Destruction from War and Conflict

Images depicting the aftermath of bombings and explosions, showcasing ruins of buildings and devastated landscapes from various historical events.

A Greek orphan amid the ruins of the his neighbourhood in the Greek district of Izmir, devastated in the Great Fire of 13th September 1922. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir, but the Greek expedition towards central Anatolia turned into a disaster for both that country and for the local Greeks of Turkey. The Turkish Army retook possession of Izmir on 9 September 1922, effectively ending the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the field. Part of

03/10/1937. Remains of the Houses Near the Clinical Hospital, where the Nationals Sheltered.

Raid Damage In Malta -- View of some of the damage inflicted on Malta ***** enemy raiders. The excellence of the defence of Malta makes these raids ***** to the enemy. ***** the National Tunnels in the rooks provide shelters for the populations. January 07, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in British camp in Hoek van Holland. September 1, 1958. Hoek van Holland

''Le Massacre des Choses; Les ruines de Biaches: au centre, derriere le poteau de telegraphe, ampute, une petite chapelle dont l'ennemi avait fait un reduit puissamment fortifie', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

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

10/31/1916. The fighting in northern France. Ruins of a village in the Somme region, where tremendous fighting has been fought.

The taking of Ham, Northern France, 1917. Artist: Unknown.

The Volkswagen Factory At Fallersleben, Germany, Producing The V-1 Flying Bomb, Was At Complete Halt In Production Following Allied Attacks. Here, Combat Engineers Of The Us Army, Salvage Steel To Be Used In The Buidling Of Bridges For Allied Armies. 19

A Greek orphan amid the ruins of the his neighbourhood in the Greek district of Izmir, devastated in the Great Fire of 13th September 1922. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir, but the Greek expedition towards central Anatolia turned into a disaster for both that country and for the local Greeks of Turkey. The Turkish Army retook possession of Izmir on 9 September 1922, effectively ending the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the field. Part of

How City Stood Off Siege -- Members of a Stalingrad workers Battalion fire at attacking enemy plane in defense of their factory and settlement. November 26, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Close-Up -- Part of the ship's deck after the submarine had launched her deadly missile. The submarine then dived thinking the freighter could not survive the blast. June 22, 1955.

World War 2: Finland. Bombing of Helsinki by the Russians. Block of flats in flames after a direct hit.

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

''De L'Argonne aux Flandres; Les ruines de Montfaucon; vue generale de la ville et observatoire par l'ennemi avec les pierres de l'eglise ecroulee', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Anefo photo collection. Probolinggo is lit. July 31, 1947. Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, Probolinggo

12/31/1905. Milan exhibition fire.

By explosion destroyed Italy.Military cemetery in Bolzano 9.3.18. .

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection trip of Colonel A.M.G.J. Lentz in the 3rd Infantry Brigade Tjisoeroepan Tjisaran. Destructions. January 22, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

'Dans Cantigny; un des derniers Allemands trouves dans les caves du village se degage des decombres apres avoir jete ses armes; a droite, un soldat francais porteur d'un lance-flammes', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Cars burned by the Italians in S.Valentino 1.11.17. .

From the destroyer.8.9.17. .

Flying Bomb- V1 Bomb Damage in London, England, UK, 1944 Civil Defence rescue workers stand on piles of rubble as they try to dig survivors out of collapsed buildings following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Norwood, London, SE19. In the background, half-destroyed houses can also be seen.

Victorious Battle For Tarnopol. Radioed from Moscow. Red Army troops taking part in the battle for the town of Tarmopol, South East of Lvev, which they took in 15.4.44. June 26, 1944. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).

Terrorists Again Attack Railways - Arab police officer guards ruins of Railway station at Ramleh, on the Jerusalem-Jaffa line destroyed by terrorists May 27, 1947. A Jerusalem-Lydda Goods train had just pulled out when there was a loud explosion. The only casualty was the station master's wife, who was slightly injured. Police believe that bombs were contained in wooden boxes and a suitcase which had been left in the hall of the booking office. In addition to the attack on the Railway station, terrorists cut the railway in three other places. May 28, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company fire. ca. between 1910 and 1920.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Venray. Volumpens VENRAY. 1945. Limburg, Venray

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.

Wreckage of war, churned by the cross-fire of assailants and defenders of Iwo Jima strews the narrow beach where the Americans forced their initial landing. Bulldozers trucks and jeeps, still blazing, are framed by a gutted Jap transport. March 7, 1945. (Photo by US Office of War Information Photo).

Street Fighting In Stalingrad Outskirt -- Russian Armed with Automatic rifles find cover in piles of Rubble to engage the enemy on street fighting on the outskirts of Stalingrad. The buildings had been part of a worker's settlement. January 27, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC For article "Hasty urgency". Medan: Tebing Tinggi brought about the rapid advance of the Dutch troops to a panic under the TNI troops and officials present. With their hasty flight, they forced the train staff to transport them to Siantar, although it was aware that a train from Siantar was on the track section. Both trains rode on each other and many paid their lives for this crazy ride. When the Dutch troops arrived a few hours later, everything has been made to transport the hundreds seriously injured as quickly as possible to the hospital. An image of the havoc at the place of disaster .. July 29, 1947. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies

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

10/31/1937. Bombing by national aviation in Lérida.

