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German Volkssturm soldiers digging anti-tank ditches outside Berlin, Germany, Feb-Mar 1945

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Caption     German Volkssturm soldiers digging anti-tank ditches outside Berlin, Germany, Feb-Mar 1945 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Berlin, Germany
Date  Feb 1945
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 183-J31396
 
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Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

See Bild 183-J31396 on Wikimedia Commons

According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met:
- quote the "Federal Archives" as source,
- add the signature of the pictures and
- of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer.
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You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 574 x 800 pixels



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1. Ivan Fomenko says:
18 Nov 2020 04:24:57 AM

No words! BFS! (bull fking sh*t)!
30-40 people doing nothing. 2-5 people holding a shovel for looks! OMG! Who's dumb enough to even think about this terrible shot? Compare this one to USSR defence please, you'll be shocked!!!

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