Crowds watching a Muslim man brandishes a sword during Palm Sunday in Jerusalem. Slide reads “About 610 A.D. Mahommed proclaimed the religion of Islam. In 637 A.D. the Khalif Omar conquered Jerusalem.”. Muslim men crowd to commemorate the Siege of Jerusalem by Caliph Umar in 636-637. Some Muslim men hold flags during a procession honoring Moses, revered in Islam as a prophet. Muslim men brandishing swords during a parade. Muslim followers outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Minaret of the Dome of the Rock. Jewish pilgrims praying in front of the Western Wall, the only remains of the Second Temple of the Jews. Veiled Jewish women weeping and praying in front of the Western Wall. Christian followers attend a ceremony on the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christian Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel). Greek Orthodox Patriarch, Timotheus I of Jerusalem (Timotheus Themelis), blessing pilgrims.
Slate reads “The Kingdom of the Crusades lasted just over a hundred years and left its monuments the length and breadth of the country.”. Aerial view of the Qal'at ash-Shawbak (Shoubak), also known as the Montreal crusader castle, in present day Shoubak, Jordan. View of the remains of Belvoir Castle, a Crusader castle in Northern Israel. Aerial view of Jacob’ Ford, a Knights Templar border castle visited by King Richard the Lionheart of England. An unidentified Crusader castle in Palestine. A minaret in Jerusalem.
Damage from aerial bombing during World War II. A city on fire, probably London, after being dropped with incendiary bombs. Smoke come out from a burning building. Skeletons of buildings damaged and surrounding areas showing the aftermath of a serious aerial bombing. Smoke emanates from rubble of a bombed church. A group of bombers dropping bombs in flight. Bombing of a village or forest. A house with gaping hole from bombing. The United States flag is laid on the roof of bombed house. A group of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers turn on the tarmac. Three Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers dropping bombs in flight.
Types of bombs used during World War 2. Animation enumerates the chemical type bombs- namely the gas, smoke, and incendiary bombs. Fragmentation and demolition bombs are the classification of explosive bombs. Cross-section anatomy of a fragmentation bomb. Animation demonstrates a fragmentation bomb falling and exploding on impact. Close view of actual 20 lb. M41 fragmentation bomb and a 23 lb. M40 bomb.
Types of explosive bombs used during World War II. Animation of an “explosive bomb” depicting its anatomy and mechanism. High explosives are seen inside the bomb. Animation shows a bomb falling and exploding on impact, creating a crater. A cartoon showing the five sizes of demolition bombs compared to a soldier. The largest demolition bombs weigh around 1000 lbs. and 2000 lbs. The smaller demolition bombs weigh 500 lbs., 300 lbs., and 100 lbs. A 100 lbs. demolition bomb packed in an angle iron crate.
Personnel from the Ordinance Department handling and packing bombs during World War 2. An Ordinance Department personnel fits the tail into a 100 lbs. explosive bomb. Nose plug of a bomb. Animation depicting fragmentation, demolition, chemical (except phosphorus) and chemical phosphorus bombs. A hand points to the table of contents of the Ordinance Department Training Regulation. Pen underlines “Quantity-distance tables”. A scene depicting the ideal distances between military establishments, inhabited buildings, railways, public highways and fuzing area for bombs.
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