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World War II Battles and Equipment

Dramatic scenes from WWII depicting tanks, explosions, and military operations, capturing the intensity of battle and destruction during key moments.

Photograph of US Aircraft being hit by two Kamikazes. Dated 1945

Spurts of smokoe & debris mark the destruction of two more Japanese barges off the New Britain coast near Cape Gloucester as U.S. Army 5th AF attacks continue to harrass enemy supply lines.

Huge mushroom of thick smoke completely obscures two of the main buildings of the Hermann Goering engineering plant at Hallendorf, south of Brunswick, Germany, as Consolidated B-24 Liberators dropped their first bombs on the works 14 Jan 45.

An "Ostrich Plume" Over Angaur. Like a giant "ostrich plume," smoke fills the sky from a burning ammunition dump near the beach of Angaur Island. Coast Guardsmen and troops rig hose to battle the blaze. They stand on a steel pontoon causeway, hastily constructed for landing supplies for the battle of Angaur. The island fell to the American invaders after Jap counterattacks were smothered by Yankee power. Angaur is six miles south of Peleliu in the Palaus group of the Carolines.

Netherlands: May, 1940. German paratroopers landing in Holland in May of 1940.

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. PRISCILLA fireball & cloud: Series of 7 views. Photographers in foreground (3 of 7). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Trip to Louisiana and Florida: Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Air Proving Ground Center, Manned Weapons Firepower Demonstration, 1:15PM. President John F. Kennedy (right, back to camera) watches a manned weapons firepower demonstration at the Air Proving Ground Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa County, Florida. Also pictured (with backs to camera) are Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay (left), and Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh (far right).

King Coal and Commerce discussing the consequences of the 8 Hours Bill restricting hours of work if it passed through Parliament. Bernard Partridge cartoon from 'Punch', 18 March 1908.

'The Firemen Were At The Forefront Of Danger', 1941 (1942). Artist: Unknown.

Night attack over Saigon. This time lapse photo shows tracer round trajectories, probably from a A U.S. Air Force Douglas AC-47D 'Spooky' gunship. The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed 'Puff, the Magic Dragon') was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was felt that more firepower than could be provided by light and medium ground-attack aircraft was needed in some situations when ground forces called for close air support.

New Jersey - Bayonne, Aerial Photograph.

A plastic explosive is detonated to simulate attack from the carrier group of the aircraft USS MIDWAY (CV-41) and South Korean aircraft during exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial showing French naval vessels on fire and sinking in the docks at Toulon, France, on the day following the scuttling of the French Fleet.

Aerial photo of bombing of Nakajima Aircraft Engine Plant, Musashino, Japan (Tokyo area) by U.S. 20th Air Force operations

US Air Force B-61 Martin Matador pilotless bomber roars from its launcher

An explosion is set off in front of an LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle during Operation CAX-1-2-82. The three Marines standing behind the LVTP-7 protect ears from the noise. Subject Operation/Series: CAX-1-2-82 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Exercise bombing of rail near Knabbarp.

Aircraft, Burma, India &CHEMICALACTIVITIES War

Ammunition Ship Explodes In Harbor Of Bari, Italy - Walking Around A Top Of Hundreds Of Bombs That Were Unexploded In The Blast Caused By An Ammunition Ship Explosion, Soldiers Rush To Give Assistance.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and their fighter escort heading for their target in Germany. 1 January 1945

High angle view of an atomic bomb explosion, Hiroshima, Japan

Vintage Photograph. US Air Force Ballistic Missile Thor.

Usaf - First Army Photos Of The Bombing Of Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. Shown Here Is The Rear View Of Hanger No. 11, Hickam Field. Filed - War Theatre #22 - Hawaiian Islands - Bombing - Hickam Field.

Norway - War File. March 16, 1942.

A photograph taken by a Russian airman showing a German gas-attack on Russian troops. German soldiers can be seen waiting to attack as the fumes roll towards the Russians. Date: December 18th 1915

First World War. Battle of Jutland or Skagerrak between the British and the German fleet, which occurred on 31 May 1916. The German ship Seydlitz in flames.

