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80-G-257410: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944

80-G-257410: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. Allied Naval gunfire and aerial bombing of Brest, France, during the battle for the liberation of the city resulted in this devastation and wreckage. Shown is the small section of the inner harbor, one of the dry docks where Germans once repaired their warships, 5 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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Caption: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. Allied Naval gunfire and aerial bombing of Brest, France, during the battle for the liberation of the city resulted in this devastation and wreckage. Shown is the small section of the inner harbor, one of the dry docks where Germans once repaired their warships, 5 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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