Heavily camouflaged tank in French countryside, France, 1944

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Photograph. Heavily camouflaged tank in French countryside. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "In hedges and thickets of the Norman countryside, a shrub, one of many. But out of the thicket the dark mouth of a gun barrel protrudes, that will speak when its time comes. Northern France, 14/7/44." Northern France, Normandy. 14 July 1944

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07/14/1944
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
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Normandie
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Tanks (Military science)--German--France