German Tire Plant Reduced to Rubble, Hanau, Germany

Identifier:

041169

Collection Number:

A&M 3904

Title:

German Tire Plant Reduced to Rubble, Hanau, Germany

Date:

ca. 1945

Description:

Information on back of photo reads: "Rubble and bombed out buildings are all that remain of the plant of the Dunlop Company at Hanau, which was Germany's second largest tire plant. This factory specialized in aircraft tired before it was mombed out of existence by Allied air attacks. Twenty-eight miles east of the Rhine and eight miles east of Frankfurt, Hanau was cleared by troops of the Third U.S. Army March 27,1945."

Acquisition Source:

Webb, Barry H.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView