German soldiers from the Nazi Wehrmacht pose next to a damaged French heavy tank Char B1-bis France #201 during World War II in Western Europe.
Char B1-bis “France” from the command platoon of the 15th heavy tank battalion of the 2nd armored division.
This tank #201 is the first serially produced tank of the Char B1-bis modification.
Behind the Char B1 tank is a convoy of German armed forces marching in trucks.
Sources of information about the photo:
1.ser-sarajkin.narod2.ru
- Spasibukhov Y. French tanks of the Second World War (“Bronekollektsiya”, 2004, No. 3). – M., ZAO Modelist-Konstruktor, 2004.
Location: France
Photo time: May-June 1940