War-Torn Landscapes and Ruins

Photographs capturing the aftermath of bombings and military actions, showcasing destroyed buildings and landscapes from World War II and beyond.

Yokohama, Japan: September 4, 1923. Charnel house employees wearing cloth masks searching the ruins from the 8.3 earhquake that hit here a few days ago. There is a body wrapped in white between the searchers, who wear the masks to shield them from the odors.

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

On The Western Front: Patrolling The Front -- A new picture, taken by a staff photographer of The Times, of a French infantry patrol on duty in a part of the line where there has been good deal of activity. Our photograph shows men taking up their position in the ruins of a farmhouse. December 05, 1939.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A destroyed building (factory hall). September 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Destroyances Rotterdam bombing 14 1940. Groenendaal Boerensteiger. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Dunkirk, North, France , 1917 - North of France, Belgium - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (September 1-5) (French - Dunkerque , Nord , France). Rear-front, factory , workshop, fire, ruins, bombing, rubble, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, France, Dunkirk, bombing of 2 - 3 - Septe - Wool warehouse

General view of Feuchy, east of Arras, as it was when retaken by the British, April 9th, 1917

Yokohama, Japan: September 4, 1923. Charnel house employees wearing cloth masks searching the ruins from the 8.3 earhquake that hit here a few days ago. There is a body wrapped in white between the searchers, who wear the masks to shield them from the odors.

Toledo Tourist Centre Shelled By Loyal Artillery -- The Plaza Zocodover, a favourite place for tourist, Totally wrecked by the Bombardment of Government artillery.Although the Spanish forces of the left have been Beseiging this city, which is south of Madrid, for over a month the rebels still hold possession. For some time Government shells have been bursting inside the city. January 1, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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

Air Raid Damage in London during the Second World War The scene of devastation after a V2 rocket had fallen on Smithfield Market, London.

Effects of the first Austrian bombing on Ponte di Legno, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 3, January 21, 1917.

Bringing Up Supplies -- A French tractor unit hauling supplies through a village torn a sunder by Nazi air raiders. Passed by Censor. May 29, 1940. (Photo by ACME).

Members of a heavy rescue party evacuate civilians from a bomb damaged building during a large-scale Civil Defence training exercise in Fulham during 1942.

Anefo photo collection. Degradation Zutphen station. April 22, 1948. Gelderland, Zutphen

STREET SCENE IN TAIYUAN Splintered ruins line this street in Taiyuan, principal city in North China, after Japanese bombing. A child stands in a shell-hole in the background. Note the bicycles behind him. 12/16/37.

Dramatic Picture of the Battle For Cologne: During fierce fighting in the shadow of the Cologne Cathedral, a U.S. tankman, one leg blown off, lies on top of his was machine after he was blown from the turret by a German shell. While one First U.S. Army soldier (right) rushes to aid the wounded soldier, another runs for stretcher bearers. The wounded solider was the only members of the tank crew to survive the shell hit. The rubble-strewn street is the Komoodientrasse, running from Cathedral Squa

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Bomb's Requiem -- The Charred steeple was all that remained of the united church of Canada's "Church of The Cross" in Chungking after the city was subjected to five days and nights of Japanese bombing. The climax to three months of April bombardment which ended Aug. 23. November 09, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

February 26, 1937. Cancer Institute, seen from the Trenches of the White Arts Militias.

Trampus. "Propaganda photography: ruined building after a bombardment". Paris and its suburbs again / wildly bombardes by Anglo-American avia- tion. / One of the buildings destroyed during the course / of this bombardment. / V.83.229. Gelatino-silver-bromide draw. Dactylographed legend in black ink. in 1943-09-17-1943-09-17. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 144783-27

Baird Andrew H Collection Air raid damage, Edinburgh. Mc'Callums Stores, Nicholson Street.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Medan (III). Actions in Bindjei. For example, it sees so beautiful Sultanspaleis now after a seventance destruction and an attack by Dutch troops. July 1947. Bindjei, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

German Bombs Fall on South East Coastal Town: Damaged Houses -- The interior of a house in a South East Coastal Town where German bombs feel during last nights raid on England. The front of the house was torn away and the damaged rooms revealed. August 19, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Consequences fire workplace. undated

06/30/1937. A view of the town of Apies (Huesca) after the bombing by the national aviation.

