreck of the Lebaudy airship in Farnborough. Several soldiers are clambering on top of the remains of the gondola.

''Ce qui fut Lens; Des rails tordus pres de l'emplacement ou elevait la gare; en entrant a Lens, le 2 octobre 1918, les Anglais ne purent y retrouver la trace meme du soubassement d'une maison', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

12/31/1936. Red fighter shot down by the National Troops, on the Vizcaya front.

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.

Anefo photo collection. Zuidoostpolder embankment in the middle of the Zuiderzee. November 14, 1950. Zuidoostpolder

Anefo photo collection. Airplane of American Air Force crashed in Maurik at Tiel. Wreckage pieces from the crash jet jet. June 21, 1971. Gelderland, Maurik

Parts of a munition train strafed by 8th Air Force fighters near the point where the Armistice was signed in 1918 and 1940 litter the countryside. Here is part of a car thrown into the woods by the force of the blast.

Italian Laborers In The Marshalling Yards At Bronzola, Italy, Working Around A Damaged Luxury Liner. This Damage Was Done By 15Th Af Bombers.

Photograph showing the burning wreck of a German fighter airplane which had crashed in the South East of England during the Battle of Britain, Summer 1940. Date: 1940

''Fleury Repris; village n'est plus qu'un monstrueux chaos', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Interior Views of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina taken by a Confederate photographer in 1864 i.e. 1863. No. 4378, Title from item, Date and photographer's name from 99 Historic Images of Civil War Charleston, ed. by Garry Adelman, John Richter, and Bob Zeller, Center for Civil War Photography, 2009, p. 17, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Confederate, United States, South Carolina, Charleston.

FRANCE-This JU-88 bomber, destroyed by the Germans, was one of many scenes of destruction visible to members of a 9th Tactical Air Command fighter group which moved onto the ofrmer German air base as the enemy made a hasty departure.

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. A road near Chambois, south-east of Trun, Normandy, filled with wrecked vehicles and the bodies of retreating German soldiers following an attack by Hawker Typhoons of 83 Group.

Consolidated B-24 "Z-BAR" hit by flak over Hamm, Germany, limped home after dark in the midst of an enemy air raid. Her hydraulic system was shot out by British flak, and attempting to land at her base, which was completely blacked out, she crashed

11/30/1916. On the Western Front. Remains of a cannon found by Canadian Soldiers when occupying New Positions.

'La Bataille de la Somme; La prise de la Maisonnette : deux phases de la destruction du chateau de la Maisonnette', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

''A sucrerie de dompierre; Un des plus tragiques du champ de bataille de la Somme', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL (1939-1945). GUERRA DEL PACIFICO (1941-1945). "AVIONES JAPONESES DESTRUIDOS EN LA BATALLA DE OKINAWA" (abril 1945), en el marco del enfrentamiento entre las fuerzas americanas y niponas durante la fase del conflicto en Extremo Oriente.

09/30/1936. National Army Plane Destroyed by the Fire of the Republican Forces.

Krylbosmällen. Carriage scrap after the explosion of a German ammunition train at Krylbo Railway Station on July 19, 1941.

Bearing Manufacture, An Ultra-Precision Industry Was Found By American Observers To Be Reduced To Relative Primitive Housing. A Tarpaulin, Weighted With Bricks (Above And Left Of Soldiers Helmet) Housed Part Of Vkf #2. Schweinfurt, Germany.

11/30/1915. The War in the East. Remains of a Serbian fortification on the banks of the Danube, destroyed by Austro-German artillery.

From the Italians destroyed Konserven magazine in Palmanova 3.11.17. .

Gun turret of the German army find on the battlefield of the Chemin des Dames, in 1917, Allemant, Aisne, France.

Anefo photo collection. The two damaged buildings. November 14, 1957

Cavern Bii Kostanjevica and der felxdoline.26.8.17. .

Iwangorod, Fort "Wannòwszki," Looking in the Kehlgraben with blown Esparpe. .

The British Army in Burma 1945 A Bren gun carrier moves through the devastated outskirts of Ywathitgyi village, February 1945.

