Bomb Collection (#22)

1957 nuclear test: Student protest in Japan
Tokyo, Japan: a small group of Japanese students, entirely surrounded by police, demonstrating against the British nuclear tests

Woolley Earns Vc / Hill 60
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley of the Queen Victorias Rifles, a territorial regiment, earns the Victoria Cross on Hill 60 by continually throwing bombs

1st Balkan War - unexploded shell
Macedonia - a Turkish Notable (Dignitary) in his garden looking at a Bulgarian shell which had not exploded. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

Second Battle of Cambrai 1918
Explosion of a German time bomb in Cambrai (Nord) during the Second Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I in October 1918

War Nerves - Terrible Effect of a Clap of Thunder
An edgy population descend into panic on hearing a clap of thunder, convinced it is a zeppelin bomb. The result of propaganda and the spread of hysteria in the opening months of World War One

French soldiers 1914
Underground with a gramaphone, white table-cover and flowers: French soldiers in a home like bomb proof trench

German Bomber Shot Down over Victoria; Second World War, 194
Illustration showing the destruction of a German bomber mid-air, after it had been shot up by an RAF fighter, over Victoria in London, 1940

4000-lb Bomb being loaded into a Lancaster, Britain; Second
Photograph showing a 4000-lb Cookie bomb being loaded into an Avro Lancaster of the Royal Air Force, at an airfield somewhere in Britain, 1944

Lt. -Colonel Jimmy Doolittle on the deck of the Hornet; Sec
Photograph showing Lt.-Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attaching a Japanese medal to the fin of a 500-lb. bomb on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet in April 1942

RAF Liberator bombers over an Atlantic Convoy; Second Worl
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Liberator bombers flying over an Atlantic convoy, during a German U-boat (submarine) attack, 1943

British 10-ton Bomb on the production line; Second World War
Photograph showing a 10-ton bomb being moved along the production line at an ordnance factory in Britain, 1945. This was one of the largest types of high explosive bombs dropped by the Royal Air

Terrorism in Sofia
A terrorist bomb causes massive destruction in Sofia cathedral

German Radio-Controlled Rocket Bomb; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing a German radio-controlled, rocket propelled, flying bomb used in the Second World War. These bombs were typically carried underneath a bomber (shown bottom left)

Last horse-drawn mail van
The last horse drawn mail van, Peter, leaving K.E.B on Saturday 24th September 1949. In the background are the still bomb-damaged streets of the St. Pauls area of London. Date: 24th September 1949

Place de l Opera
Civilian crowds in the Place de l Opera, Paris, on the look-out for German bomb-dropping planes in September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I

Notre Dame bombed
A front page Illustrated London News photograph showing the hole blown in the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on October 11th, 1914 by a German aeroplanes bomb

Emile Henry Arrested
Police arrest anarchist Emile Henry, responsible for the Cafe Terminus bomb attack

Anarchist Bomb / Police
An anarchist bomb explodes at the Commisariat de Police in the Rue des Bon-Enfants in Paris

Anarchist Outrages 1
Anarchists bomb Verys resto, boulevard Magenta, because Vs brother-in-law informed on anarchists : Very loses an eye and a leg and his wife goes temporarily insane

Anarchist Outrages 6
Churches, perceived as symbols of repression and the old regime, are a legitimate target for anarchists : the eglise Saint-Joseph at Paris is victim of a bomb attack

Anarchist Outrages 7
Churches, perceived as symbols of repression and the old regime, are a legitimate target for anarchists : the eglise Saint-Joseph at Paris is victim of a bomb attack

Police Officers / Blitz
Dust-covered police officers help with the rescue effort in the bombed areas of London during World War II

Possible Bomb Threat
Police officer on Westminster Bridge by Big Ben on the walkie talkie radio checking out a suspect package in a briefcase - suspect bag Metropolitan Police, London

Russia / 1907 / Holschelmann
A female terrorist throws a bomb at the sledge of General Holschelmann, the Governor of Moscow. She is hurt more than the intended victim

After Bombardment
Nevsky prospect after the bombardment of Leningrad

Civilian Defence
A member of the civilian defence unit stands outside the Izhorsky factory, Leningrad

The Obstinate Tsar
Tsar Alexander II resists demands for constitutional rule. A nihilist bomb in 1881 will give him reason to regret it

Bomb Accident
The accidental explosion of a bomb at the Hotel Bristol, St Petersburg, is at first thought a deliberate plot, but is found to be an insuffic- -iently careful terrorist

Admiral Attacked
Admiral Dubasoff, assaulted walking in a St Petersburg park, is only one of some 2000 officials and VIPs to be attacked by terrorists : but he survives bomb and gunshots

Treasury Carriage 2
Terrorists use a bomb to halt and rob a landau carrying treasury funds : they seize the equivalent of 60, 000 English pounds. The carriage after tha attack

Italians Bomb Tripoli
Italian aircraft bomb an arab encampment in Tripolitania; after the Tripolitan war the Turks cede the country to the Italians who make it part of Libya

Gott Strafte England
GOTT STRAFTE ENGLAND When Zeppelins bomb Yarmouth, it is a sign from Heaven that God strikes England

Ilyushin in Action
An Ilyushin IL-2 fighter- bomber dropping a bomb

Bomb-Aimer over Berlin
Soviet bomb-aimer over Berlin picks his target for tonight

Pc 8 Soviet Bomber
PC-8 Soviet bomber, the type used to bomb Berlin

Bombers of Zeppelin
In order to improve the safety and accuracy of airship bombing, bomb-aimers survey the landscape below the clouds by using a suspended car

Russian Bomb Disposal
Soviet bomb disposal team check area around Pushkins Grave

British Monitor Action
A British Monitor repels the bomb attack of a German Taube off the coast of Belgium

Irish terrorism in London. Fenians attempt to blow up government offices in Charles Street, Westminster (as seen from King Street)

Wwi / Russian Plane / 1914
A Russian officer attaches a bomb to the side of his aircraft

Woman Clears Bomb Rubble
A woman clearing rubble away with a pan and brush after a German air raid

Italians Bomb Aeroplanes
The Italians bomb Ethiopian air-base

Anarchist Bomb / Barcelona
An anarchist bomb explodes in the Liceo Theatre in Barcelona

Whaling / Javelin Bomb
A javelin bomb used for whaling

Pilot Destroys Truck
A British pilot destroys fourteen ammunition trucks with a single bomb

Atomic Bomb Test
An atomic bomb is exploded as part of the U.S. test program - the card says it should be equally edifying for philatelist, historian and philosopher

Londoners Prepare Blitz
Londoners prepare for aerial attack, removing valuables and important documents, and sandbagging buildings against the bomb attacks which they expect

Stukas Bomb Malta
German JU-87 Stuka dive- bombers attack the island of Malta, a vital Allied base which the Axis powers were never able to take despite prolonged attacks

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