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Blitz in London -- clearance and repair of bomb damage in King Street, Hammersmith, West London
Bombardment of Paris in the First World WarBombardment of Paris by the German long range Paris gun " Big Bertha". 1918
Gotha bombing raid on Paris. 8th March, 1918. First World War. 1918
Richmond, Va. Custom House (left) and Capitol (center); rubble in street. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865. Date 1865 April
Church and rubble, San Remo, Riviera. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Damage to houses in Corporation LaneDamaged houses and buildings in Corporation Lane, east London, caused by the explosion at Clerkenwell Prison which was an attempt to free two Fenian prisoners, Burke and Casey. Date: 1867
One of the wells of Al Bireh, Palestine, WW1One of the famous wells of Al Bireh (El Bira), Palestine, photographed during the First World War. The name of the town means Water Well. Date: circa 1917-1918
Saving a baby from flooded building, South WalesA baby is handed to safety after houses were swept away when heavy rains hit the Aberdare area of South Wales. circa 1911
Rain causes house to collapse, Cwmbula, WalesRain caused the side of a house to collapse at Cwmbula near Swansea, Wales. People in bed found themselves hanging out over a 25 foot drop and had to be helped down with ladders
Flood Damage in MadeiraDebris and mud deposited in the streets of Funchal, Madeira as a result of severe flooding in February, 2010. 2010
Dynamited Street - WWI - Northern FranceA Street dynamited after German attack during invasion in World War One - Peronne, France Date: circa 1910s
Izmir, Turkey - After the fire - Armenian QuarterThe aftermath of the Great Fire in the Armenian Quarter of Izmir. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir
Izmir, Turkey - After the fire - Turkish QuarterThe aftermath of the Great Fire in the Turkish Quarter of Izmir, showing only light damage caused. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the Greek Army occupied Izmir
Relief of Prague by Russians (3 / 6)Damage caused to Wenceslas Square, Prague - end of World War Two. Date: 1945
Earthquake damage - Messina, ItalyA crumbling Palace on Via Maddalena the result of the devastating earthquake which hit Messina, Sicily, Italy on 28th December 1908. Date: 1908
Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (1 / 2)Lille, France - The Liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. Ruins of the Station Quarter. Date: 1918
Wartime bomb damage, Lambeth, south east LondonA bomb site in Lambeth, south east London, with a Humber Saloon car used for top-priority Cabinet business partially hidden by debris at the centre
Flood damage in Funchal, MadeiraThe damage causes by severe flooding to the narrow streets of Funchal, Madeira in February 2010. 2010
Eruption of Mt. Pelee - Devastation at Saint-PierreEruption of Mt. Pelee on Martinique - May 8th 1902 - This card depicts the devastation at Saint-Pierre, with the remains of a Rum Distillery at Place du Mouillage. Date: 1902
Dugouts and trenches on a battlefield, WW1Dugouts and trenches on a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Earthquake at Samaxi, AzerbaijanThe 8th century Juma Mosque in ruins following the earthquake to hit Samaxi, Azerbaijan in 1902. Throughout its history eleven major earthquakes have hit Samaxi
Warsaw - The Destruction of Church of St AlexanderWWII - Destruction by the German Luftwaffe of the Church of St Alexander during the Warsaw uprising in 1944. The church was rebuilt between 1949 and 1953 Date: circa 1906
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (1 / 9)Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people (1/9). Date: 1923
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (5 / 9)Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people Date: 1923
Damage caused by fire at Selby AbbeyThe damage caused by a fire at Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire on October 20th, 1906. The conflagration was of such intensity that it melted the bells in the central tower. Date: 1906
American troops at Varennes-en-Argonne, France, WW1American troops at Varennes-en-Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War, walking past bombed-out buildings. Date: circa 1918
American gunners and transport near St Mihiel, France, WW1American gunners and transport making a stop on a road near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1918
Frenchwoman at her door, Bouchain, France, WW1A Frenchwoman speaks with a British soldier at her front door in Bouchain, northern France, during the First World War. The German words painted on her door say No lodging for troops. 25 October 1918
France - Terny-Sorny in 1917France - Terny-Sorny - in Picardy. Re-conquered France. Territory devastated by German advances, re-captured by 1917. Date: 1917
Collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, VeniceThe dramatic results of the collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy on 14th July 1902 Date: 1902
First Balkan War - result of Montenegrin bombardmentThe First Balkan War 1912-13 - Effects on the Turkish Ottoman positions at Sutari following bombardment by Montenegrin artillery of the Balkan League
Road collapse, ParisA collapse at Place Saint Philippe du Roule in Paris on 15th June 1910 as a direct result of prior damage caused during the severe flood which hit the capital in January of the same year. Date: 1910
Building Vatican RailwayTunnelling works at Vatican City, Rome, Italy, to connect the area with the Italian State Railway. Date: 1929
Scene in a ruined village, Western Front, WW1Scene in a ruined village on the Western Front during the First World War. A soldier holds two horses. The remains of a church are piled up in the background. Date: 1914-1918
World War Two Bomb DamageA couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942
Watering point in ruined village, Western Front, WW1British troops and horses at a watering point in a ruined village on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
German troops in Armentieres, France, WW1German troops in Armentieres, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1918
Dugouts on the Western Front, WW1Dugouts on the Western Front, probably used by Austrian troops, during the First World War. Date: 1915
American troops in Villers-sur-Fere, France, WW1American troops in action in Villers-sur-Fere, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. 27 July 1918
American infantry at Varennes-en-Argonne, France, WW1American infantry at Varennes-en-Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 26 September 1918
American ambulance destroyed, Verdun, France, WW1An American ambulance destroyed (probably during an air attack) at Verdun, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 10 September 1917
Australian band playing in square, Bapaume, France, WW1An Australian band playing in the town square at Bapaume, northern France, during the First World War, with ruined buildings in the background and debris on the ground. Date: circa 1917
Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918
London bomb damageResidents from the bomb damaged street, peer through a huge whole in their house, viewing the utter destruction caused by Goerings men, and salvaging clothes and blankets from the ruins
Lindos, Greece - Ruins of the AcropolisLindos, Greece - Ruins the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. Date: circa 1903
Bomb damage in London - Fore Street Date: circa 1943
British artillerymen outside a dugout, Western Front, WW1British artillerymen outside a dugout, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. They are surrounded by debris from damaged buildings. Date: 1914-1918
London Blitz 1941A mother smiles with her children amid the ruins of a typical working class home, following a bombing raid overnight and in the early morning on 20th March 1941. Date: March 1941