Exhibition Theme - Battle
The Hitler line
![The Hitler line, Charles Comfort, Canadian War Museum, 19710261-2203 The Hitler line, Charles Comfort, Canadian War Museum, 19710261-2203](/web/20061029120325im_/http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/artwar/images/artworks/19710261-2203_hitler-line_c-comfort.jpg)
"One gun created a fantastic sight," wrote Comfort in his diary,
"sticking perpendicularly into the air, like a gigantic pylon
memorializing the disasters of war. A direct hit had detonated its
magazine, the resulting blast tearing the whole turret from its
casemate and tossing it in the air. There it was, a vast, inert
steel probe, blindly challenging the heavens."
Oil on canvas 101.6 x 121.7 cm
Painted in 1944
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
Canadian War Museum 19710261-2203
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