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Destruction of War-Torn Cities

Images showcasing the rubble and destruction of cities in Europe and Malta after intense bombing during World War II and World War I.

Bombing of Helsinki by the Russians, World War 2, c1940. Artist: Unknown
Bombing of Helsinki by the Russians, World War 2, c1940. Artist: Unknown
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The national pilgrimage of Spanish workers to Rome, embarking in the port of Valencia on the ship Baldomero Iglesias. Journey from Spain to the Holy See in April 1894 by the publication of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum novarum in 1891. Vatican City, Rome. Italy, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Collapsed building (brick & roof tile factory (v / h .. Pere)). December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Catania in Allied Hands -- Italian surrender to 8th. Army patrols after the fall of Catania.The Sicilian port of Catania, focus of fierce fighting and chief German defence position on the Island, fell to the 8th Army on 5.8.43 just 4 days after the landing of the Allied offensive on this front. October 31, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).
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Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Roermond. Destruction in the center of Roermond. March 1945. Limburg, Roermond
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Richomme, Jules (n.1818-09-09-D.1903), the point-of-day after the army of Versailles in May 1871. (Dummy title), 1871-06. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.
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Colour photograph of Nuremberg, Germany, at the end of World War Two. Dated 1945
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On the night of November 14th 1940, the Luftwaffe attacked Coventry.
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Red Army tank crews manning T-34 tanks at Friedrichstrasse near Potsdamer Platz 6-17-53. East Berliners are gathering in the background. East Berlin, June 1953.
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Crowds on the corner of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in New York celebrate the end of World War II, 1945.
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The King and Queen survey bomb damage, Buckingham Palace, London, WWII, 1940. Artist: Unknown.
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Berlin's Amazing Masks - Beleive Air War. Minutest Details Carried Out Even To "Weeked" Streets And "Gas" Clouds At Kreuzberg, A Populous Working Glass Districts To The South Of Berlin -- Watching a demonstration of ***** bomb being dropped on a roof and setting ***** fire to it. March 21, 1935. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).;Berlin's Amazing Masks - Beleive Air War. Minutest Details Carried Out Even To "Weeked" Streets And "Gas" Clouds At Kreuzberg, A Populous Working Glass D
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Anefo photo collection. Police car houses burned gas boffing Wassenaar. 21 June 1986. Wassenaar, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Windhoos at Camping Duinoord on Ameland, three deaths and hundreds of wounded, Minister of Agt visits campsite. August 11, 1972. Ameland, Friesland
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Black and white photograph of an anti-aircraft canon in a sand-bag fortification in the Place des Invalides in Paris in June 1939. Paris in preparation for war.
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The My Lai Massacre was the Vietnam War mass murder of 347-504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, by United States Army soldiers of 'Charlie' Company of 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the Americal Division. Most of the victims were women, children (including babies), and elderly people. Many were raped, beaten, and tortured, and some of the bodies were later found to be mutilated. While 26 US soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions at M Lai, only Second Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader in Charlie Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but only served three and a half years under house arrest. The massacre took place in the hamlets of M Lai and My Khe of Son M village. The event is also known as the Son M Massacre (Vietnamese: thm sát Son M) or sometimes as the Song M Massacre. When the incident became public knowledge in 1969, it
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05/31/1916. Preparations in Thessaloniki. Allied heavy artillery landing on the dock.
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Honeling after the explosion of a German ammunition train at Avesta Krylbo station.
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The Altona fire suit for firefighters, firefighter during a drill / Der Altonaer Feuerschutzanzug für die Feuerwehr, Feuerwehrmann bei einer Übung, 1899, Deutschland, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.
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Anefo photo collection. Fire and explosions in building on Quellijnstraat in Amsterdam; Overview of the building with fire brigade during Nablussen and in debris looking for. June 16, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Berlin Holds A.R.P. Exercises And Blackout -- The "Enemy register a hit" on the Frankfurter Allee in Berlin during the A.R.P. Exercises there yesterday, and the bomb smoke is clearing away. The figures on the right pavement are not of the public but of officials observing the exercises.Anti-air raid exercises followed by a blackout were held in Berlin yesterday, July 26. When the sirens sounded all citizens went under cover in the shelters provided. Traffic stopped and all using the streets and vehicles left then for the nearest shelter. Meanwhile "Enemy" bomber droned over the city. July 27, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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from a collection of postcard-sized photographs issued to celebrate the Liberation of Paris between 19th and 26th August, 1944. Date: 1944
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The Final Assult Of Manila'S Last Jap Stronghold, The Walled City Of Intramuros, Built In The 15Th Century By The Spaniards, Was Delivered From The Steps Of Manil'A Post Office, On The Banks Of The Pasig Which Forms The North Wall Of The City. Here Are S
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ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC (1943), directed by LLOYD BACON.
