Three Canadian Chevrolet CMP 8440CGT Field Artillery Tractors pulling QF 25-pounder howitzers with limbers, probably in the South of France, late 1944.

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Caption     Three Canadian Chevrolet CMP 8440CGT Field Artillery Tractors pulling QF 25-pounder howitzers with limbers, probably in the South of France, late 1944. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name France
Date  Sep 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Licensing  This anonymous work originating in Canada is in the public domain. It was published before 1 Jan 1970, it was created before 1 Jan 1945, or 75 years have passed since the end of the calendar year of its creation without it ever having been published while still in copyright.

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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,011 x 482 pixels



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1. Anonymous says:
8 Aug 2016 12:23:34 AM

Any explanation of two Germans, at right, talking to civilian?
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
8 Aug 2016 10:30:18 AM

To Anonymous above:
I also wondered about those two men but given the obvious Allied presence on this street, I was forced to conclude these were not German soldiers- perhaps French troops or (more likely) local police. This photo came with no other information about it except what can be seen in the image itself and my guess about it being in the South of France may be incorrect- this may be Holland or even Germany. The Allied presence here is probably British but I also thought the soldier walking up the middle of the street with his riding boots and heavy shoulder boards had a distinctly Russian look about him.

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