In enemy bunker territory - March 1941

French bunker complex: German soldiers in dress uniforms, March 1941.

The title of this photograph proudly—and rather exaggeratedly—proclaims: "In the enemy bunker complex." In March 1941, these young soldiers were certainly convinced that the war’s major battles were already over. Some may have been disappointed at not having had the chance to prove themselves as brave heroes. Yet the war was not over just yet; the British Isles still had to be conquered, should the English refuse to surrender. No one yet suspected that the bloodiest battles of the war would not be fought in the West...

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