<p><b>Description:</b> Official war art by W. Krogman, gouache on board. The painting imagines a bombing raid on the German city of Cologne. The city's cathedral is clearly visible. It survived the war, despite being hit dozens of times by Allied bombs.
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</p><p><b>Date:</b> Second World War
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