Pakstand an der Küste – Vintage Wall Art
![Pakstand an der Küste, [1944] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d2/d29da2627e79-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Pakstand an der Küste in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Pakstand an der Küste
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This photograph, titled "Pakstand an der Küste" (roughly "anti-tank gun position on the coast"), records a German defensive emplacement on the French shore. "Pak" is short for *Panzerabwehrkanone*, the anti-tank gun that such positions were built to house. The print is catalogued in a 1944 photo list of the Atlantic Wall in Normandy and Brittany, the fortified coastline Germany began building in 1942 to guard against an Allied landing. Its reinforced concrete and placement on the shore show how the Atlantic Wall was designed around fixed artillery and bunkers. The Allied invasion of Normandy came in June 1944, so the picture captures these defenses shortly before they were tested.
| Created / published | [1944] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Snapshots 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | In album: Foto-Bildliste, Atlantik-Wall, (Normandie und Bretagne), 1944, no. 13/7. Caption list with album. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Military facilities--German--France--Normandy. Bunkers--France--Normandy--1940-1950. Atlantic Wall (France and Belgium)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,254 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213672 |
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