This Aerial Photo Was Taken From A Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Plane That Flew Missions On D-Day, And Clearly Shows The Invasion Craft As They Come In On The Coast Of Southern France, Somewhere Between Nice And Marseilles.

1930s 1932 DESTRUCTION OF BONUS ARMY SHACKS BY FIRE BY UNITED STATES ARMY WASHINGTON DC USA

Illustration showing HMS 'Campbeltown' (left)speeding towards the gates of the 'Normandie' dry dock, St. Nazaire, March 1942. HMS 'Campbeltown' was used as an explosive ram on the gates of the Nazi controlled dry dock, to prevent the use of the dock by German battleships. This image was drawn by Captain Bryan de Grineau from a description given to him by J. Gordon Holman who was present at St. Nazaire. Date: 11/04/1942

An allied invasion barge attacked by Nazi Stukas and ME-109's off coast of Pantelleria Island.

Cincpac Swarms of small landing craft move shoreward toward Saipan on D-Day. On the right, wisps of smoke and water spray mark points where shells from enemy shore installations have hit the water. July 15, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph).

Light image, aerial view of the railway accident at Goatså by Bråviken, Östergötland 1918.SkiopTikonilden is manufactured at M. Cronquist & Co., Malmö.

Bombed Russian Planes - The burning ***** of a Finnish worker's a home after a bombing raid by Russian war-planes on Vipuri (Viborg), Finland. January 15, 1940. (Photo by Topical Press).

View of London, 1926-1927. Artist: Captain Alfred G Buckham

Images of a military exercise at the Kromme Rijn in Bunnik on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Pioneers' Framework School and the School for Reserve Officers of the Pioniers: an exploding smoke grenade in the meadows and the impact and water column of an exploding practice grenade in the water.

Invasion Fleet Off The Coast Of Southern France On D-Day, 15 August 1944.

Project 40-11 - Operation Buster/Jangle (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. DOG cloud, troops in foreground. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Installations Of The 340Th Bomb Group Located At The Foot Of Mt. Vesuvius, Italy, May Be Caught In The Path Of Hot Lava Pouring Forth From The Volcano, Barely Visible In The Background. 23 March 1944.

Coast Guard Photographer "Captures" Invasion Fireworks. From the deck of a Coast Guard manned transport, a Coast Guard photographer captured these shots of an American cargo ship hit by Nazi dive bombers in an air raid on a convoy in the invasion of Sicily. Fire, started by bombs dropped amidships, spread rapidly to the ship's munitions supply, which exploded to form dangerous though picturesque patterns across the Mediterranean.

Texas City Fire Aerial.

Atomic bomb explosion

Original caption: "Fire". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969), directed by GEORGE ROY HILL.

World War I 1914-1918: Windmill destroyed by German shellfire. Barbed wire defences in foreground. France World War I. From Le Flambeau, Paris, September 1915.

General view of Pandasari area, showing destruction by fire and bombing. 10 August 1945. Balikpapan, Borneo.

War Takes A Russian Home -- Russian womenstand away from the intense heat thrown out from the fire which consumes a house to ruin somewhere along the Russo-German battleline. This picture is one of a series taken by the same corps of cameramen who produced March of time's "One Day of War". March 7, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

American Troops In Bonin Island - Two Jima American Troops. March 19, 1945. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

June 1948. The ship Altalena on fire after being shelled near Tel-Aviv. Altalena was a ship of the right wing zionist organisation Irgun, which tried to give weapons to the fighters of Irgun in Israel. The Israeli government refused the existence of weapons furnitures without the control of IDF, and fought against the boat.

Baker Day at Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946, First underwater nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, atomic bomb test, atomic explosion, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); troops of British General Archibald Wavell (1883-1950) retreating from German bombers in the Libyan desert.

State troopers scatter demonstrators with tear gas, Canton, MS, 12/12/66. Photo by Joe Holloway.

Atomic Bomb Test during Operation Crossroads, Army-Navy Task Force One, 1946 photograph Bikini (During) baryta paper gelatin silver print nuclear, biological and chemical weapons Bikini (During)

Smoke ring tube for displaying smoke rings at the 30.5 cm mortars M. 11. Exercise square Villach. .

