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Originally Posted by jhild
At the time of WWII a Leica was an enemy made camera, was there nothing at least
similar made in USA? What would general people say if they would find out their war
hero was using a German camera? This might be the reason to place it just somewhere...
Jo
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I recall that the British Army photographic unit used Zeiss Ikon folders. There was nothing unusual in this, they just used the best equipment they could lay hands on. There was coverage of this in the recent series of "Whicker's War" - Whicker himself used one. I also recall (vaguely) that highly prized German photographic equipment (Zeiss, Leitz) was bought in neutral Switzerland and shipped out for Allied use.
Regards,
Bill