War Ruins and Battlegrounds

Photographs depicting the aftermath of major battles, showcasing devastated landscapes, trench conditions, and destruction from World Wars, revealing the impact of warfare.

Photograph showing the ruined tennis court and terraces of the District Commissioner's bungalow at Kohima, Burma, 1944. Kohima, a vital link in the Manipur Road, was the scene of extremely heavy fighting between the British and Japanese forces in Burma in April to June 1944. Date: 1944

The village of Mametz after the July bombardment, Battle of the Somme, 1916, (c1920). Artist: Unknown

Rescue operations by Italian soldiers amongst the ruins of Loquizza, Karst, Slovenia, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIII, No 47, November 19, 1916.

Doberdo plateau. ITL.20.5cm ship's gun. (End of April 1918.).

Nazi Fly Bomb Depot In France: Allied bombers left this Nazi flying bomb depot in Serans, Northern France, blasted and destroyed. Although 175 Germans were buried beneath the huge blocks of concrete, French civilians in the vicinity at the time defied Nazi orders and refused to dig for the remains. January 11, 1945. (Photo by U.S Signal Crop Photo).

World War 1 - trench conditions for allied forces in the Kippe area near Flanders 1915

Trenching of the 3.Truppenfanterieregiments, 6th company. .

Destroyed railway line at Görz 31.10.17. .

08/31/1915. Fighting Places. A communication trench built by the Belgians on land devastated by artillery fire.

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Photograph showing the ruined tennis court and terraces of the District Commissioner's bungalow at Kohima, Burma, 1944. Kohima, a vital link in the Manipur Road, was the scene of extremely heavy fighting between the British and Japanese forces in Burma in April to June 1944. Date: 1944

Destroyed village Swidniki. .

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Battle of Albert. Ruined houses on the outskirts of Mametz, July 1916. Communication trench on the right.

The Home Front in Britain during the Second World War A pile of signposts removed as part of the anti-invasion precautions.

Norway. Norge.

Position at the Worobijowka height after reconquest by the German Reserve Hunter Battillon 15.

DAMAGE FROM THE AIR FOR D-DAY-This crumbled concrete and twisted steel at Longues, France, above, shows what happens when 1,000 pound aerial bombs make a direct hit on a steel-reinforced concrete gun emplacement from 10 to 12 feet thick.

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.

The landscape of Mort-Homme, Verdun, France, First World War, 1917. Artist: Unknown

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Discussion at Djamboo-Tjandjoer. Djamboe: close to the place where a Dutch and a Republican delegation had discussions about how the evacuation of the Republican troops from the Dutch area would take place, a few homes were laid in the axle several days later by terrorists. An exemplary fulfillment of the file .. 5 February 1948. Djamboo, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Destruction Due To War -- This Ukrainian one-horse wagon begins the tremendous task of clearing away the wreckage of buildings in Zhitomir. This photo was taken by Ernest G. Fischer, Associated Press staff writer while on a conducted tour of the German-Russian front. January 7, 1942. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

On S.Marco at Görz.

British soldiers exploring the ruins of Albert, Somme, France, 22 August 1918. Artist: Unknown

Destroyed accommodations at Fajti Hrib. 26.8.17. .

Trenching of the 4th Troop Infantieregiments, 6th Company. .

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

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

Headquarters of General D.B. Birney, February 17, 1864. Civil War Photograph Collection, No. 628. Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864, Homes & haunts, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities.

Casuality In China's Battle -- Stretcher bearers carry a wounded Chinese soldier past a row of wrecked building after an engagement with the Japanese during the heavy fighting in the Hengyang area last month. Japanese are now fanning out from Hengyang toward Kweilin, An allied base. This is a Chinese Ministry of Information photo. September 14, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

World War I 1914-1918: French farmhouse set on fire by German shellfire. From 'Le Flambeau', Paris, 18 September 1915.

The picture shows a destroyed artillery position with large amounts of ammunition.Original text: "By the Germans stormed English battery stand in the Holnon forest.".The picture shows a destroyed artillery stand with large amounts of ammunition.Original text: "By the Germans stormed English battery stand in the Holnon forest.

07/31/1907. Formidable Explosion. Doemitz sur Ebe (Germany). The dynamite factory recently destroyed by an explosion.

