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Civil Defence HandbookAdvising the Householder on Protection against Nuclear Attack cover
American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945
Civil Defence Handbook, warningsCivil Defence Handbook, what to do if it happens and warnings
Civil Defence Handbook, what to do and life after attackCivil Defence Handbook, what to do immediately after attack and life under fall-out conditions
Civil Defence Handbook, continuation of life after attackCivil Defence Handbook, a continuation of life under fall-out conditions
Civil Defence Handbook, basic facts continued & protectionCivil Defence Handbook with continued basic facts, and instructions for protection measures in the event of an attack
Civil Defence Handbook, warnings continued
Civil Defence Handbook, continued emergency equipment and supplies in the even of an attack. Such equipment consisted of food, water and a safeguard for the water supply
Civil Defence Handbook, First Aid Kit Contents
Civil Defence Handbook, continued protection and equipmentCivil Defence Handbook with continued protection measures and emergency equipment and supplies
World War II (1939-1945). Allied bombs fall on German territory during the war. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany
Munitions in the Balkan war-areaA British soldier near an underground bomb-proof magazine designed as a reserve magazine in proximity to one of the British hevay-gun batteries during WW1. Date: 1916
Focke-Wulf 190 FighterProduced from 1943 onwards in a variety of models, the FW 190 is a versatile fighter and ground attacker, sometimes carrying bombs in addition to two cannon, two machine guns. Date: circa 1944
Gunners prepared to face the gas 1916French gunners wearing masks and helmets against the asphyxiating gases sometimes released far from the battlefront. 1916
Bombing the AliensThe Impossible World [Eando Binder] The spaceships from Earth drop their bombs on the cities of the aliens Date: 1939
1848 / Attack on VoltaA night attack on the Volta Date: 1848
Cartoon, The Inventors Dream, WW1Cartoon, The Inventors Dream. An inventor dreams of fantastic new weaponry for delivery next spring. Date: 1917
Old impact marks of volcanic bombs from an ancient volcano eruption basalt rocks at the East shore of Ilot Gabriel island Round Island and Ile aux Serpents island on horizon June North of Mauritius
The New Mortar for Bridging Chasms, Heath Robinson WW1America in the Field - The new mortar for bridging chasms. A line of American soldiers traverse a chasm chained on wheeled chairs to a shell sent flying into the air
Zeppelinanities: The airy humour of the Hun by H. M. Bateman" Zeppelinanities. The airy humour of the Hun: a German air-raiders air-raising narrative illustrated by our caricaturist." This cartoon depicts the German zeppelin raid on London on 8
A lesson arranged by the Enemy. H. M. Bateman" A Lesson arranged by the enemy. The Higher Education." In this cartoon Bateman imagines a schoolmaster getting his students out of bed at night to look at a zeppelin fly past. Date: 1916
Playing the Game 1905 and 1915Cartoon contrasting a schoolboy aiming snowballs with his older self, ten years later, transferring his skills in the trenches and readying himself to show some grenades
WW1 - Commodore Bigsworth drops bombs on zeppelin, 1915WW1 - Air Commodore Arthur Wellesley Bigsworth (1885-1961) was a pioneer aviator who had a distinguished military career in the service of the British armed forces
WW1 - German aircraft views the English Navy - North SeaWW1 - A German illustration of a battle in the North Sea showing a German aircraft beating-off the English Navy. Three enemy merchant-vessels are being destroyed
Junkers Ju 87B -releases its bombs from low level with unerring accuracy
Hawker Hurricane IIB -with its compliment of underwing bombs, this version was knicknamed Hurribomber
Fiesler F-103 or V 1 -Over 9, 500 of these flying bombs were launched against London starting in mid June 1944, with nearly 2, 500 more fired against Antwerp
Gloster Meteor F1- entered service in early 1945 and based at Manston in time to be used against incoming V-1 Flying Bombs
Boeing B-29s dropping incendiary bombs on Japan
WW1 - Manufacture of Aerial Torpedoes - France Date: 1916
The latest warfare, bomb thrower in action, WW1Stopping a counter attack after carrying the first line of enemy trenches. A British bomb thrower, backed up by support, hurls a bomb or grenade towards German reinforcements. Date: 1915
Ruined houses at Bury St Edmunds following air raid, 1915Firemen on the ruins of houses destroyed at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk by incendiary bombs dropped in an air raid in 1915. Date: 1915
Dropping bombs on cricket matchExtract from Hun airmens report. " We dropped bombs on a British formation, causing the troops to disperse and run about in a panic-stricken manner." A cartoon by G.Jennis in Punch
WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence scene with policeman. Date: circa 1942
WW1 - Ad for repirators - threat of gas attack by ZeppelinsWW1 - Advertisement for Freers Repirators from Cooper & Son of King Street, Gravesend, to counter the threat of attack by poison gas bombs, dropped from Zeppelins during an air raid. Date: circa 1915
British bombing party clear trenches near Roeux" Forward the Bombers!" - British bombing party clear Germans from their trenches near Roeux. The attacks on the village of Roeux were part of the Battle of Arras (9th April - 17th May 1917)
OPPENHEIMER, Julius Robert (1904-1967). American physicist
First World War (1918). Bombing by the French. Plane Br駵 et throwing 90 bombs. Illustration by Etienne Cournault (August, 1918). Drawing
First World War (1914). Ypres bombing (Belgium) with German mortar bombs (November, 1914). Illustration by G. Fraipont. Drawing
Ancient volcanic bombs - near extinct mud volcano. Karaburum - near Kumdag - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
Bombs and bombing, methods and types of projectilesThe aerial bomber and his waepons: The wimperis sight used in the R.A.F in conjunction with a press-button bomb-release to ensure hitting the target; and other methods of bomb attack. Date: 1939
Suffragette Bombs and Bottom. Gentleman in a top hat encounters with some surprise a well built suffragette with an enormous bottom
Anti-Suffrage Army of Militants. Extreme German view of the English Army of Militant Suffragettes with their weapons of war - bombs, guns, axes, acid and scissors. Date: circa 1913
How the Gotha plane aims its bombs, WW1Diagram showing how the bomber in a Gotha plane aimed its bombs over Britain during the First World War. To reduce the element of luck
Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2Blitz in the City of London -- a group of firefighters in action in Newgate Street with a hosepipe, perched on a pile of rubble. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, WW2Blitz in the City of London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, part of the premises of the livery company, dating back to the 14th century, hit by a number of incendiary bombs, 18 September 1940
Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941
Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage