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Description
English: This boy's dead, burning body shows damage done by a V-2 on a main intersection in Antwerp, on a main supply line to Holland.
Français : Corps d'un jeune homme mort, montrant l'horreur des destructions causées par un V-2 dans un grand carrefour d'Anvers, sur la principale voie de communication avec la Hollande.
Italiano: Corpo di un giovane soldato ucciso, mostrante l'orrore delle distruzioni causate dai missili V-2 tedeschi in una intersezione di strade ad Anversa, su una delle principali vie di comunicazione con l'Olanda
Source

NARA National Archives and Records Administration

Date

November 27, 1944

Author

Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity

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Public domain This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
This image is available from the Archival Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration under the ARC Identifier 531329.
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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for September 14, 2007. It was captioned as followed:
English: Witness of V-2 damage on main intersection in Antwerp, Belgium.

Asturianu: Resultáu del españíu d'una bomba V-2, na cai principal d'Antuerpen, nos Paises Baxos
Беларуская: Разбурэнні ад удару ракеты Фау-2 у горадзе Антверпен, Бельгія.
Česky: Následky dopadu rakety V2 do centra Antverp, Belgie
Deutsch: Folgen des Einschlags einer V2-Rakete auf einer zentralen Kreuzung in Antwerpen, Belgien, 1944.
English: Witness of V-2 damage on main intersection in Antwerp, Belgium.
Euskara: V-2 bonba batek eragindako kalteak Antwerpen, Belgikan
Français : Les conséquences d'un missile V2 à Anvers (Belgique) pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Galego: Resultado da acción dunha bomba V-2 que atinxiu a vía principal de Antuerpen, nos Países Baixos.
Magyar: V-2 rakéta pusztítása a 2.világháborúban Antwerpen egyik fő kereszteződési pontján Hollandia felé (Belgium, 1944)
Italiano: Danno causato da un razzo V-2 sull'incrocio principale di Anversa, Belgio.
日本語: V2ロケットによる攻撃を受けたベルギーアントウェルペン
Nederlands: Het brandende lichaam van een dode jongen toont de gruwelijke uitwerking van de inslag van een Duitse V2-raket op een belangrijk kruispunt in de Belgische stad Antwerpen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Polski: Skutki upadku rakiety V-2 na centralną dzielnicę Antwerpii w Belgii.
Português: Resultado da ação de uma bomba V-2 que atingiu uma via principal de Antuérpia, na Bélgica, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Русский: Разрушения от ракеты Фау-2 на главном перекрёстке в Антверпене, Бельгия
Svenska: Förödelse orsakad av en tysk V2-raket i Antwerpen under andra världskriget.
‪中文(简体)‬: 1944年比利时安特卫普德国V2导弹轰炸后的情景
‪中文(繁體)‬: 比利時安特衛普中一個十字路口V2火箭轟炸後的情景

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current07:26, 28 May 20072,773×2,153 (774 KB)Madmax32 (==Summary== {{Information |Description=This boy's dead body, aflame, bears ghastly witness of the horror of the damage done by V-2 on main intersection in Antwerp on main supply line to Holland. Belgium. |Source= NARA National Archives and Records Adminis)