RMB3EH1A–events, Second World War / WWII, France, Atlantic Wall, construction of defensive fortifications at the French west coast near Biarritz, 28.4.1943,
RM2B2B9R1–The French captain Emy ( middle) with other French officers and a group of German Luftwaffe officers inspecting damage caused by a Stuka attack on fortifications of the Maginot Line. On his left, the German General Zander.
RMWH8K17–Free French gunners defend Bir Hakeim during Rommel's offensive in the Western Desert.
RM2B2BA88–Adolf Hitler and his entourage visiting French fortifications of the Maginot Line. In the front row Luftwaffe Adjutant Nicolaus von Below, Wilhelm Keitel, Hans Heinrich Lammers, Adolf Hitler. On the right behind Hitler is Kurt Dalugue. Between Lammers and Hitler, Heinrich Himmler (in profile). On the left, Martin Bormann.
RMBJW9B4–Andre Maginot, French military engineer, 1929. Artist: Unknown
RMW3B3J7–2. Weltkrieg Wehrmacht Bunker in Frankreich Regelbau - 2nd Worldwar German Army Bunker in France
RM2B2BA8B–German soldiers in front of a French bunker of the Maginot Line, which is to be fought. The picture shows probably an exercise.
RMHPHAW5–The Nazi propaganda image shows German Wehrmacht soldiers in a munitions bunker on the Atlantic Wall on the French Channel coast. Published in June 1944. A Nazi reporter has written on the reverse of the picture on 13.06.1944, 'Munitions bunker on the Channel coast. The supplies, which are being stockpiled in preparation for the invasion, are sufficient for many weeks of all round defence. The prevailing mood in these bunkers is a fighting one, ready for deployment.' Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte - NO WIRE SERVICE - | usage worldwide
RFF6BFRW–WWII bunker
RMHPHB21–The Nazi propaganda image shows a German Wehrmacht sentry at an armed bunker on the French side of the Channel coast. Published in December 1943. A Nazi reporter has written on the reverse of the picture on 28.12.1943, 'Ready to defend on the Channel coast. The huge fortifications and the Atlantic Wall are at the highest possible level of defence standby. Our picture shows a battery built into a cliff.' Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte - NO WIRELESS SERVICE - | usage worldwide
RMAJ80H6–Entrance to the Maginot barracks, Maginot Line, France, c1935-1940. Artist: Anon
RMHPHAY3–The Nazi propaganda image shows anti-tank blockades in a French coastal town on the Atlantic Wall during the German occupation. Published in May 1943. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte - NO WIRE SERVICE - | usage worldwide
RMBJRNHP–Air filters, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Artist: Unknown
RMDCD9AH–Members of the German Wehrmacht are pictured in front of the memorial for the French Minister of War André Maginot after who the French fortifications on the German-French border - the so-called Maginot Line - were named in Revigny-sur-Ornain, France, in June 1940. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte
RMHPHAY4–The Nazi propaganda image shows children playing behind barbed wire in a town on the French Channel coast during the German occupation. Published around 1943. A Nazi reporter has written on the reverse of the picture, 'Despite everything, life continues here at its normal pace. Barbed wire is the now the norm in a town on the Channel coast. The residents got used it a long time ago. Not even the game of these children is being seriously impeded by the obstacle.' Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichtee - NO WIRE SERVICE - | usage worldwide
RMHPHB05–The Nazi propaganda image shows walled-up windows at the Hotel Savoy in a French coastal town on the Channel coast during the German occupation. A Nazi reporter has written on the reverse of the picture on 29.03.1943, 'Channel coast ready to defend. The walled-up windows and doors of hotels on the beach promenade make a strange picture. There are no spa resorts here anymore, every building has become a heavy obstacle.' Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte - NO WIRE SERVICE - | usage worldwide
RMBKE61F–events, Second World War / WWII, France, Atlantic Wall, German sentry at the beach, French west coast near Biarritz, 28.4.1943,
RMHPHAT2–The Nazi propaganda image shows members of the German naval anti-aircraft section and civilians in an air raid bunker on an unspecified island (presumably on the French Channel or Atlantic) during an allied air raid. Published in September 1944. The image belongs to a photo series called, 'An island takes fire.' A Nazi reporter has written on the reverse on 15.09.1944, 'While the naval artillery, radio operator and radio detector workers work together against the incoming enemy bombers, civilians from the island are accommodated safely in bunkers and casemates.' Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte
RMWHA1P1–WW2: French Commander enters Paris. General Leclerc as he rode to Bvd. Montparnasse in the battle for Paris, 25th August 1944.
