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The 'Little Boy' atomic bomb, which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph showing the interior of a Mills Bomb hand grenade, a weapon developed during the First World War (1914-18). When the ring was pulled and the hand lever released, the spring-like striker hit the percussion cap...

A Mills Bomb hand grenade, developed and used by the British Army during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing the trials on the Kent coast using the bouncing bomb in the spring of 1943. The bomb was designed for use in Operation Chastise of the night of 16 May 1943. The operation, also known as the 'Dam Busters'...

A photograph showing bomb damage in Balham during the London Blitz (1940-1). October 1940. A bomb hit the Balham Underground Station, killing 68 people. The bus then drove into the crater, a frequent consequence of...

A 1945 photograph of an Avro Lancaster bomber carrying a 'Grand Slam' bomb which, weighing almost 10 tons (22,000 lbs), was the heaviest bomb dropped during the Second World War by any air force. (Imperial War...

An aerial photograph showing the bomb damage following the thousand-bomber raid on Cologne in 1942. (Australian War Memorial)

A photograph of an Avro Lancaster bomber loaded with a 'bouncing bomb' used on the 'Dam Buster' raid. Also known as Operation Chastise, the raid of May 1943 aimed to destroy several Ruhr Valley dams. (National Archives...

Tokyo after the US bombing raid in March 1945, which caused a firestorm that killed over 87,000 people.

The London Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain's capital by the German and Italian air forces from September 1940 to May 1941 during the Second World War (1939-45). The objective was to bomb Britain into submission, but despite...