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Rows of torpodoes line the walls of this underground fortress in Cherbourg

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Cherbourg, France, 1944: Rows of torpodoes line the walls of this underground fortress in…

Cherbourg, France, 06/28/1944

SC 190796Field no. ETO-HQ-44-6046RG 111
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Rows of torpodoes line the walls of this underground fortress in Cherbourg. These were evidently intended for use against attack from the sea, but the "supermen" had no opportunity to launch them.

Date
06/28/1944
Place
Cherbourg, France · exact position
Photographer
Gallo
SC number
190796
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-6046
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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