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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 sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/historyporn@lemmy.world

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[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 22 points 7 months ago

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@lemmy.world 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.

[-] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 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