Germans In Paris 1940

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Germans in paris 1940. German soldiers march by the arc de triomphe on the avenue des champs élysées in paris june 1940 alsace lorraine which had been annexed after the franco prussian war in 1871 by the german empire and returned to france after the first world war was re annexed by the third reich thus subjecting their male population to german military conscription. One day after france signed the armistice with germany in june 1940 adolf hitler celebrated the german victory over france with a triumphant tour of paris. Neben kurzen farbaufnahmen von den champs elysé. The nazi german army is seen marching and driving tanks through the streets of paris in this harrowing archive footage from 1940 during world war ii.

During the occupation the french government moved to vichy and paris was governed by the. The enemy met no resistance as it entered the capital. The vintage footage in this video has been uploaded for research purposes and is presented in unedited form. In deciding not to defence paris the french command aimed at.

Paris started mobilizing for war in september 1939 when nazi germany attacked poland but the war seemed far away until may 10 1940 when the germans attacked france and quickly defeated the french army. Paris fell to the germans yesterday. The french government departed paris on june 10 and the germans occupied the city on june 14. This was the first and the only time he visited paris.

That evening as german troops. In den strassen von paris im herbst 1940 gefilmt von gerd brügelmann damals soldat der deutschen wehrmacht. The battle of france also known as the fall of france was the german invasion of france and the low countries during the second world war on 3 september 1939 france had declared war on germany following the german invasion of poland in early september 1939 france began the limited saar offensive by mid october the french had withdrawn to their start lines. German troops enter paris german troops marched into paris in the early hours of this morning as french and allied forces retreated.