German invasion of France during the Battle of France in World War II. German army units advance in the Somme department. Horse cavalry, and soldiers in horse carts advance. Artillery bombards French positions. Soldiers fire machine guns across the fields. They take cover in the thick undergrowth. Soldiers push artillery on a road. Wrecked and abandoned Allied tanks and artillery. One knocked out tank with name "Terrible I." A German convoy moves across a bridge over the Canal de la Somme. Aircraft in flight overhead. Many captured French prisoner of war soldiers advance on foot under German guard. German soldiers march in formation with rifles over their shoulders as they enter a French town, while prisoner of war French soldiers standy and watch on the sides of a street. German tanks and other units move through the ruins of Fecamp commune. Soldiers on tanks amidst ruins. Smoke from burning buildings. Artillery units advance. Soldiers amidst rubble and debris. They take cover in a field. A soldier surveys the area with binoculars. They cross hills.
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.
The German advance into France and fall of Paris during the Battle of France in World War II. Smoke clouds mushroom up into the air following explosions near a river. Burning structures. German horse cavalry and soldiers with war equipment in carts. The cavalry crosses a bridge. German troops at the captured Palace of Versailles near Paris. An inscription at the entrance reads 'In all glories of France'. Soldiers raise the Nazi Swastika flag atop the Palace. The soldiers in the Palace courtyard. June 1940, Paris: Germans occupy Paris. Soldiers and civilians around the Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde. A German aircraft in flight overhead. German officers greeted as they get off a German aircraft. The Eiffel Tower in the background. German soldiers with artillery. Soldiers climb up the Eiffel Tower. They unfurl the Nazi Swastika flag atop the Tower.
Scenes in Utrecht, Netherlands, during its occupation by German forces in World War Two. The Dom-tower ( clock tower known as: de Dom). Dutch pedestrians and vehicular traffic on the roads. Pedestrians by a canal. Dutch civilians on bicycles. A busy market street. Scenes of Brussels, Belgium in Second World War. Trams make their way up and down a street. Pedestrians and cars on roads. Belgian civilians seated at street side cafes. Civilians and German soldiers outside a monument. Pedestrians and cyclists on the streets. Soldiers and civilians at a vegetable market.
German occupation of France, following the fall of Paris in the Battle of France in World War II. The main entrance of the Gare du Nord or Paris North Station (18 Rue de Dunkerque, 75010 Paris, France) in Paris. A German troop train arrives at the station. A Nazi flag on the train's engine. A German General and soldiers in the rail cars. Officers greet the new arrivals. The General is escorted out of the station.
A German canteen in German occupied France during World War II. French refugees are fed at the canteen in Paris. The Basilica of the Sacre Coeur (The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France). A Nazi banner for the canteen. French civilians in lines under the banner. Large milk cans on tables. Children stand in line for food. German officers supervise the food distribution. Children collect food. Volunteers serve food to the refugees. Men, women, elderly people, and children receive food. A woman sits and eats her food. Refugees crowd around a soldier.
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