why are the shoulder patches of these soldiers blurred

Discussion in 'General' started by tankerman, Nov 24, 2020.

  1. tankerman

    tankerman New Member

    me and my friend found this image in multiple books and we are wondering if you guys know.
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    tankerman, Nov 24, 2020
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  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Common for any unit IDs to be obscured by the censor. No need to inadvertently help the enemy with locations or possible intentions.

    Subjective view, but it seems to intensify in DDay build-up shots, which might go with the solid secrecy around those events
     
    von Poop, Nov 24, 2020
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  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Agree with Von Poop. I'm surprised the AAA 0 got past the censors

    A-A-A-O.

    Welcome to WW2talk, by the way.
     
    Dave55, Nov 24, 2020
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  4. ceolredmonger

    ceolredmonger Member

    The annoying part for posterity is that the emulsion on the original negative was usually either indelibly inked out or scraped off. Hence an ragged edged scratched look. This means that in most cases, uncensored versions don't exist.
     
    ceolredmonger, Dec 8, 2020
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  5. gmyles

    gmyles Senior Member

    Hi

    Yes I've seen pics of Op Manna with similar censorship. It is a tad annoying.

    But as they were of only battalion in Greece wearing lighter berets (than the rest who were RTR) it was quite easy to establish they were 11th KRRC.

    Gus
     
    gmyles, Dec 8, 2020
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  6. Swiper

    Swiper Resident Sospan

    I've got a number of originals which have the squiggles highlighting what is to be censored, occasionally with additional caption details.
     
    Swiper, Dec 8, 2020
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