French Soldiers Passing a Shelled Village near Verdun
date: label: Date made
content: 1940-05
label: Date made
content: 1940
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: When World War II broke out in 1939, <i>LIFE</i> magazine sent Carl Mydans and his wife Shelley overseas to document the unfolding events as a photographer/reporter team. The two began by covering the siege in London. They then moved on to Finland where Mydans was first exposed to combat. After a short stay in Italy, they traveled to France where they witnessed its fall to Nazi Germany.
label: Description
content: Mydans' words describe the scene: "Each war begins where the last one left off." French soldiers in May 1940 could be mistaken for the <i>poilus</i> or infantrymen of 1914 as they straggle past a shelled village near Verdun after the German breakthrough at Sedan.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Grand Est, Verdun
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Military
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.059
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.059
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm