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Cherbourg, France, 1944: This is one of Hitler's much daunted west wall fortifications in…

Cherbourg, France, 06/27/1944

SC 190793Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5951RG 111
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ONE OF HITLER'S BOASTS IS NOW OURS. This is one of Hitler's much daunted west wall fortifications in France, now in possession of the Allies. A few minutes before this picture was taken several hundred Germans marched from it in surrender. It was filled with vast stores of food, ammunition and cognac.

Date
06/27/1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · exact position
Photographer
Zwick
SC number
190793
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5951
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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