Photos Taken in France | World War II Database

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German military camera crew filming in Dunkerque, France shortly after the conquest, 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	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	French Minister of Defense General Charles Huntzinger signing the Franco-German armistice document, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940

German soldier standing next to the memorial of the French victory over Germany in 1918, 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

Surrender ceremony at 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

Speer, Hitler, and sculptor Arno Breker in Paris, France, 23 Jun 1940	German troops marching in Paris, France, circa 1940.

Heinrich Himmler with Joachim Peiper and other Waffen-SS officers, France, 1940	Ro.37 Lince aircraft of the Italian 39th Obervation Squadron in France, circa mid- to late-1940

Fritz Todt on the radio in a Panzerkampfwagen III tank while observing the preparation of German forces on the French coast for the invasion of Britain, fall 1940	French civilians watching regimental colors being transferred onto ships bound for French Algeria, La Canebière, Marseille, 15 Sep 1940