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This is the road of the French retreat. Dotted with equipment thrown away by the fleeing army, marked by ruins created by the hard work of German Stukas.

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Title
This is the road of the French retreat. Dotted with equipment thrown away by the fleeing army, marked by ruins created by the hard work of German Stukas.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

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

1940

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
War damage -- France
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Das ist die straße des französischen Rückzuges. Übersät von Ausrüstungsgegenständen, die die Fliehenden weggeworsen hatten, übersät von Trümmern, die die harte Arbeit der deutschen Stukas verrieten."
Content: German airplanes, including "Stuka" dive bombers, not only attacked columns of French soldiers and military vehicles on the roads but also strafed and bombed crowds of civilian refugees in order to cause panic and tie up communications arteries.
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
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d1d6bb60-c601-012f-0895-58d385a7bc34
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
  • 1940: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "This is the road of the French retreat. Dotted with equipment thrown away by the fleeing army, marked by ruins created by the hard work of German Stukas." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-452a-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "This is the road of the French retreat. Dotted with equipment thrown away by the fleeing army, marked by ruins created by the hard work of German Stukas." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 22, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-452a-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). This is the road of the French retreat. Dotted with equipment thrown away by the fleeing army, marked by ruins created by the hard work of German Stukas. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-452a-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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This is the road of the French retreat.  Dotted with equipment thrown away by the fleeing army, marked by ruins created by the hard work of German Stukas.