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Caught in the act of trying to sneak out of the Allied trap, this German convoy was bombed and machine gunned, making what were once German trucks and soldiers into passes of…
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Chambois, France, 1944: Caught in the act of trying to sneak out of the Allied trap, this…

Chambois, France, 08/22/1944

SC 192927SField no. ETO-HQ-44-11979RG 111
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Caught in the act of trying to sneak out of the Allied trap, this German convoy was bombed and machine gunned, making what were once German trucks and soldiers into passes of wreckage and broken bodies, near Chambois, France. 8/22/44.

Date
08/22/1944
Place
Chambois, France · approximate position
Photographer
Kitzerow
SC number
192927S
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-11979
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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