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80-G-257400: Invasion of France, Le Havre, August-September 1944

80-G-257400: Invasion of France, Le Havre, August-September 1944. Prior to abandoning Le Havre, France, Germans placed demolition charge in well-like hole to destroy part of sea wall to render it useless to Allies. Tank in foreground is a smokepot that Germans set off to cover harbor areas when Allied planes come over, 28 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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Caption: Invasion of France, Le Havre, August-September 1944. Prior to abandoning Le Havre, France, Germans placed demolition charge in well-like hole to destroy part of sea wall to render it useless to Allies. Tank in foreground is a smokepot that Germans set off to cover harbor areas when Allied planes come over, 28 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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