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Beach Intelligence report. For extracted photographs. 30 items, being photographs...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 2/494
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This record is about the Beach Intelligence report. For extracted photographs. 30 items, being photographs... dating from 1944 in the series Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DEFE 2/494
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Beach Intelligence report. For extracted photographs.
30 items, being photographs and accompanying papers, have been extracted from this document (extraction document reference is given under Separated material, below).
Includes 29 photographs depicting: Operation Overlord: Omaha Beach, beach obstacles employed by Germans and referred to as "hedgehogs", aerial photography revealing sea bed and obstacles plus further examples of "sea bed" photography taken at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. See also DEFE 2/487. Dated 1943-1945.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Photographs extracted to CN 10/2
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4194730/
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DEFE 2
Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters...
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