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Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz 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

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2

Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2
Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard, WW2

Incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFB tackling a blaze following an incendiary bomb attack on Great Scotland Yard on 13th September 1940, next to the LCC-MFB Scotland Yard Fire Station. Date: 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London - High Holborn, WW2

Blitz in London - High Holborn, WW2
Blitz in London -- scene at the premises of Ensign Ltd in High Holborn, following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 11 May 1941. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: British science and ingenuity in war by G. H. Davis

British science and ingenuity in war by G. H. Davis
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

Background imageIncendiary Collection: German incendiary bombs by G. H. Davis

German incendiary bombs by G. H. Davis
German incendiary bombs: clockwork and electric types in use during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. Davis

Fire fighting on the Home Front by G. H. Davis
Fire fighting on the Home Front during the Second World War. Fighting the incendiary bomb menace in office buildings (left) and in residential districts (right). Date: 1941

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. Davis

Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. Davis
Finns v. Russian tanks: bombing from pits under the snow during the Second World War. How Finnish bombers get to close quarters with tanks by hiding in camouflaged pits

Background imageIncendiary Collection: British night bombers by G. H. Davis

British night bombers by G. H. Davis
British night bombers encounter flaming onions, as in the raid on Sylt -- a type of incendiary anti-aircraft shell used in the First World War, reintroduced by the Germans in the Second World War

Background imageIncendiary Collection: New Russian bombs by G. H. Davis

New Russian bombs by G. H. Davis
Molotovs breadbaskets: Russias new dual-purpose bomb used during the Second World War. Its false head was filled with small incendiary bombs, released by a cap propeller

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Damage to Exeter during WW2 - Baedeker Blitz

Damage to Exeter during WW2 - Baedeker Blitz
" Exeter under fire" - Damage sustained by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2. The Baedeker Blitz (or Baedeker raids) were targetted raids

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Incendiary and Demolition Charges Hall, c. 1943

Incendiary and Demolition Charges Hall, c. 1943
This room at the Natural History Museum, London, was used to show agents what sabotage tools they could use behind enemy lines

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test, WW2

Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test, WW2
Home Office Incendiary Bomb Test -- the bomb sets fire to a house

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Construction of an EWS dam, Abbey Street, Bermondsey

Construction of an EWS dam, Abbey Street, Bermondsey
Emergency water supplies (EWS) were critical to provide the much needed water to fire crews fighting the fires caused by wartime bombing and, in particular, incendiary attacks

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz in London -- house gutted by fire, WW2

Blitz in London -- house gutted by fire, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters at the aftermath of a house gutted by fire following a incendiary bombing raid

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz on London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2

Blitz on London -- Blackfriars Goods Depot, WW2
London firefighters struggling to control a powerful jet of water whilst fighting a fire at the Blackfriars Goods (Railway) Depot, Southwark Street

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz on London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2

Blitz on London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2
Blitz on London -- a fire crew extinguishing fires as a result of high explosive and incendiary bombs that fell in the West End area of Oxford Street and Regent Street on 18 September 1940

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2

Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2
Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Greek fire used by Saracens, 1248

Greek fire used by Saracens, 1248
Greek fire used by Saracens against Crusaders when crossing a branch of the Nile, 1248

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Greek fire on lance

Greek fire on lance
An infantryman carries a flaming lance

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Greek fire launcher

Greek fire launcher
Machine for attaching Greek fire to fortress gates

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Greek fire ship

Greek fire ship
A 13th century covered galley, equipped to drop barrels of Greek fire

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson

Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by Heath Robinson showing some rather over exuberant ARP wardens spraying a hose into the window of a house where they see smoke

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Russian bombing WWII

Russian bombing WWII
Russian plane drops incendiaries in Northern Finland during World War II

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Mementos of the attack

Mementos of the attack
The burned-out remains of three German incendiary bombs following an attack on the Tyneside district on April 17th 1915

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Various Battlefields

Various Battlefields
Valleys, mountains, woodland, fields, water, ice - each kind of terrain calls for different military strategies, ranging from incendiary cannon-balls to invasion barges

Background imageIncendiary Collection: Jonathan Martin

Jonathan Martin
JONATHAN MARTIN brother of the artist John M. mentally afflicted incendiary who set fire to York Minster, 1829

Background imageIncendiary Collection: 1916 / Verdun on Fire

1916 / Verdun on Fire
Verdun in flames following bombardment by German artillery, using incendiary shells

Background imageIncendiary Collection: L77 Zeppelin Destroyed

L77 Zeppelin Destroyed
French soldiers inspect the wreckage of Zeppelin L77, shot down with an incendiary shell near Brabant-le-Roi



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