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A group of German soldiers, now prisoners of war (POWs), await transport to England, 7 June 1944. Notice the barbed wire on top of the sea wall, and the gun emplacement further down the beach. A ladder is visible on the beach - it may have been used to help breach the wall.

Black and white photograph. A sandy beach meets a high, curved seawall topped with thickly laid barbed wire. A large machine gun emplacement is visible further down the beach. A line of German soldiers, now POWs, sit against the seawall. — (Frank L. Dubervill, Library and Archives Canada, PA-115535.)

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