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80-G-257418: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944

80-G-257418: Invasion of Southern France, Brest, August-September 1944. Allied naval gunfire and serial bombing of Brest, France, during the battle for the liberation of the city, resulted in devastation and wreckage. In the photograph, standing out boldly against a background of destruction is this massive crane. Germans had planted a charge but did not have the time to blow it, 27 September 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 serial bombing of Brest, France, during the battle for the liberation of the city, resulted in devastation and wreckage. In the photograph, standing out boldly against a background of destruction is this massive crane. Germans had planted a charge but did not have the time to blow it, 27 September 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/10/28).
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