The first Cold War era USSR two-stage hydrogen bomb, the RDS-37, detonates at the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site. Multiple thin mushroom clouds form before a larger, thicker ring-shaped cloud forms in dark red sky.
Soviet Cold War nuclear bomb testing at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR. Mushroom cloud forms from pillar of thick smoke following test blast of nuclear weapon.
Cold War atom bomb detonations at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union. Atomic bomb detonates with thick clouds. Soviet soldiers run for cover to into foxholes. Nuclear weapon detonation obliterates everything, with debris striking everywhere. Bomb detonation wipes out tanks and equipment in area. A soldier lying prone in the open near a canon during detonation.
Atomic bomb detonations at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, during Cold War. Nuclear weapon detonation wipes out nearby buildings. A mushroom cloud forms on top of tall pillar of smoke. Debris strikes everywhere, destroying infrastructure. Mushroom cloud with red smoke. Trees are snapped and fall from blast wave of nuclear bomb detonation. Debris strikes everywhere. Devastated trees in aftermath of atom bomb detonation. Overturned Russian tanks, destroyed buildings and infrastructure after atom bomb test.
Railroad train cars carrying Republic of China (ROC) troops arrive at a railroad station, likely in Jinan, in Shandong province during the Sino-Japanese war. ROC troops alight in the railroad station. Japanese planes fly over Shandong, also known as Shantung. Chinese soldiers and civilians run towards safety. Civilians evacuate from Japanese attack. A wounded Chinese man lying in road. Injured Chinese men walk on the street. Chinese soldier pulls out a shell from artillery. Chinese nuns and nurses tend to patients’ injuries. Chinese soldiers run through bombed streets and buildings in Shandong.
Japanese bomb the city of Chungking (Chongqing), China during the Sino-Japanese War. Bombs from fall in Chungking. Firefighters spray water into Chungking’s burning buildings. Chungking houses and streets on fire after Japanese bombing. Firemen extinguish fires in Chungking.
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