By air pressure of an Ital.35 cm grenade destroyed barracks 20.8.17. .

Anefo photo collection. Front Noord-Oost Nederland: Groningen-Friesland. Pingjum damaged in the fight at the head of the Afsluitdijk .. April 18, 1945. Friesland, Pingjum

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 overview photo explosion. undated

Anefo photo collection. War Netherlands. War damage in The Hague: consequences of the bombing on the Bezuidenhout. 1 June 1945. Bezuidenhout, The Hague, South Holland

Searching For Their Belongings -- Russian peasant women searching amongst their wrecked houses for their belongings, after Nazis air raids. September 18, 1941. (Photo by Keystone Press Agency Ltd.).

"No-Mans Land" In Toledo -- Wrecked buildings after the explosion or dynamite mines by Government forces, underneath the Alcazar at Toledo, within which were besieged 1,000 insurgents and 400 women and children. This Government militiaman posed for a picture in "No-Man's Land" within sight of Alcazar insurgents. September 23, 1936. (Photo by Keystone).

France, Ruins Of Chateau Thierry. World War I. July 1918

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

Jenin, dynamiting Sept. 1938, West Bank

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Westkapelle. Destroyed houses. 1945. Westkapelle, Zeeland

Italian troops in the ruins of San Dona di Piave, Veneto, Italy, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 49, December 8, 1918.

German Bombs Did This To A Polish Railway Station -- The Tremendous damage done by German bombs to a polish railway station is seen in this picture. October 02, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photograph showing how the Polish attempted to hinder the advancement of the Nazis. Roads and bridges were destroyed making them impassable in order to prevent the Nazis and Germans from entering. 1939

First Pictures Of German Air Raid Damage In France -- A house completely shattered by a German bomb dropped during an aerial attack by Nazi planes on Nancy yesterday, May 10. An official French announcement this morning stated that more than 100 were killed or wounded during the German Air Raids in France yesterday. May 29, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The battle between Aisne and Marne. A sign of the panic-like return to the enemy. Looked locomotives at Bazoches station at Fismes. Augustus 1914. Fismes, Frankrijk

05/29/1937. Bombing in the neighborhood of Coloma de Gramanet, in Barcelona.

Australian soldiers slog through the mud at Idiots' Corner at Ypres. Once the war became a stalemate of fortified trenches stretching from the Swiss frontier to the English Channel, the generals were baffled. "I don't know what is to be done," Kitchener said. "This isn't war." But the public was never told of this. May 7, 1938.

Anefo photo collection. English / French bombing on Port Said. December 4, 1956. Port Saïd

12/31/1919. Oh Destroyed France. Group of Children Playing among the Basee Ruins.

Hmhs Somersetshire Damaged by Enemy Torpedo. 5 September 1942, Alexandria Harbour. The Commanding Officer of the SOMERSETSHIRE (second from left) - who brought the ship back to Alexandria Harbour, standing in the hole made by the torpedo.

Ruins Ludlow Colony after the killing of 19 people, including women and Children, in a Colorado National Guard attack on a tent city of striking coal miners at Trinidad, Colorado on April 20, 1914. They were striking the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, owned by John D Rockefeller Jr.'s Standard Oil.

07/10/1978. Explosion of a tanker transporting Propylene in front of the "los Alfaques" Camping in San Carlos de la Rapita (Tarragona).

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Arnhem. Photo taken with a self-timer of Sem Presser (1917-1986) with his wife Ruth Paula Schachno. On the car is 'Press War Photographer'.. June 1945. Arnhem

Destroyed houses after bomb attack. Destroyed houses after an attack by the English on October 7, according to the caption. Only 10 days later for publication released. Text strip of photo stuck.

08/15/1907. French Company of Algerians in Casablanca - Morocco, after the bombing and fire, on the left car collecting corpses.

Campomoglon. Shared Italian Krupp mortar battery. .

Ludwigshafen, Germany April 4, 1945Infantrymen of the 94th division, U.S. 3rd Army, hold their guns ready while covering a buddy who advances cautiously around the corner of a wrecked building (background) in Ludwigshafen on a hunt for snipers.

09/30/1936. Ruins in a town on the Aragon front.

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

Photo collection First World War. The Great Battle of Messines Ridge. Outside A German Fortress In A Wood .. 1914-1918}. Belgium, Mesen

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Arnhem. Truck with open body of the Red Cross auxiliary Corps seen a dyke at the Rhine from above. 1945. Arnhem, Gelderland

Shimbun Rengo Illustration Dept -- Sinc-Japanese conflicts in Shanghai the destructed Chapei district in Shanghai after bombing and fire by Chinese and Chinese troops. March 8, 1932. (Photo by The Shimbun Rengo).

