Photo de Robert Capa
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Photo de Robert Capa
Chartres, August 23rd, 1944. During De Gaulle’s speech, after the liberation of the city.
Famed World War II photograph Robert Capa was in Chartres for the liberation of this beautiful
Chartres cathedral town (August 18).
He snapped this image.
The unidentified boy does not seen as exited as the adults.
The tank is the Renault R35, the primary French battle tank at the onset of the War.
Large numbers of French tanks were turned over to the Germans after the fall of France (June 1940).
The Germnans used them for many purposes.
They were obsolete in front-line service by 1944.
We suspect that the Germans had incoroporated this one into their Atlantic Wall defenses.
It may have been recovered by the Resistance. It looks like the turret has been reversed and is facing backwards.
You can see large open compartment with a type of shock spring in view and that would never be in the front.
Also it looks like there is a small hole in turret next to cannon where a light machine gun might have already been removed.
Localisation :
L'Hôtel du Bon Laboureur était 5 rue de Mainvilliers.
Propriétaire Mr Gourdon.
Au N°3 était l'Hôtel de la Poste.
En 2014 la rue se nomme rue du Général Koenig et avant rue Danièle Casanova.
La Poste était juste en face.
Famed World War II photograph Robert Capa was in Chartres for the liberation of this beautiful
Chartres cathedral town (August 18).
He snapped this image.
The unidentified boy does not seen as exited as the adults.
The tank is the Renault R35, the primary French battle tank at the onset of the War.
Large numbers of French tanks were turned over to the Germans after the fall of France (June 1940).
The Germnans used them for many purposes.
They were obsolete in front-line service by 1944.
We suspect that the Germans had incoroporated this one into their Atlantic Wall defenses.
It may have been recovered by the Resistance. It looks like the turret has been reversed and is facing backwards.
You can see large open compartment with a type of shock spring in view and that would never be in the front.
Also it looks like there is a small hole in turret next to cannon where a light machine gun might have already been removed.
Localisation :
L'Hôtel du Bon Laboureur était 5 rue de Mainvilliers.
Propriétaire Mr Gourdon.
Au N°3 était l'Hôtel de la Poste.
En 2014 la rue se nomme rue du Général Koenig et avant rue Danièle Casanova.
La Poste était juste en face.
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Re: Photo de Robert Capa
Autre plan du char.
Un Char léger Hotchkiss modèle 1935 H modifié 39
Un Char léger Hotchkiss modèle 1935 H modifié 39
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