Workmen Demolish Bomb Wrecked Building In Rotterdam -- Dutch workmen demolish the ruins of a bomb-devasted building in Rotterdam.Rotterdam was one of the towns which suffered worst from air raids in Holland curing the war. Groups of people are now to be seen getting down to the hob of clearing away bomb-Debris from the many wrecked buildings in the town. October 26, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

World war two: ruins of bomb and artillery damaged buildings, after the liberation of Colmar, France 1945

Houses Blown Up In Air Raid Precautions Test: The houses collapsing as the dynamite exploded during the test. Three-storey houses in South Chester Street, Liverpool, were blown up with dynamite yesterday to prove to the public the effectiveness of the Government's plan for reinforcing basements and cellars with steel struts as protection against air raids. The explosion was equivalent to the fall of a 500-lb. bomb not less than 50 feet away. Since it was not possible to reproduce a bomb explosion on that scale, charges were exploded inside rooms of the ground floor of one of the houses Floor joists and beams were three-parts cut away and the walls weakened to ensure that they fell mainly inwards to simulate the worst possible conditions. May 06, 1939. (Photo by Topical Press).

06/23/1937. Parapets Abandoned by the Nationals, as a consequence of the advance of the Republican army.

Troops of the 5th Troop, 1st Cavalry, move cautiously down Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines, February 1945

World War 1. Women and children who had been hiding in the cellars of Chateau-Thierry, France, emerging after the Allies liberated the city in July 1918. (BSLOC_2013_1_186)

A direct hit on the Binalbagan Sugar Central left the power plant a twisted mass of steel. The Japanese were distilling alcohol from sugar to be used as fuel. 18 May 1945. Negros Island, Philippine Islands.

04/30/1937. One of the Houses That Were Destroyed Due to the Air Bombing.

12/31/1936. Destruction of Homes in Valencia by Aviation.

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

07/26/1922. The horrible accident in Soria. Appearance, during the Fire, of the block of Houses that were Destroyed, and in which there were numerous deaths and injuries. (Married photo).

'Les ruines reconquises: eglises de villages, dans la Somme; l'eglise de Frise', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Spanish War 1936 - Madrid. December 04, 1936. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau).

''La vie en Campagne; A la faveur d'une accalmie, la soupe est portee dans les tranchees', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" L'Illustration, Paris, 1926.

World War II, Atomic bombing aftermath in suburb four miles outside of center of Nagasaki, Japan, September 13, 1945

Photo collection First World War. That Eroberung von Soissons. Strasse in Soissons von the Franzoses in a fire. 1914-1918}. France, Soissons

Rescue workers on Merseyside, North West England, searching for survivors in the wreckage of buildings after a German bombing raid, March 1941

The on the occasion of the anniversary of the declaration of war in Italy to the Öst.- Hungarian monarchy completely destroyed monasteries on Monte Santo, probably by 23.5.1916.

Elsevier photo collection. Water shortage 1953. city girls, help emergency areas, arrived tonge. 30 students EEH domestic school Tetterodestraat Haarlem. battered tonge wash, scrub help necessary. March 23, 1953. Oude-Tonge

Britain's Civil Defense "School" Opens -- Civil Defense instructors demonstrate the use of radiation monitors for revealing the presence of radio-active sub-stances in the "bombed" village of the school at Falfield. Trainees from various parts of Britain are now meeting at Britain's newly opened Civil Defense technical training school, at Falfield, Gloucestershire. A realistic mock village has been built complete with "bombed" houses and all the after effects of an air raid and pupils are given a full course of instruction in rescue works, fire fighting and defense against atomic biological and gas warfare. June 10, 1949. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

The first British casualties of the German bombing of England were at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, 30 April 1940. Houses reduced to rubble. World War II.

