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War-damaged Church
Photo of the interior of a ravaged church in Carpiquet, France, July 12, 1944. Immobile amid the ruins, three Canadian soldiers of the 9th Infantry Brigade look at the altar and broken windows through which the light pours in.  Larger image
Lieut. Ken Bell, photograph, Carpiquet, France, July 12, 1944

Infantrymen of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade examine the sad state of a church in Carpiquet, France, in July 1944. This small town was the stage of a horrible and desperate battle in which Canadian soldiers were subjected to shelling and incessant fire from the redoubtable 12th SS.

Lieut. Ken Bell / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-162545