32. German paratroopers with a 3.7 cm PaK near the Moerdijk road bridge during the Second World War.

German paratroopers at the Moerdijk bridges in May 1940. The photograph shows a 3.7 cm PaK (Panzerabwehrkanone) positioned on the riverbank near the Moerdijk bridges. With the road bridge clearly visible on the right, this is the Willemsdorp side of the bridgehead. The PaK gun was likely sent from Waalhaven to Moerdijk during the night of 11 to 12 May as reinforcement for the bridgehead.*1

*1 Source: Zuidfront-Holland1940-Bruggenhoofd Moerdijk 12 mei - Het bruggenhoofd der para’s.

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