Photographs from the German Federal Archive

3,204 items in this album on 161 pages.


German soldier standing next to the memorial of the French victory over Germany in 1918, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940	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	Erwin Rommel in the Paris, France victory parade, late Jun 1940

German troops marching in Paris, France, late Jun 1940	Damaged dock facilities and sunken tug boat at Brest, France, Jun 1940

Refugees lining up outside a support center for refugees set up by the German occupation, Cherbourg, France, Jun 1940	Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 1 of 2

Ambulances lined up ready to take on wounded soldiers from hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff, Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2	Destroyed boats in a northern French harbor, 1940

Ethnic Germans leaving Bessarabia, which had recently been transferred from Bessarabia to the Soviet Union, Jun-Jul 1940	French and colonial prisoners of war on a road in northern France, 1940

German bomber crew studying maps near their Do 17 bomber, western France, summer 1940	German He 111 bomber of Kampfgeschwader 1 taking off, France, summer 1940

German He 111 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 1 at rest, France, summer 1940	German He 111 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 1 in flight, France, summer 1940, photo 1 of 3