U.S.Army Photo Album: Shooting the War in Colour 1941-1945, ...

Jonathan Gawne

• 31 december 1998
• 9782908182408

Samenvatting:

This is a collection of World War II colour photographs of GIs preparing for the invasion of Europe in 1944, taken from previously unreleased archives in the USA. The pictures show the battle dress as it was really worn. The text is in both French and English.



A lost collection of hundreds of previously unreleased color photos of American troops in the months before D-Day has recently become available. Here are the uniforms worn on D-Day and the subsequent campaign in France, but photographed under ideal conditions, by skilled cameramen who could control the lighting and re-shoot to get every detail right. All of the major units stationed in Britain before D-Day are covered, with many details visible that are often obscured in photos taken on active operations.