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>there remains the possibility that there were more photos that were censored by the British government I believe that the photos would've run into the SHAEF c
by doodlebugging 5y ago
>there remains the possibility that there were more photos that were censored by the British government
I believe that the photos would've run into the SHAEF censors and been permanently censored (deleted). SHAEF was not the British government but was instead the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force(s), with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as commander and other Field Generals from all the branches of the Allied nations in the European Theater as subordinates. Thus it would've been purely a military censor in charge of allowing or disallowing publication.
One of my favorite passages about military censors comes from that awesome book "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller where Yossarian ends up in a position where he must censor correspondence leaving their camp and he gets pretty inventive with his methodology. The whole book is hilarious if you have never read it. His passage about censorship is pretty great.
I couldn't find my copy of the book but I did find this online mention for your enjoyment:
https://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/12/two-paragraphs-from-catch-22 https://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/12/two-par...
- kingcharles 5y agoAppreciate the correction. As a Brit I should have fact-checked myself better, and my knowledge of the war should be better. As a child I lived in a military retirement home which was practically all soldiers and civilians involved with D-Day and Dunkirk so I got to hear many first hand accounts of these events.
- doodlebugging 5y agoYou're good. That sounds like an amazing childhood.