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Background imageExplode Collection: The Dud Shell, by Bairnsfather

The Dud Shell, by Bairnsfather
The Dud Shell - -Or the Fuse Top Collector " Give it a good ard it Bert, you can generally ear em fizzin a bit first if they are a-goin to explode" 1916

Background imageExplode Collection: The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)

The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)
Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track. This enabled them to intercept a German train heading for the border on the line from Marseille

Background imageExplode Collection: Storming The Beach Date: 1943

Storming The Beach Date: 1943

Background imageExplode Collection: Spanish Civil War. German bombs launched over

Spanish Civil War. German bombs launched over Madrid and that they didn't explode. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Background imageExplode Collection: MR M, DEATH RAY INVENTOR

MR M, DEATH RAY INVENTOR
Grindell Matthews, the inventor of a death ray which will destroy aircraft or explode munitions depots at a distance Date: 1924

Background imageExplode Collection: Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar

Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar
Plate. Inscribed - Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageExplode Collection: Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert

Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert
Plate inscribed Give it a good ard un, Bert: You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Inscribed on reverse Made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter of

Background imageExplode Collection: FIREWORK FACTORY BLAST

FIREWORK FACTORY BLAST
The explosion at Madame Cotons Firework Factory, Westminster Road. Date: 1858

Background imageExplode Collection: Cartoon, The Live Shell (Gladstone and Salisbury)

Cartoon, The Live Shell (Gladstone and Salisbury)
Cartoon, The Live Shell (Which of em will throw it overboard?) William Gladstone and Lord Salisbury depicted as sailors, with the Irish question about to explode on the deck of their ship. Date: 1886

Background imageExplode Collection: Shell-fire hitting a Battleship, Second World War, 1941

Shell-fire hitting a Battleship, Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing how a steeply plunging shell, dropping almost vertically from very long range, might penetrate a gun turret and explode the cordite magazine

Background imageExplode Collection: Second World War. Underwater mine explosion

Second World War. Underwater mine explosion
SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945). Underwater mine explosion

Background imageExplode Collection: The Scoppio del Carro or Feast of the Dove on Easter Eve

The Scoppio del Carro or Feast of the Dove on Easter Eve - Florence, Italy. Showing the great car outside the Cathedral door, at the moment when the fireworks explode. Date: 1905

Background imageExplode Collection: Consolidated B-24J Little Warrior about to explode, 2

Consolidated B-24J Little Warrior about to explode, 29 June 1944

Background imageExplode Collection: WW1 - Gas attacks near Canadian lines, October 1916

WW1 - Gas attacks near Canadian lines, October 1916
WW1 - Exploding gas shells used by the Germans near the Canadian front line in Guillemont, France, October 1916. Date: 1916

Background imageExplode Collection: Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar

Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar
Plate. Inscribed - Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageExplode Collection: Square plate - Give it a good ard un Bert - WWI era

Square plate - Give it a good ard un Bert - WWI era
Square plate with foliate design. Inscribed Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em rizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageExplode Collection: Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert

Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert
Plate inscribed Give it a good ard un, Bert: You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Inscribed on reverse Made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter of

Background imageExplode Collection: Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis

Mine problem in North Sea by G. H. Davis
The mine problem in the North Sea. The mine layer at work, showing the way in which the mine is held below the water and how it is exploded by a passing ship

Background imageExplode Collection: Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis

Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis
The acoustic shell: Britains ace killer of flying bombs during the Second World War. The British-invented radio proximity shell, which explodes itself when in lethal range of its target. 1945

Background imageExplode Collection: An American Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon

An American Republic-Ford JB-2 Loon, designed from a reconstructed V-1 that had failed to explode and was taken to the US from England, has passed the experimental stage

Background imageExplode Collection: German Explosive Motorboat; Second World War, 1944

German Explosive Motorboat; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a German explosive motorboat being craned into the water, 1944. Controlled by one man, these craft were steered towards the target

Background imageExplode Collection: Tsukuba Warship

Tsukuba Warship
Japanese battlecruiser, somewhat obsolete even when built : in 1917 her magazine will catch fire and she will explode and sink in Yokosuka Bay

Background imageExplode Collection: Woolwich Arsenal Explode

Woolwich Arsenal Explode
A terrible explosion in the lyddite works at Woolwich causes great damage and the loss of several lives

Background imageExplode Collection: Fenian Guy Fawkes, 1867

Fenian Guy Fawkes, 1867
The Fenian Guy Fawkes - sitting on a keg of gunpowder ready to explode


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