British air bombardment over the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918 (1926). Artist: Joseph Simpson

Image of rescue workers looking for victims between the wreckage of the accidental trains after the train disaster at Harmelen.

A German Aircraft Smashed By A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-Bomber Of Major General E.R. Quesada'S 9Th Tac.

First Dramatic Picture Of The Invasion -- American soldiers, among the first to reach the French beaches, struggling through the water to the shore through a maze of beach obstacles. The water reached sometimes to the necks, and machine gunefire took its toll. July 17, 1944.

The German vilalge of Kleinhau, six miles southwest of Duran, converted into a strongly held defensive position, impeded the advance of U.S. ground troops until Maj. Gen. E.R. Quesada decided to raze the fortification with his 9th Tactical Air

"King Cotton", Yorktown, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 2B67, This record contains unverified data from caption card, Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Plantation crops Cotton; C.W. Forts..; C.W. Yorktown Campaign; Geogr.

Coulson Richard N (lt Col) Collection Graves of Lieutenant and Q. M. H. Bowen and Lieutenant E. T. Braddell: Sheikh Nebbhan, May 1917.

World War II, U.S. Marines invading Tarawa, 1943.

Photograph showing the destruction at Trappes, in the western suburbs of Paris, in the south-western suburbs of Paris, during the liberation of France from German occupation in the summer of 1944. Dated 20th Century

Marines Advance Cautiously on Peleliu -- Two Marines, taking advantage of the rocky ***** and a wrecked vehicle, advance cautiously ***** a former Japanese Bivouac area to the ***** east of the airport on the Island of Peleliu, ***** Palaus of the Pacific. December 10, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The result of the Battle of Stalingrad, February 1943. Artist: Unknown

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 The gun position of the Royal Field Artillery captured by the Boer commando overlooking the River Tugela from the Rooiberg after the Battle of Colenso. For trying to save the gun emplacement from capture by the enemy, Lieutenant Frederick Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Wreckage of the plane in which the British pilot Flight-Lieutenant Warneford was killed on 17 June 1915. Awarded Victoria Cross for shooting down Zeppelin LZ 37 on 7 June 1915.

06/30/1916. The War in Northern France - Western Front English Howitzer Firing During One of the Recent Fights.

Street against Malga Mulo. Crashed ammunition car. .

Bulldozer Filling In Bomb Craters In The Marshalling Yards At Plattling, Germany After Bombing By 15Th Af. June 1945.

From the ruined Saltgareda 7.12.17. .

A phenomenal Dust "Storm". December 12, 1944. (Photo by Narrandera).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Camping life of IV-8 Regiment Infanterie in Klender (last Sawit, East Jakarta). Tents in the camp. May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A kampong in flames. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

British Infantry during a desert skirmish in Libya lake cover. December 27, 1941.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjilatjap. Tjilatjap: The harbor complex of Tjilatjap was destroyed by the TNI for a large part. Of the KMP shed, only a chaos of distressed steel remained over .. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Railway accident Poerwakarta. Saturday evening, August 21, 1948 at approximately 10.20 pm, a freight train has been placed by sabotage of a gang in the vicinity of the railway bridge of meaning on the route between Bandoeng and Poerwakarta. The two locomotives, a passenger car and a boiler truck collapsed in an approximately 15 meter deep ravine. Five people were killed and seven injured, including the operator and two stokers. The accident that happened about five kilometers for Poerwakarta is due to the fact that the rails had broken up over great distance. An overview of the great havoc. August 22, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Rocket Barrage -- Hit and run rocket fire was the order when these Marines of the Fifth Division let loose a barrage on Iwo Jima. The Japanese lined up their own rockets and mortars on the Marine fire and returned a two-fold barrage. The Marines would fire a barrage and then climb aboard the recon trucks on which the rocket tracks were mounted and swiftly change their position. March 7, 1945. (Photo by Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo).

