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The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars.
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c8-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c8-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c8-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93
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The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars., (1940)
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