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Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99,300 people Date: 1923
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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The devastated town of Kleve, Germany, photographed from an Auster AOP aircraft, after capture. The wrecked railway station and yards lie in the foreground. The fortified town was heavily bombed by 285 Avro Lancasters of No. 1 Group, led by 10 De Havilland Mosquitos of No.8 Group on the night of 7/8 February 1945, and captured the following day by troops of the Canadian 1st Army.
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This photo taken in Belgium in early World War I has the caption: What a Zeppelin bomb did in Antwerp. Antwerp is a Flemish city inthe country of Belgium. Zeppelin refers to a large cylindrical rigid airship built from 1900 to carry passengers. The Germans used them in World War I for bombing and reconnaissance.
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Der Altonaer Feuerschutzanzug für die Feuerwehr, Feuerwehrmann bei einer Übung, 1899, Deutschland, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer...
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Hereditary material in Palmanova 6.11.17. .
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Anefo photo collection. Pand D Vogelstruys evacuated again in the afternoon. Destroyed shop window. September 8, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Allies Spare St. Sebastin Church -- Although the town of Melilli, Sicily, was severely damaged by shellfire from Allied guns, soldiers entering the town after its capture found hat the church of St. Sebastin (background) and other non-military buildings were not damaged. July 31, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Revolutionary barricades at the Malaya Bronnaya Street during the Uprising in 1905 by Russian Photographer /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1905/Silver Gelatin Photography/Russia/History
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Remains of a British plane which crashed in the centre of Paris, France, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 17, April 29, 1917.
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Berlin Boarder. August 30, 1948. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).
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Zaragoza, 7-12-1979. Photographs obtained by Blanco y Negro of the summary of the fire at the Corona de Aragón hotel, which was practically full. The entire Zaragoza fire station participated in the rescue of victims, evacuating hotel guests through the windows and balconies using ladders installed on the Via Imperial. Some people, who were able to reach the terraces, were also evacuated by Army helicopters.
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Anefo photo collection. Explosion to the Johan Huizingalaan in Amsterdam-West. September 9, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Police have ended Krakaktie Nijmegen, M.B. Tankdoors and 2000 man staff, tanks at the barricades. February 23, 1981. Nijmegen
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Anefo photo collection. Train accident at Rotterdam; Frontal collision clashes The Nord-West express and the Stopple train Den Haag-Rotterdam, where three killed fell and thirty-two people were injured. Fire brigade with the mountains of the dead. December 27, 1982. Rotterdam, South Holland
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12/31/1964. The fury of the waves crushed the Paseo Nuevo, which had to be closed to traffic.
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City Obscured By a smoke screen. Mimic ' plane warfare at Sacramento, U.S.A., included the remarkable feat of laying a smoke screen by Army ' planes so that the State Capitol buildings would be invisible to enemy machines. January 1, 1930.
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02/20/1920. The storm in Barcelona. 1.- Destruction in the Streets of Barceloneta. 2.- the eastern pier Battled by the Waves.
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969), directed by GUY HAMILTON.
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Photo collection Government information service. Destruction after the bombing of Middelburg. Gortstraat. 17 May 1940. Middelburg, Zeeland
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General Xie Puyuan led 800 strong soldiers to hold to the Sihang Warehouse against the Japanese army. This was during the Japanese invasion of China.
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DA-SN-03-00946. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A drawing showing a German dirigible over Antwerp on the night of August 24th & 25th 1914. Against the laws of international warfare, a Zeppelin air-ship flew over the city for the purpose of dropping bombs on civilian targets. In the event, seven people were killed and twenty injured. World War I was the first conflict to involve civilians. As well as French and Belgian targets, the East coast towns of Great Britain would suffer bombings during the course of the war. Date: September
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970225-F-2095R-033. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Mostar Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)