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Thanks Yves for the insight.
Since it is mainly 1940 there is a lot of material on the French campaign, of course much of it is propaganda - even a fair share of photos - but some of it is good material.
Lot of color(ized?) shots as well.
Really happy with this batch, but also really exited about what may turn up (if it does, if it doesn't well I still owe the man a nice bottle of Jenever - dutch gin).
The text is mainly Nazi propaganda, there is one photo session showing French north-african POWs slaughtering a cow etc, used a method of showing racial inferior fighting on the side of the french.
OTOH there are Maginot line battle and post battle shots which are stunning. There was enough material that was new to be.
I might even try and translate a numbet of the articles and create a feature on my future website.
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Ruy Horta
12 O'Clock High!
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death;
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