Disounted motorcycle messenger at signpost, France, 1944
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Photograph. Dismounted motorcycle messenger with map at signpost reading: "Detour to Caen." Translated German caption: "A Brief Tour of the Invasion Front. Picture Preview. Screwed again! If there is no direct way, there are detours. But this is the first time I can't find my way! Okay, get the map out, and - one relies on it - he found his destination; he, as always, our motorcycle messenger. 18 exposures with 21 Pictures, Picture 17, Normandy, 12/7/44." Normandy, France. 12 July 1944
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07/12/1944
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
Geography:
Caen
Latitude:
49.183
Longitude:
-0.367
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Motorcycles--German--France