Picture No | 12688915 |
Date | 1939 |
Description | Anti-tank barrier on the Belgian frontier, Sept 1939 |
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Photograph of a steel wall built on the border between Germany and Belgium as an anti-tank barrier. The Sphere describes its design as of "somewhat unique character". Despite maintaining its neutrality, Belgium kept close ties with Britain and made preparations for potential German invasion.
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Source | Unattributed photographer in ‘The Sphere’, 30 September 1939, page 492 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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