IMAGE
The Americans arrive - Photograph taken by Lee Hill
- Date
- 13 April 1945
- By
- Hill, Leighton McLeod, 1907-1952
- Reference
- 1/4-069788-F
- Description
A Sherman tank from Combat Command B of US 3rd Armoured Division on the Sangerhausen-Eisleben road at Wimmelburg on 13 April 1945 where Allied prisoners of war from Oflag IX A/Z had been abandoned by their German guards. Photograph taken by Lee Hill.
Source of descriptive information - Library client
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War 1939-1945 Official negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm
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