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A photograph taken in March 1944 showing a gun emplacement, part of Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall defences along the coastline of occupied northern Europe. The defences were built in preparation for the Allied landings which came on D-Day 6 June 1944. (German Federal Archives)
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Valtingojer, B. B. 1. /. (2024, May 20). German Atlantic Wall Defences.
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