The story
German prisoners file past the Town Hall at Cherbourg on their way to a stockade on June 28, 1944. One wounded prisoner is taken in a small truck. General Eisenhower referred to the fall of Cherbourg as the End of the second phase in the campaign of liberation. (AP Photo)
General Major Robert Sattler, Deputy German Commander of the Fort Du Roule, at Cherbourg, France on June 28, 1944, after his capture. (AP Photo) Date: 28/06/1944
A study of German prisoners taken by the Americans in their drive on Cherbourg, France on June 28, 1944. The fall of Cherbourg ends what General Eisenhower refers to as the second phase of the campaign of liberation. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris)
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