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One of the victims of a V-2 that struck Teniers Square, Antwerp, Belgium on 27 November 1944. A British military convoy was passing through the square at the time; 126 people (including 26 Allied soldiers) were killed.

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English: This boy's dead, burning body shows damage done by a V-2 on a main intersection in Antwerp, on a main supply line to Holland.
Français : Un jeune homme mort, son corps en feu montrant l'horreur des destructions causées par un V-2 dans un grand carrefour d'Anvers, sur une principale voie de communication avec la Hollande.
Italiano: L'immagine del corpo di un giovane soldato ucciso, nei pressi di un veicolo militare in fiamme, mostra l'orrore delle distruzioni causate dai missili V-2 tedeschi a un'incrocio di strade ad Anversa, su una delle principali vie di comunicazione con l'Olanda
Español: El cuerpo de un soldado muerto al lado de un vehículo muestra el horror causado por el impacto de un misil alemán V-2 en una intersección en Antwerp, una de las principales vías de comunicación en Holanda
Русский: Тело убитого мальчика в Антверпене, на пересечении дорог, на одном из основных каналов связи с Нидерландами, после атаки ракетой Фау-2. Белые хлопья и дымка - жидкий кислород, компонент ракетного топлива
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