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Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A close up of the wreckage of Cody aircraft mark VIA. Cody and his passenger W H B Evans, captain of the Hampshire Cricket Club, were both thrown out of the aircraft from about 300 feet when the accident happened and died on impact with the ground. The reason for the crash given in the inquest was inherent structural weakness of the aircraft. This however was debatable Cody was aware of the dangers of aircraft disintegration and purposely built his aircraft both large and strong. Many, including Cody's son Leon (who, if it had not been for Cody taking Evans for a flight would have been in the aircraft himself), believed that the propeller had burst (broken) and had fatally damaged the aircraft's wing or tail spar. Another, highly plausible, theory, given by the engineer Paul Chapman in a 1998 lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of Codys first flight, suggested that the tendency for bamboo to e

This Axis ship was literally "blown out of the water" in Bengasi harbor as the British Navy and Eighth Army, supported by American air power, blasted their way into the Libyan port close behind the retreating German Afrika Korps. February 22, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Photo collection First World War. Soldiers view a destroyed ship .. 1914-1918}

Ripped open tank, Champagne, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Sprilling attempts at the Russian war showplatz.

Lenninge: Tågolyckra. Lenninge: tågolycka.

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.

A right front view of an M60 main battle tank, equipped with a track width mine plow, during a demonstration of its capabilities. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Oberbärenburg. Sedanweg

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Fire; Brigade equipment park 2nd inf. Brig. Poerwakarta. Poerwakarta. In the night of 2 on 3 July, terrorist gangs fired a storage location of the brigade equipment park, whereby O.M. a batch of rejected clothing, a number of car tires and five vessels were lost. Of the good heang not much more about than a batch of broked food cans and the steel of the shed itself .. July 3, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwakarta

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

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.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Medan, Malang, Linggadjati. Malang. The European district of Malang, as it was left by the TNI. Indonesia, Java, Malang, Dutch East Indies

These Two Republic P-47S Of The 78Th Fighter Group Crashed When Their Wings Locked On Take Off From 8Th Air Force Station F-357 In Duxford, England. 1 July 1944.

After Galveston Storm, 1915 -- Pier 19 (No. 1)

The German-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 The bombing of Warsaw: view from a German Junkers Ju 52 bomber of smoke rising over the outskirts of the city.

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Royal Artillery gun in action against the Boers.

The remains of German Airship zeppelin L-31 destroyed by cannon, over southern England, on the night of October 2, 1916. near Potters Bar North of London. World War One

Crew of the bunker hill fights courageously to bring flaming gasoline on her flight deck under control. Charred wreckage of planes which were awaiting take-off at the time of the attacks attests to the destruction the stricken carrier suffered. June 21, 1945. (Photo by ACME).

Bull Run, Virginia Ruins of Mrs. Judith Henry's house. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va, 1861, Dwellings, Henry, Judith Carter, 1776-1861, Homes & haunts, Virginia, Manassas, United States, Virginia, Bull Run.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Geniewerken in Surabaya (Pioniers). Pioneers build a railway bridge. June 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

Austrian airplane shot down over Monte San Michele on April 22, 1917, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 18, May 6, 1917.

06/11/1915. At the national aviation school. Remains of the aircraft crewed by the unfortunate aviator Mr. Joaquín Pérez, who died yesterday as a result of a fall when completing the last exercises to obtain the pilot's title.

A graphic picture of a section of the blazing inferno on the British Borneo oilfields through which Australian Army Engineers battled to put out the fires, whilst awaiting the arrival of Shell oilfield experts and professional oilwell fire fighters who were rushed to the scene. March 27, 1946.

The accident site in Getå where the State Railways, SJ F 1200 and SJ Abo3 2466 have collapsed down the slope. The accident was caused by a landslide on October 1, 1918.

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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Transport plane C47 Dakota (with VHREZ registration number) with open shutters. Luggage is in or off. Soldiers stand for the plane. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Australian Army - Past war. October 28, 1952.

Hurricane 'Betsy' - Puerto Rico - 8/12/1956 , Hurricanes, Debris, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

German armoured vehicles changing position. We wonder if in retreat from the Russian front. April 2, 1945. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

A 5000lbs. Tim Catton mine laid and fired by Third Division at Lark Hill. December 10, 1934.

155 cm i.e., mm gun in France

Malaya War File. September 27, 1948.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Modjokerto. An amphibian tractor from the marine brigade is stranded. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Mojokerto, Dutch East Indies

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