Photograph of Burning and Damaged Ships at Pearl HarborBurning and damaged ships at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7 1941.

Malaya-war air raid damage Singapore. January 28, 1942.

A battery of 155mm high explosive phosphorous shells land in the Intramurros Sector of Manila during the Battle of Manila, Philippines, February 1945

Night attack with phosphorus bombs in maneuvers, First Corps School, Gondrecourt, France, U.S. Army Signal Corps

Anefo photo collection. Scheveningen, the demolition of the bunkers and barriers. 1945. Scheveningen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Large fire in the Lutmastraat in Amsterdam. Overview during the fire (from the okura hotel). April 8, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photograph of a Bright Flash of Light (Possibly a Flare Exercise).

Captured Japanese Photo of Attack on Ford Island - Japanese caption: ' Full view of Ford Island gasping under the attack of our Sea Eagles - This distant view of Ford Island Immediatelly after the attack of our assault force shows the enemy capital ships lined upon the opposite side of the island. In the foreground is a cruiser fleet, including the battleship UTAH. The enemy ships around the island have all become tempting targets for our Sea Eagles. In the upper right clearly appear the outline of two of our Sea Eagles who are carrying out a daring lowlevel sttack, reminiscent of the performance of the gods.' Photo released by US Navy

Paris Firemen, Sapeurs Pompiers Rescue Squad. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

General view of fire fighting school in operation , Fire fighting, Military training. Photographs of the First Naval District

Photograph of a 7,000 ton Japanese merchant vessel after a direct hit by Indian Air Task Forces near Rangoon, India. Small boats filled with crew members can be seen. The waters are covered with oil slick. Dated 1943

DN-SN-85-01093. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An offshore oil rig burns in the gulf during Operation Desert Storm. The burning rig, visible for miles, is used as a navigation reference point by coalition aircraft.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

German armoured divisions pierce the 'Stalin Line', destroy Russian tanks and munition carriers Date: September 1941

Artist's concept of Operation High Jump to find secrect military base in the Antarctic

Poll photo collection. Scheveningen .. fireworks on the boulevard in Scheveningen. 1933. Scheveningen, South Holland

Demolished Japanese 'Zero' On Munda, New Georgia.

German soldier using a flamethrower, Russia, 1941. A print from Signal, April 1941. Signal was a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 through 1945. The photographer is unknown.

Vintage Photograph. Firefighter rests after battling intense house fire.

Abandoned horse in minus of Stalingrad. February 14, 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Under the lodge of a fire brigade demonstrating municipal officials against cutbacks. Demonstration for the palace on the dam with a "fire". October 5, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

World War I air battle with German L-5 Zeppelin destroyed by British Morene monoplane piloted by Lieutenant R.A.J. Warneford, painting by Charles H. Hubbell, ca. 1915

Wall of Water in Civilian Defense Drill -- Fire fighters using 87 pumpers throw a wall of water up in the down-section here today as Rhode Island held a state-wide civilian defense drill with a mock. aerial bombing. It was the first state-wide test of civilian defense in the country. November 04, 1951. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Blast Munitiedepot. July 24, 1946

Vintage photograph. Soldiers surrounding a 105mm Howitzer gun in action

Artillery Shelling Bingen, Germany, Rhineland Campaign, 1945

How British science and ingenuity contributed to the defeat of the Germans at sea, on land, and in the air. A few of the many weapons, devices and tactics, both offensive and defensive, used against the enemy during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Black and white photo of Italo Balbo (1896-1940), leader of the Italian Blackshirts and Marshall of the Italian Air Force.

World War II, 'Remember Pearl Harbor' poster, featuring an official U.S. Navy photo of the U.S.S. Arizona afire, December 7, 1941.

USA/Japan: 'Tokyo Bombed', headlines of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, 18 April 1942. In fact the damage inflicted was not particularly heavy, but the Doolittle Raid boosted US morale at the same time as it damaged Japanese morale

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