German combat engineers (Pioniere) equipped with the heavy Flammenwerfer 35 backpack flamethrower during the Norwegian Campaign, April–May 1940. Read more
French infantrymen carefully inspect the charred remains of a German Heinkel He 111 medium bomber shot down during the Battle of France in May 1940. Read more
A German soldier with an MG 34 anti-aircraft machine gun poses before the Eiffel Tower in occupied Paris shortly after the French campaign of 1940. Read more
French prisoners of war captured during the German campaign of 1940 stand under guard shortly after the collapse of French resistance. Read more
The bodies of French motorcycle soldiers and their equipment remain where they fell during the rapid German advance across France in May 1940. Read more
German infantrymen use a Panzer I tank as mobile cover while advancing along a mountain road during the invasion of Norway in 1940.
German soldiers rest beneath a tree during the Battle of France while a comrade photographs the peaceful scene beside an Opel Blitz truck towing an anti-tank gun. Read more