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Keystone View Company Supplies Left by the Germans in Their Retreat from Soupier, Alane, France

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.107 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Soupier, France Type: Stereocard Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

This image depicts the supplies that the Germans left behind during their hurried retreats in the final months of the war. It also shows French soldiers taking inventory of what was left behind. There is some destruction in the background. The Germans left behind everything from helmets to rifles and clothing. In Soupier, France, they left behind a large sum of supplies.

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