11th_Europe_Report -- 10_dsc02271.jpg
More research needs to be done on this old photo, but we believe it shows German
troupes ("German motorized column") during their early WWII occupation of Brest. This photo taken just
south of the US Naval Monument before it was destroyed by the Germans. The
huge cloud of smoke in the background was most likely from the burning of the
fuel tanks in the "Quatre-Pompes"/"Maison Blanche" area near where the US Naval Air Station was
in WWI. This fire, in June 1940, was intentionally started by British and French
military to prevent the fuel's use by the invading German military. While it
prevented the enemy from using the fuel, the resulting fire caused extreme
devastation to that area.
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