Land Mine Collection

French 48 gun used to launch land mines, 1915 (b / w photo)
938537 French 48 gun used to launch land mines, 1915 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Hebron attack August 19 1938 Effect land-mine
Hebron attack, August, 19, 1938. Effect of a land-mine on Hebron road. 1938, West Bank, Hebron

Small mine in Werstern Australia
Small mine in Ravensthorpe, Werstern Australia

WORLD WAR II: LIBYA. U. S. Army Jeeps driving past an area containing enemy mines
WORLD WAR II: LIBYA. U.S. Army Jeeps driving past an area containing enemy mines, near Tripoli, Libya, after the Allied victory there, 1943

WWI: GERMAN SUBMARINE. Captured German mine-laying U-boat, SM UC-5, showing the conning tower, periscope and mines. Photographed during World War I, c1916

WORLD WAR I: BUNKER. German concrete bunker used by machine gunners, turned upside-down by French mines set under it. Photograph, 1914-1918

WORLD WAR I: LAND MINE. A French mine exploding under a German trench during World War I. Stereograph, 1914-1918

Beng Mealea Temple, near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Much less visited than Angkor Wat, Being Mealea retains an authentic feel. Once off limits due to land mines, these have now been cleared

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From the battlefields of World War I, where French 48-guns launched land mines, to the troubled lands of Hebron in 1938, where a land mine took innocent lives, these explosive devices have left a devastating impact on history. A small mine in Western Australia serves as a reminder of their destructive power, while U.S. Army Jeeps in Libya during World War II carefully navigated through minefields. German submarines in World War I laid thousands, turning the tides of war, and even concrete bunkers were turned upside-down by the force of exploding land mines. Flash back to the trenches of World War I, where a French mine's explosion under German trenches caused chaos and destruction. Fast forward to the ancient ruins of Beng Mealea Temple in Cambodia, where the shadow of land mines still looms, a grim reminder of the past and a call for continued vigilance against these hidden threats.