''Le Massacre des Choses; Deux phases de la destruction du chateau de la Maisonnette', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Accident

The debris of the Zeppelin L-32 shot a cannon, on the night of September 23 to 24, 1916, and came impaled on a tree in the countryside of the Earl of Essex.

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.

06/23/1923. The terrible eruption of Etna. The torrent of Lava, in its destroying Advance, Burying Entire Streets and Countless Buildings.

Shelter of the 3.Truppenfanterieregiments, 3rd company. .

The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 - 5 September 1905) was the first great war of the 20th century which grew out of the rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. The resulting campaigns, in which the Japanese military attained victory over the Russian forces arrayed against them, were unexpected by world observers. As time transpired, these victories would transform the balance of power in East Asia, resulting in a reassessment of Japan's recent entry onto the world stage. The embarrassing string of defeats inflamed the Russian people's dissatisfaction with their inefficient and corrupt Tsarist government, and proved a major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905.

Japanese equipment stored in buildings along the waterfront in Cebu City, suffered heavy losses during Allied air attacks in this area. Cebu Island, Philippine Islands.

A Railway Bridge Blown Up On The Western Front -- Directing operations during strategic exercises on the Western front from the wreckage of a railway Bridge Blown up by French sappers. Picture taken in the French Army Zone. April 22, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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.

Abandoned camp of 9th Army Corps near Falmouth, Virginia, February, 1863. No. B416, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Falmouth.

''La Serbie Victorieuse; L'aspect d'une avenue de Belgrade, le 15 decembre 1914, a 9 heures du matin, a l'entrée de l'avant-garde serbe', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

06/30/1937. Santander. Bombing of the Shield Harbor.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Oblique aerial photograph showing buildings in the railway yard at Kanbalu, Burma, wrecked as a result of attacks by RAF ground attack aircraft. Note the stacks of wood fuel stacked for use as blast shelters for locomotives by the Japanese.

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

'En territoire libere; La lisiere du village de Lassigny, repris par nos troupes le a7 mars 1917', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

In Wake Of Retreating Japs -- Retreating before advancing Australian forces in Borneo, the Japs left the above oil well equipment at Tarakan a Tangled mass of useless wreckage. In the Northeast section of Borneo, The Tarakan wells were formerly one of the Principal Sources of Oil for Japan. March 7, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front. View of Morval Which We Captured On The 25th September 1916. September 16, 1916. France, Morval

Encampment of Alpini troops at 2500 metres above sea level on the Dolomites, World War I, photo by Miles from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 36, September 5, 1915.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

'La reprise du bois de la Caillette; Avant l'attaque du 5 avril : troupes defilees derriere une crete', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916".

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Deli Tu. Deli Allow: Entirely Deli Teni has been destroyed by the TNI. From a few houses only the black broked walls still stand up. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection First World War. The Great Battle of Messines Ridge. German shell burst in a water logged trench .. 1914-1918}. Belgium, Mesen

Photographic print : Site of mass burning of 250 Polish and French slave labourers at a Nazi camp near Leipzig on April 19th, 1945 the day before the city was captured by the 69th Inf. Div. First U.S. Army. The victims were herded into a building. A time bomb was exploded. Men who broke doors down to escape were machine gunned by Nazi SS troops.

Beach Machine Gun Emplacement - A marine examines a Jap machine gun emplacement on the waters edge of the beach at Saipan. These emplacements were connected by a series of shallow trenches. July 24, 1944. (Photo by Official U. S. Marine Corps Photograph)

Petersburg, Virginia Interior of Fort Steadman; bomb-proof in foreground. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, Forts & fortifications, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Anefo photo collection. Disaster with Sabenavlieg at Brussels, overview of the wrecks. February 15, 1961. Brussels

07/31/1915. German Soldiers in the Argonne Forest Firing at the Enemy. Label: R. Parrondo.

First world war. 1915-18.

Photograph of Camp Jordan in Israel. Dated 1952.

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German corps pioneer park at Jezierna. .

A Russian village in the southern agricultural zone, Russia in the XIX century. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

A view of Thiepval wood, the scene of heavy artillery bombardment by the British army during the First World War. Date: 1916

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-Brastagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. The road along the piso-piso is digging through the TNI with tankfalls. For closing this, the genius used marble stone that is released from the mountain slope with pneumatic drills. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Melilla, August 1909. Moroccan War, the garrison of the Velarde blockhouse fort defending itself from an enemy attack.

