Choose PDF type:
| Picture No | 10219837 |
| Date | 1944 |
| Description | Canadian Gunner with German Munitions, France |
| Details |
A Canadian gunner inspecting some captured German 14-inch shells, Boulogne. The shells shown in the picture would have been used to fire at Dover, had not the Allied forces over-run the German artillery positions. Boulogne was finally captured on 22nd September that year, after a siege lasting several weeks.
|
| Source | The Illustrated London News. 1944, page 374 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
| Restrictions |
|
|
Thank you for visiting our website. If you are interested in licensing this image please email us at pictures@maryevans.com or telephone us on +44(0)20 8318 0034. If you are already registered to use this website, you can log in here. |