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Germans collecting church bells to smelt down for the war effort. Libeň Bridge, Prague, July 1942 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/historyporn

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My great grandmother's garden railings were taken for the same reason in the UK. So it wasn't really just a german thing

[–] Rumbelows 2 points 7 months ago

Yep, and the metal was not weapons-quality so almost none of it was used as ‘advertised’ was mostly a propaganda thing to make people feel like they were helping.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

they then replaced many of these railings with regular mar materiel after the war. I've seen British fences made out of stretchers, rifle barrels, and cannon barrels