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Česky: Američtí vojáci se shromaždují v Britském přístavu na loď, která je doveze do Normandie

English: Normandy Invasion Preparations, 1944 Photo #: USA C-727 (Colour)

U.S. Soldiers march through Weymouth, Dorset, en route to board landing ships for the invasion of France, circa late May or early June 1944.

Note the barbed wire in the foreground.

Date

4 July 2004 (first version); 30 June 2004 (last version)

Source

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/ac00001/ac00727c.htm
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Original uploader was Taak at en.wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Raul654 at en.wikipedia.

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Weymouth, Dorset

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