Life Goes On In The War -- While the political battle continues on the issue of the annexation of the coveted Saar basin to France, for many of the people of this former German controlled area the problem is personal adjustment to postwar conditions. The French, whose German occupation zone includes this rich coal-bearing region, recently established a customs frontier on the German side. The Deputy American Military Governor in Germany, Lieut. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, is reported to have said that the controversy on the Saar would be considered by the Foreign Ministers at their meeting in Moscow next month. December 2, 1947. (Photo by World Wide Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Report Putten. One of the 105 houses that were set up by the Germans as a reprisal measure for an attack on a German soldier. November 2, 1945. Gelderland, Putten

Damage made by the bombs of a zeppelin. Rue Haxo. Damage made by the bombs of a Zeppelin Rue Haxo, 20th arrondissement, Paris, on the night of January 29, 1916 Anonymous. Damage made by the bombs of a zeppelin. Rue Haxo. Damage made by the bombs of a Zeppelin Rue Haxo, 20th arrondissement, Paris, on the night of January 29, 1916. Drawing with gelatin bromide of silver. January 29, 1916-29 January 1916.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Amsterdam. Wrecked houses in Amsterdam. May 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The German-Russian War -- On the Don battle front. This picture illustrates the ferocity of the fighting taking place on this front. January 4, 1943. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).

10/26/1906. Valencia. Sinking of a House. Ruins of the sunken house on Saturday on Calle del Rey Don Pedro, a man, maximum Torralba, perished. - Photo: shepherd linen.

Russian Bombing Horror In Helsinki: New Pictures - Inhabitants of Helsinki filling to to air raid Shelters during the tremendous bombing of Helsinki by soviet war lanes. not the demolished building on the left. December 09, 1939.

The Battle of Stalingrad, Anonymous

Embassy Plane Circles Warsaw Ruins -- Spectators in foreground of scene of war-wrecked streets of Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 30th, look upward as an American embassy plane, (upper left) circles above the city to notify the embassy of its arrival. This is the only available means of letting the embassy know that a plane has arrived. October 08, 1945. (Photo by Henry L. Griffin, Associated Press Photo).

12/31/1914. Earthquakes in Italy. Rescue of a woman extracted from the rubble of her house in Avezzano. Photo: Ferri -Approximate date.

Berry-au-Bac, Aisne, France , 1919 - Devastated regions, Marne, Aisne - Paul Castelnau - (February -March) (French - Berry-au-Bac , Aisne , France). River, ruins, bombing, rubble, post-war period, First World War, France, Berry in baccalaureate, view s, l 'aisne

09/30/1936. Houses Destroyed by Cannons.

12/31/1917. The destruction of war.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bandoeng. Extinguish a fire from a scoutscar in a destroyed bandong. 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Bomb Shattered Unjeeng Building At Manila, P.I. 10 October 1945.

War album 84, picture wk1_alb084_24651.

DM-SN-87-12332. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Image of the havoc behind Huis Goedestraat 61 in Utrecht that was hit by debris of the shot down Lancaster ED928-B aircraft.

Germany Early. November 17, 1939. (Photo by Minister of Information).

09/02/1916. Of Madrid Impassible. Condition in which the sidewalk of the San Martin gate was left as a result of yesterday's collapse.

04/30/1918. The German offensive in France. English Soldiers Contemplating the Destruction Made by a Grenade in a Shop.

The U.S. Army Jeep.... A Militarist's Dream Come True -- As a mobile telephone exchange sent up anywhere, in a hurry. October 03, 1942.

