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• THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST: THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1941-1945

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  The Arakan Campaign January 1943 - May 1945: Men of the Royal Air Force advance assault party pass a bomb damaged building after the landings on Ramree Island.

• East End, London 1941

  (art) Made by: Weissenborn, Hellmuth 1981

  No description available

• St Paul's, London 1941

  (art) Made by: Weissenborn, Hellmuth 1981

  No description available

• The City : A fallen lift shaft

  (art) Made by: Sutherland, Graham (OM) 1941

  image: bomb damaged buildings and twisted girders set against smoke and an evening sky.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  The Japanese Campaign and Victory 8 December 1941 - 15 February 1942: A civilian casualty who was killed by a bomb splinter during a Japanese air attack on Singapore.

• MINISTRY OF HOME DEFENCE (SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS' BRANCH)

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME DEFENCE (SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS' BRANCH)" (photographs)

  A view of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan on 6 August 1945.

• THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATOMIC BOMB: NAGASAKI, JAPAN, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME DEFENCE (SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS' BRANCH)" (photographs)

  A general view of Nagasaki looking towards the hypocentre, a mile behind the Mitsubish Armament and Steel Works, seen across the Urakami River in the centre background. In the foreground is the shell of the Mitsubishi Woodworking Plant, which was...

• THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATOMIC BOMB: JAPAN, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME DEFENCE (SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS' BRANCH)" (photographs)

  The burnt-out shells of two small buses or trucks (one lying on its side) are the only recognisable objects amidst debris following the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Munitions production: Production at some factories was hit by war-time bombing. On 3 March 1945 a rocket bomb made a direct hit on the Dunlop Rubber Company at Edmonton in north London. This started a fire which burnt down buildings where clothing for...

• POST WAR PLANNING AND RECONSTRUCTION IN BRITAIN, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Works official photographer

  Site clearance in West Ham, London. Most of the bomb damaged buildings and other wreckage has been removed to prepare the site for reconstruction.