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Rommel and German officers direct Italian artillery against the British in Libya

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Title
Rommel and German officers direct Italian artillery against the British in Libya
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1941

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1941
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1941
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Binoculars
military vehicles -- German -- 1900-1999
Military officers -- German -- 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Libya
Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Content: Much of the Afrika Korps' artillery was Italian. Note the overcoats on the officers; the desert in the winter or at night could be very cold.
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 23d05710-c602-012f-653a-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1941: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1941). Rommel and German officers direct Italian artillery against the British in Libya Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b22fc0d7-1579-4eed-e040-e00a180606a5

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Rommel and German officers direct Italian artillery against the British in Libya