[German motorized detachment riding through wreckage of Polish town during Blitzkrieg of Sept. 1939] – Vintage Print
![[German motorized detachment riding through wreckage of Polish town during Blitzkrieg of Sept. 1939], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c9/c98d65c6b790-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [German motorized detachment riding through wreckage of Polish town during Blitzkrieg of Sept. 1939], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[German motorized detachment riding through wreckage of Polish town during Blitzkrieg of Sept. 1939]
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A column of German motorized troops rolls through what the caption describes as a Polish town wrecked in the opening weeks of the invasion. The card attributes the picture to the agency Acme and places it in September 1939, though no date is recorded and the details are unverified. The invasion began on September 1, 1939, and relied on fast, mechanized columns of trucks and armored vehicles that could move far ahead of foot soldiers. For that reason, the photograph is often read as a visual record of how quickly the campaign moved through Polish towns and countryside.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo by Acme. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; WWII--Nazi Troops; WWII--Poland;Poland--Hist--1939; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,131 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139116 |
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