Picture No | 10218117 |
Date | 1945 |
Description | Canadian 240mm Howitzer; Second World War, 1945 |
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A unit of Canadian troops manning a 240mm howitzer, near the Reichswald area, Germany, February 1945. This heavy artillery gun was firing 360-lb shells in support of a British and Canadian offensive, against the Nazi forces in Reichswald.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 February 1945, page 176. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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