RMDCD99K–Members of the German Wehrmacht are pictured at the German-Franch border after the attack on France in 1940. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte
RM2B2BA7B–German soldiers in front of a French bunker of the Maginot Line, which is to be fought. Explosion of a blasting charge.
RMBJRNH5–Electric light plant, Maginot Line, France, 1939. Artist: Unknown
RMB4810C–events, Second World War / WWII, France, Atlantic Wall, construction of defensive fortifications at the French west coast near Biarritz, 28.4.1943,
RMCR54DJ–Koenig, Pierre, 10.10.1898 - 3.7.1970, French general, commander of the French occupation troops in Germany 1945 - 1950, portrait, circa 1946,
RMWHA1NA–WW2: Maginot Line (1939/40). Passing over a drawbridge past a French Guard. British groups about to take over a sector.
RM2B2BA7Y–German soldiers in front of a French bunker of the Maginot Line, which is to be fought. The picture shows probably an exercise.
RMH3AD2M–German antitank gun in France, 1940
RMWHA1PH–WW2: Dunkirk. Allied troops on transport evacuating them from France, take a look back at the French coast. 22 June 1940.
RM2BW2CNP–The priceless art treasures in the Louvre and other French museums and galleries are being removed to bombproof shelters in case of war. 28 August 1939
RMWHA25G–WW2: Forward guns and bridge on French cruiser.
RMH3AD48–German soldiers in front of a bunker on the Maginot Line, 1940
RMWHA25P–WW2: Coast Guard LST Marries Rhino in channel. British motorized equipment rolls from the massive jaw of a Coast Guard LandingLST (landing ship, tank) on to the flat deck of a low-riding rhino in the English Channel during the early hours of the invasion of the French Coast.
RMH3AD4A–The crew of a fortification on the Maginot Line has capitulated, 1940
RM2B2BA71–Second World War: Maginot Line
RMWHA1NE–WW2: Infantry of the US 29th (Blue and Gray) Division dash across an expose road near St Andre de l'Epine. The bocage country provided excellent cover for the German troops defending St Lo.
RM2B2B9P5–A bunker of the Maginot Line captured by German soldiers. Photo: Eis.
RM2B2BA74–View of a Maginot Line bunker damaged by the fighting.
RMWH8K0M–The Legion in the Seond World War
RM2B2BA7D–German soldiers fighting at a Maginot Line bunker. It is probably an exercise.
RM2B2B9R3–A German soldier in one of the conquered bunkers of the Maginot Line.
RMWHA1N8–WW2: BEF trenches, France. Allied troops - one of whom is shaving. 1939, or early 1940.
RMWHA1N1–WW2: Landing in Southern France, 1944. US troops in landing craft arrive on the beaches.
RMWHA1MW–WW2: Battle for Cherbourg: Huge crowds of smoke rise as pole charges blast a Nazi pillbox, one of the German outer defences of Cherbourg, France. On the left are two Americans, some of those who captured the great deepwater port on 27th June 1944, take cover from the explosion.
RMWHA1MA–WW2: D Day landings by US troops. June 1944
RMWHA1KB–WW2: Advance by Canadian Army with British troops towards Falaise, France. Photo shows fires caused by bombing with transport and men taking cover on Caen-Falaise road. 11th August 1944.
RMWHA1M0–WW2: Men and horses may be seen working amid landing obstructions placed along the Normandy coast as part of the Atlantic Wall. Photo taken on 6th May 1944, exactly one month before D Day.
RMWHA1TY–WW2: D Day. American shock troops move from a landing craft through the shallow water onto a beach-head in Northern France during the allied landings. Half-tracks and a beached DUKW on the beach-head. The smoke in the background is from naval gunfire supporting the attack. 6th June 1944..
RMWHA1KH–WW2: American shock troops carrying full equipment wade on to the beachhead in Northern France during the Allied landing, 6th June 1944. D Day.
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