View of Captain Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, LA. Civil War Photograph Collection . Batteries (Weaponry), Louisiana, Port Hudson, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Louisiana, Port Hudson, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, Union, Louisiana, Port Hudson, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Union.

01/31/1917. The War in the East. Weapons Taken from the Enemy (German) by the Allies in One of the Recent Combats.

'La Bataille de la Somme; en terrain reconquis sur la route de Peronne; un "etonnant travail" d'artillerie, sans lequel il aurait fallu conquerir par maison, au prix de pertes sanglantes, le village de Dompierre, ou l'ennemi avait multiplie les reduits fortifies et les abris de mitrailleuses', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

World War I - Captured German infantry reserves at Verdun 1916

Lugo, 1937. State in which the small plane from the León air base and crewed by Don Ricardo Benllot was left, which landed violently in San Clodio, catching fire and the aviator dying as a result of the injuries received.

Coober Pedy post office in Dugout. A. G. Burford in foreground, wireless poles in background. December 06, 1937.

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.

Wrecked Polish home burned by the Russians in their retreat during World War I, 1915. 4 people digging amid the rubble of a building.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto, Poerbolingo, Bobotari, between Tjilatjap-MeloWoeng railway. Destroyed buildings and corrugated plates. December 8, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Camping life of IV-8 Regiment Infanterie in Klender (last Sawit, East Jakarta). Soldier behind a machine rail station. May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Harskamp camp where SS people and countrykeepers are convenient. Overview of the camp. June 1945. Gelderland, Harskamp

Airplane truck cannon west Pawelcze, 19.PRIL 1917..

"Rush Job" -- While foxholes and gun emplacements are hurriedly comouflaged in "background, elements of the Fifth Marine Division lay steel matting over soft volcanic ash of Iwo Jima beach to form roadbed to supply dump at right. Supplies already have been placed ashore from navy and coast guard-manned landing craft to keep the job going. March 7, 1945. (Photo by Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph).

The image shows an artillery of coarse caliber mounted on a railway car.The artillery point is masked with a network.On the left side, a position of grenades is visible and the foreground visible rail for the canon's transport. The picture shows an artillery of coarse caliber mounted on a railway wagon.The artillery point is masked with a network.On the left side, a scaffold of grenades and in the foreground visible rails for the canon's transport.

'Victoire Italienne; Le debut de l'offensive autrichienne: une route hativement coupee et barree', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

WORLD WAR II (1939-1945). Invasion of Poland by German troops (September 1939). Aspect of the Westerplatz of Warsaw after the bombing of the German Army .

Destroyed Russian vehicles on the Dnieper Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

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

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Brigade Princess Irene. Normandy. Orne Sector. View kitchen hidden quarry. August 1944. France, Normandy

View of battlefield. Peach Tree Creek, Ga.. Part of Brady-Handy Collection, Title from item, Published in: Barnard, George N, Photographic views of Sherman's campaign. New York: Dover Publishers, 1977, E475.97 .B32 1977, Hand written on verso: Similar to Miller III, 125. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Georgia.

Confederate dead behind the stone wall of Marye's Heights, Virginia, killed during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, which was in the eastern portion of the May 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Beach view island Doom. November 1954. Doom, Guinea

Street against Malga Mulo. Crashed ammunition car.16 / VI.1918. .

Vintage Photograph. Firefighter at scene of house fire.

Dunkirk. June 1940. The episode of fighting at Dunkirk. Lunar landscape in front of the entrenched field, between explosions of bombs and shells.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tjilatjap. GOMBONG: Here too, the TNI has held home in beastly. The houses and shops of the Chinese were looted and then put on fire. For example, 45%% of Chinese possessions lost. 851 Chinese were abducted by the TNI. August 5, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

An engraving depicting the barge 'Tilbury' which exploded at the Regent's Canal Bridge at the North Gate, Regent's Park. The blast came from a barge carrying gunpowder from Waltham Abbey to Chesterfield. Dated 19th century

From the positions at Kostanjevica 7.3.18. .

Col di Lana: Magazine left by Italians. .

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