Britain's new pillbox on wheels

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Britain's new pillbox on wheels

Date10/17/1942

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Great Britain. Army (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Unknown (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Britain's new pillbox on wheels. On land; as well as in the air; Britain has thousands upon thousands of fine; new fighting machines ready; waiting for the order to advance. One of the latest land monsters is this Churchill tank; so strongly armored that it can be used as a pillbox; yet at the same time it possesses unusual speed and formidable fire power of six-pounder guns.

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002293F

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