Photos of World War II Events | World War II Database

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Japanese soldiers fighting in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, May-Jun 1940	Ruined city block in Cherbourg, France, 1940

Temporary grave for a soldier amidst destroyed cars and damaged buildings, Calais, France, May 1940	Two men of a German military film unit at work on a bridge in Denmark, 1940

View of a German airfield in Denmark, 1940	Wreckage of a British Fairey Battle bomber, France, May 1940

WW1 monument of Martincourt sur Meuse, France damaged after May 1940 fighting	Aerial view of burned out trucks at Calais, France, 1 Jun 1940

Destroyed houses and church in Calais, France, afternoon of 1 Jun 1940	Destruction in the waterfront area of Calais, France, at 1230 hours on 1 Jun 1940

Burning railway car at the rail station in Calais, France, 4 Jun 1940	German military camera crew filming in Dunkerque, France shortly after the conquest, Jun 1940

View of ruins of Calais, France from a broken shop window, 5 Jun 1940	Soldiers of the Ikeda Detachment of Japanese 13th Division crossing a tributary of the Han River south of Shayang County, Hubei, China, 6 Jun 1940

Troops of 2nd Battalion of 23rd Infantry Regiment of Japanese 13th Division fighting in Shashi (now part of Jingzhou), Hubei, China, 8 Jun 1940	British Cruiser Mk IV tank on the back of a Scammell tank transporter at Le Neubourg, France, circa 9 Jun 1940

Allied troops aboard the ship Guinean after being evacuated during Operation Ariel, off Western France, Jun 1940	French refugees on a road near Gien, France, 19 Jun 1940

William Shirer and another journalist reporting on the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 21-22 Jun 1940	Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and others before the railroad car that hosted the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940