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Maxime Weygand, Paul Baudouin, Paul Reynaud, and Philippe Pétain after a Council of Ministers meeting, Paris, France, 21 May 1940	Adolf Hitler with his staff at Wolf's Lair, Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany, Jun 1940

Fritz Todt at Maubeuge, France, Jun 1940	German Army Generals Gerd von Rundstedt and Maximilian von Weichs having a meal with other officers in a garden, France, Jun 1940

German Army Major General Erwin Rommel studying maps with officers, France, May-Jun 1940	German Generalleutnant Kurt Daluege visiting the Ouvrage Hackenberg fortification on the Maginot Line near Thionville, Moselle, France, May 1940; the party was entering the munitions entrance

German Major General Rommel in a field in France, Jun 1940; note Panzer 38(t) tanks in the background	Lord Gort in London, England, United Kingdom, circa Jun 1940

Mussolini and Hitler, Munich, Jun 1940	Rodolfo Graziani, Jun 1940

Sun Li-jen and his concubine Zhang Meiying, China, 5 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

French Minister of Defense General Charles Huntzinger signing the Franco-German armistice document, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940	Hitler (hand on hip) looking at statue of F. Foch before meeting with French delegation for negotiation of the armistice document, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940; still from 1943 film 'Why We Fight'

Keitel in front of the rail car that hosted the German surrender of 1918 and would soon host the French surrender of 1940, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940	L to R: Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Heß, Adolf Hitler, and Walther von Brauchitsch before the railroad car that hosted the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940

Wilhelm Keitel accepting the French surrender from Charles Huntzinger, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940	Wilhelm Keitel at the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940

Adolf Hitler and his entourage visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 23 Jun 1940	Adolf Hitler inspecting troops in France with Günther von Kluge, Jun 1940