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![[Panoramic view of German fortifications under construction on the coast] / Hermann Harz.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvcGFub3JhbWljLXZpZXctb2YtZ2VybWFuLWZvcnRpZmljYXRpb25zLXVuZGVyLWNvbnN0cnVjdGlvbi1vbi10aGUtY29hc3QtaGVybWFubi02NDAuanBn/320/141/jpg "[Panoramic view of German fortifications under construction on the coast] / Hermann Harz.")
![[German fortification with large gun under construction on the coast with field of wildflowers in foreground] / Hermann Harz.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvZ2VybWFuLWZvcnRpZmljYXRpb24td2l0aC1sYXJnZS1ndW4tdW5kZXItY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLW9uLXRoZS1jb2FzdC13aXRoLWZpZWxkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[German fortification with large gun under construction on the coast with field of wildflowers in foreground] / Hermann Harz.")
![[Barrel of a large gun with German soldier at fortification] / Hermann Harz.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDMvMDEvMDEvYmFycmVsLW9mLWEtbGFyZ2UtZ3VuLXdpdGgtZ2VybWFuLXNvbGRpZXItYXQtZm9ydGlmaWNhdGlvbi1oZXJtYW5uLWhhcnotNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Barrel of a large gun with German soldier at fortification] / Hermann Harz.")
![[Building sand castles, Westerland, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvYnVpbGRpbmctc2FuZC1jYXN0bGVzLXdlc3RlcmxhbmQtc3lsdC1zY2hsZXN3aWctaG9sc3RlaW4tZ2VybWFueS1lOGUzYWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Building sand castles, Westerland, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany]")
![[A port on the Rhine--docks of Mannheim] / A. Castaigne.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvYS1wb3J0LW9uLXRoZS1yaGluZS1kb2Nrcy1vZi1tYW5uaGVpbS1hLWNhc3RhaWduZS02NDAuanBn/40/24/webp "[A port on the Rhine--docks of Mannheim] / A. Castaigne.")
![[Building sand castles, Westerland, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYnVpbGRpbmctc2FuZC1jYXN0bGVzLXdlc3RlcmxhbmQtc3lsdC1zY2hsZXN3aWctaG9sc3RlaW4tZ2VybWFueS1lYTIwMWUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Building sand castles, Westerland, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany]")
![[Bad Harzburg, general view, Hartz, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvYmFkLWhhcnpidXJnLWdlbmVyYWwtdmlldy1oYXJ0ei1nZXJtYW55LWNmNGI1MC02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Bad Harzburg, general view, Hartz, Germany]")
