Saturday, April 18, 2026

A Sicilian villager tells an American officer which way the Germans have gone - Troina, Italy, Aug 1943. © Robert Capa

 


11 comments:

  1. He's pointing to the best pizza shop in the whole 'ville.

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  2. We were giants once.

    MF

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  3. Definitely not staged.

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  4. All the footage in WW2 was staged by the guys from Lookout Mountain.

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    1. Tell that to the dead on Omaha Beach.

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    2. Stories are told by living people

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    3. I’m not familiar with Lookout Mountain but to suggest film footage from WWII was staged is psychotic.

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  5. Propaganda is marketing and has always been used as a weapon to extort funds for wars.

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  6. Damned if that doesn't look like Jim Gavin. He describes his adventures in Sicily quite vividly in "On to Berlin!"

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