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Image: German POWs captured during the Allied assault on Walcheren Island in Holland, November 1944. BU1267

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Description: German POWs captured during the Allied assault on Walcheren Island in Holland, November 1944. The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming downfrom the Weskapelle beachhead (where these pictures were taken). This image shows German prisoners that were taken in the fighting being housed in a barn on the way to the Prisoner of War cages.
Title: German POWs captured during the Allied assault on Walcheren Island in Holland, November 1944. BU1267
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//61/media-61110/large.jpg This photograph BU 1267 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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