Anefo photo collection. Recovery: Arnhem. Men stand on the rubber heaps of a destroyed building. A wall is demolished. 1945. Arnhem, Gelderland

Anefo photo collection. Bennebroekschool on fire in the A. Schelfhoutstraat in Amsterdam. March 10, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Japanese Enter Chapei.Japanese troops, pushing a field gun past what was formerly the administration building of the China Railway in Chapei, enter north Shanghai Oct. 27 to signalize a general advance against the city's defenders and complete occupation of Shanghai. This was once a smooth, broad thoroughfare. December 11, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Soldiers in ruined house throwing hand grenades in Flanders during the First World War, Belgium, Europe

Second World War, bombed out residence of the Mai family, 1943, Scharnhorststrasse, Leipzig, Saxony, GDR, Germany, Europe

Hamburg Surrenders to British 2nd. Army, May 3rd, 1945 -- Hamburg surrendered to the British forces on May 3rd., 1945. At 14.14 hrs., after the formal surrender by the German General commending the Hamburg Garrison. British forces entered the city. Picture taken during the entry of the British forces. R.A.F. bomb damage in Hamburg. June 25, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph)

Destroyed houses after bomb attack, 1940 photograph Destroyed houses after an attack by the English on October 7, according to the caption. Only released for publication 10 days later. Text strip stuck to photo. Amsterdam photographic support devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare) Amsterdam

Air raid attack on the Basque town of Guernica, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. by the German air force's Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name: Operation Rügen. The number of victims of the attack is still disputed; the Basque government reported 1,654 people killed.

Before retreating from Antwerp, the Belgian army rearguard blow up the bridges over the Schelda, Belgium, World War I, photograph by the Special War Office, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 42, October 18, 1914.

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Arnhem. Destroyed homes. June 1945. Arnhem

Flyer attack on Trieste, impact in the house, Via S. Mele.29.8.17. .

12/31/1936. Damage caused by aviation in Valencia.

World War I, Paris has two exploits of heroes of the German air raid during the zeppelins of the night from 28th to 29th January 1916.

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

V2 Rocket damage during an air raid in London 1941

China - 1930's Photographs. February 11, 1937. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)

Philippines: A Filipino man takes the shoes of a dead Japanese soldier near City Hall during the Battle of Manila, February 1945

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

Yanks Examine Wreckage Of Zepp Hangars Near Paris two American soldiers search through the wreckage of two zeppelin hangars at Orly airdrome, near Paris, which were hit by Allied bombers. Signal Corps caption for the photo says that it is believed that the hangars were used for the storage of V-1 Pilotless plane parts. September 20, 1944. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Dornier Plant At Oberpfaffenhofen Discloses New Plane -- A Direct Hit Caused The Walls To Bulge Out - Ward In The Demolished Repair Hangar Of The Dornier Plant. Dornier 215S And 217S Were Repaired Here For The Luftwaffe. The Inside Machinery Is Surround

One of the many attempts on Pyotr Arkadevich Stolypin's life. An image of the destroyed assassin's carriage and the remains of the balcony, where Stolypin's two children were sat. The scene shows a chair, covered in blood were Stolypin's daughter was sitting and the doctor who came to her aid. Stolypin, a Russian statesman, became Governor of Saratov in 1903, and helped suppress the revolutionary upheavals of 1905. This resulted in his assassination in 1907 while in Kiev. Date: 8th Sept 190

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War 1914-1918. Fire following the bombing of 12 rue de Rivoli on April 12, 1918, at the corner of the rue Pavée. Paris (I and IVth arr.). Photograph by Charles Lansiaux (1855-1939). Silver gelatin-bromide draw. April 12, 1918. Paris, Carnavalet museum. RIVOLI STREET

German Concentration Camps - General German War Scenes. May 29, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

May 1939. Trenches in the Clinical hospital.

Photo collection Government information service. Bombardment Rotterdam. Department store De Bijenkorf. May 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

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