gelatina ai sali d'argento

Titolo
British troops in Burma
Soggetto
Nella fotografia sono presenti otto soldati, mimetizzati con la vegetazione della giungla birmana.
Luogo e data dello scatto
Birmania
Cronologia
1944
Oggetto
positivo
Materia e tecnica
gelatina ai sali d'argento; BN
Misure
supporto primario: mm, altezza 257, larghezza 204
Collocazione
Trieste (TS)
Palazzo Gopcevich
Fototeca dei Civici musei di storia ed arte
Codice scheda
F_146946
Iscrizioni

sul supporto primario, verso: BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH (SOUTH-EAST ASIA)/ CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED./ "WE WILL FIGHT THROUGH THE MONSOON": BRITISH TROOPS/ IN BURMA./ With these words the Forces under the command of/ Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, learned that which had/ hitherte been regarded as impracticable, was to be a/ reality. The Japs thought that fighting under monsoon/ conditions was impossible, but the Allied armies in/ South East Asia have proved that fighting, and winning/ battles under monsoon conditions is not impossible/ to men with determination, who are prepared to combat/ not only the enemy but the fevers and vermin ridden/ country that the Jungle offers as a battle ground./ These troops soaked to the skin for days on end, are/ living and fighting during the monsoon season in the/ humid, leach-ridden country where the slightest/ exercise causes perspiration to ooze from every pore./ Not only have they fought they have beaten back the/ Japs all along the line, outfighting him and proved that/ throughout the most adverse conditions the Allied/ troops have no equal./ SE.118. Picture shows:- A PROBLEME PICTURE. There/ are eight men in this picture. Can you find them?/ A patrol of Yorks and Lancs make its way up a Jungle/ covered hillside./ Picture issued 1944. UPS.109/16

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