German soldiers and French civilians in occupied France during World War II. German officers and soldiers with French civilians in a French town. German soldiers distribute food to French civilians. People stand in line for food. Elderly men, women and children take food. Food distributed from trucks and vans. French civilians in tents. Soldiers serve bread loaves over a counter. Bread on the counters. Relief workers serve distribute food. Civilians including children in lines. French POWs (Prisoners of War) at work. They drill, break stones and do construction work. German troops gathered to welcome German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler. Hitler arrives, gives a Nazi salute and greets the troops. The soldiers cheer as he waves to them.
The German advance towards Paris in France during Battle of France in World War II. A map of northern France depicts the German advance towards and attack on Paris. German soldiers fire artillery. Soldiers load shells and fire antiaircraft guns. Explosions due to the artillery fire. German infantry and motorized units advance through French villages and destroyed French fortifications. Smoke from burning buildings in a town. A sign reads 'Dubo Dubon Dubonnet'. Ruins on the deserted streets. German troops on foot, horses, bicycles, and motorbikes advance. Soldiers clear rubble from the streets. Wrecked French artillery. German soldiers fire from foxholes and bunkers. A damaged tank barrel. The Germans advance towards Paris. A sign gives the distance for Paris. Soldiers march with rifles. Explosions around the troops. Machine guns fired. Soldiers take cover in the battlefield. Officers near a military truck at a camp. A sandbagged area nearby.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. French and other Allied soldiers surrender. The soldiers surrender to German officers on a street. Officers question the soldiers. French African soldiers surrender. German troops proceeding through places made famous during World War 1. The World War I battlefield at Compiegne. World War I memorials at the site. French Marshal Ferdinand Foch's statue and a memorial tablet with a dedication to him. A swastika placed on the memorial. A museum containing Foch's railway car in which the World War I armistice was signed. The Alsace-Lorraine Memorial. German troops battle their way through a village. Soldiers march with rifles. armored vehicles advance on roads. Street fighting between German and French soldiers. Soldiers fire machine guns and take cover among the ruins on the village. Rubble strewn across the streets. Soldiers enter and inspect damaged buildings. Smoke due to a sudden explosions nearby. The soldiers pass a corpse on the street.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. A map depicts the German advance into Rethel, Reims and Chateau-Thierry. Soldiers advance on foot and motorcycles on a tree flanked road. The hills and landscape. Soldiers seated with radio sets at a table. They discuss maps. Soldiers load and fire artillery in fields. Soldiers on bicycles cross a bridge, move through a field. Military vehicles cross over a bridge. Artillery loaded and fired. Germans carry rafts on a road and across a field. Soldiers construct a bridge over a river. German panzer division infantry and tanks advance. They cross the Aisne River as German Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch looks on. He supervises as military vehicles and equipment are taken across the bridge.
The German assault on France during the Battle of France in World War II. German artillery on a rail car. Soldiers load and fire the gun. Troops on the railway tracks. German cavalry advances with horse carts. French prisoners march to the rear carrying their wounded. Ruins of Fort Brimont after bombing by German Luftwaffe Stukas. Street fighting in the town. Soldiers fire and take cover among the ruins. Rubble strewn all over the roads. Soldiers jump over barricades erected on the roads. Soldiers on foot and in horse carriages. The Notre Dame de Reims cathedral. The Germans charge French positions amid the burning ruins of Tagnon. Panzer division tanks and troops make their way through the streets. Smoke due to explosions in a town and in nearby fields. Soldiers cross fields. Burning structures. Street fighting in the town. Machine guns fired. Soldiers ready artillery. Chateau-Thierry: Germans advance past abandoned and wrecked French war equipment. Street fighting. Soldiers take cover in the ruins. They enter and check damaged buildings. Soldiers fire machine guns from within the ruins. The deserted streets. Germans cross the Marne on rafts. Troops on foot, in vehicles, the horse cavalry and equipment laden carriages advance towards Paris. Soldiers rest and sleep.
Germans advance during the Battle of France in World War II. German officers and soldiers look on as infantry, artillery, tanks and other military vehicles move across a pontoon bridge. German Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch talks to officers. Soldiers in the pontoons and rafts. French prisoners wearing rain coats. Panzer division troops and tanks advance on a road through fields.
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