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Sherman tank and Jeep
on the “Ganseplatzel” (place of the geese)

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January 22nd, 1945

An emblematic tank of the American army, the Medium Tank M4 (Sherman) also equipped French armored divisions, such as the 2nd DB. It was the most produced American tank during the Second World War.

In the foreground, one of the famous Willys MB Jeeps. As the French army was disbanded in 1940 by the Vichy regime, the American and British armies equipped the Free French Forces.

© Henri MALIN – ECPAD