Grim Picture of Battle on Tarawa's Sands Devastation and death followed the grim fight for Betio, a small island in the atoll of Tarawa. Here are the remains of one captured Jap blockhouse, with his slain defenders on the coral sands on the slopes. There were dozens of these forts whose reinforced concrete walls withstood the heavy air and naval bombardment which preceded the assault. Of the 3000 Marines who spearheaded the attack, only a few hundred escaped death or wounds. The Jap garrison of 4000 was almost completely wiped out in 76 hours terrible fighting. December 15, 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Where this track ends is where the front end of an ammunition train stood on 12 August 1944 when 8th Air Force Thunderbolts strafed this marshalling yard near Compiegne. The munitions train disappeared completely and left the trains on adjoining

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

07/31/1911. Boiler explosion in Hamburg. The rescue work at the place where the boiler was thrown, whose explosion caused four deaths and 18 injuries.

Flying Bomb- V1 Bomb Damage in London, England, UK, 1944 Civil Defence workers collect up salvageable furniture and belongings from the rubble of a house following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. The house belonged to a man (just visible second from right) who had been for a walk as his wife and daughter-in-law prepared the Sunday lunch, and returned to find that his house had been destroyed and his wife and daughter-in-law killed.

Remains Of A Barracks At The Japanese Army Divisional Grounds, 4,200 Feet From Ground Zero At Hiroshima, Japan. Note How Brick Debris Lines Inside Wall Facing The Atomic Blast.

Skeletonized hangar full of Ju-88s and 188s at the Leipzig-Mockau airdrome in Germany, offers added evidence of the present state of the G.A.F. As an operational base and assembly plant, this field was hit often by 8th and 9th A.F. bombers and

Quartermaster troops inspecting and removing pieces from grounded fighter plane found within a bombed out plant in Oschersleben, Germany.

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Bentveld near Zandvoort in the dunes. July 22, 1959

Anefo photo collection. The queen visits the Disaster area Tricht. Disasters, destructions, tornadoes. June 26, 1967. Gelderland, Tricht

12/31/1913. Destruction of the storm in America. Remains of Sheds and Huts Destroyed by a Storm from the Sea of Bright.

Anefo photo collection. Destroyances Rotterdam harbor (1945). World War II, destruction. 1945. Rotterdam, South Holland

African American men carrying a body on stretcher to a fire (at right) to be cremated. Initial burials at sea caused bodies to be washed back to the Texas coast. Sept. 12, 1900 or later (BSLOC_2017_17_86)

Palestine disturbances during summer 1936 Jaffa Royal Engineers in demolishing area. 1936, Israel, Tel Aviv

1971 San Fernando Earthquake. An injured patient from the leveled Veteran's Hospital is evacuated. At least 26 persons were killed, 11 of them at this hospital. Feb. 9, 1971.

Anefo photo collection. Explosion at the Rhineland Metal Protection Mogen. to Leid, overview of the havoc. March 25, 1959

Five successive attacks in July 1944 rocked the Concordia, Ploesti, refineries with the results shown in this photograph. Toppled tanks, twisted pipelines, razed buildings, could also be seen at Lobau, Bohlen, Merseburg, Hamburg---in fact, wherever

Anefo photo collection. Front Noord-Oost Nederland: Groningen-Friesland. During the advance of the Canadian troops through the Northern Netherlands, Groningen is free. Due to stubborn German opposition, street in front of street had to be conquered, making the center of this old university city almost completely destroyed and burned out. The destroyed building of "De Bijenkorf" on the Groningen's Grand Market. April 1945. Groningen (province), Groningen (city)

05/31/1918. Yesterday's accident in Madrid. An aspect of the fire that occurred at the tar distillery on Paseo de las Acacias.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

03/31/1917. Among the Ruins of Noyon. French Soldiers Busy Repairing Telephone Lines.

Crashed plane, Sainte-Marie-à-Py, northern France, c1914-c1918. Artist: Unknown.

Earthquake destruction on a street in Mishawa, Japan. 250 were killed, thousands rendered homeless and many villages in the southern portion of Japan were leveled. Nov. 25, 1930.

Black and white photograph of the aftermath the siege of the Alcazar in Toledo during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The Nationalists relieved the Alcazar on 27 September 1936; the courtyard of Charles V in ruins.

A Blow At Jap Communication -- The Chumphon railway bridge on the Bangkok-Singapore railway which was attacked for the third in a week by heavy bombers of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, is a vital supply link to the enemy. This low level photograph taken from one of the R.A.F. attacking Liberators illustrates the damage not only to the bridge itself but to the bridge-head and railway lines leading up to it.R.A.F. Liberators and U.S.A.A.F. a long distance and highly successful attack on Japanese marshalling yards at Chumphon on the Kra Isthmus on the Malay peninsula. March 13, 1945. (Photo by Department Of Air).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Table Jongengradja and Katjoeagoeng (Palembang). A Universal Carrier drives a steep slope. Planks and pairing are located in the river. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Destruction caused by riots between Hindus and Muslims in Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Ammunition Ship Explodes In Harbor Of Bari, Italy - An American Air Force Medical Officer Aids An Injured Italian Workman Trapped In The Debris Of A Dockside Building Which Was Blown Up By The Explosion Of An Ammunition Ship In Bari, Italy.

Air Raid Shelters (See Also: Israel Countries) - War File. September 09, 1945.

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