American soldiers and a French girl
American soldiers with M1 Garand self-loading rifles soothe a small French girl who is frightened and crying. Place of photo: France Date of the photo: 1944
Char B1 French tank with a bunch of rods on the armor
Char B1 French heavy tank with a bunch of rods on the armor to fill the moats, build dams, slope facings and other road works during the Battle of France.…
Char B1 French tank and Peugeot 402 French car
German army booty, captured during the Battle of France – the French Char B1 tank passes by the French Peugeot 402 car. Place of photo: France Date of the photo:…
The French Panhard 178 armored car and its crew
The French Panhard 178 armored car (AMD 35) and its French crew from the 6th Cirassier regiment in Verdun during the maintenance of its combat vehicle. Photo place: Verdun, France
German soldiers are posing against the background of the French commander’s tank Somua S35
German soldiers of the Nazi Wehrmacht are posing against the background of the destroyed French Somua S35 commander’s tank. Somua S35 medium tank is interesting by the presence of two…
Naval battle in Mers-el-Kebir
A sea battle between the British and French squadrons at Mers-el-Kebir. The English Hood battleships (left) and Valiant under the return fire of the French Dunkirk or Provence battleship near…
SAu 40, abandoned French experimental self-propelled gun
Experimental French SAu 40 self-propelled gun based on the Somua S35 tank. The abandoned SPG has either artisanal or incomplete camouflage. SAu40 was developed by SOMUA in 1935-1937. The SAU…
AMR 35 tank No. 87363, the abandoned French armored vehicle
A German soldier from the Wehrmacht photographed against the background of the abandoned French light AMR 35 tank (No. 87363) from the 2nd platoon of the 4th squadron of the…
Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G Panther under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
German Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf. G Panther medium tank of the Waffen-SS Armored Forces passes under the Arc de Triomphe in occupied Paris city. Western Front of the Wehrmacht during Second…
French soldiers during the Phoney War, World War II
French soldiers armed with rifles and fixed bayonets. The picture was taken during the Phoney War (Sitzkrieg). On the right in the French soldiers photo is Edouard BRUN. The Western…