Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder.
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Title
Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder.
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1942
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1942
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1942
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
Batteries (Weaponry)
Bunkers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Artillery (Weaponry) -- German -- 1939-1945
Atlantic Wall (France and Belgium)
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Batterie Todt an der Kanalküste. Eine der schwersten Fernkampfbatterien wurde auf den Namen ihres Erbauers getauft und ihrer Bestimmung übergeben."
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source Note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 321615c0-c602-012f-4d2e-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1942
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/321615c0-c602-012f-4d2e-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/321615c0-c602-012f-4d2e-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/321615c0-c602-012f-4d2e-58d385a7bc34
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