Westfeldzug

"M108/9 14 May 1940 1st Panzer Regiment crosses pontoon bridge over the Meuse at Floing, near Sedan [Army film office, Spandau-Ruhleben]"

An organizational diagram illustrating the composition of the 1st Motorized Infantry Division of the French Army in May 1940.

620 the captured town of Mont-Saint-Aignan 1940.

631 Destroyed German cars during Battle for France in WW2.

A column of tanks of 6th Panzer Division awaits the order to advance, 1940 in France. The lead vehicle is a Pzkpfw 35(t), one of many captured from the Czech army and pressed into service. Behind are three Pzkpfw IVs and behind them a line of Pzkpfw II light tanks.

Catalog #: 00074861 Manufacturer: Amiot Designation: 143

The fascist Alpenzeitung covering of the German advance in France as of May 12, 1940

​法國戰役的戰役

Clockwise from top left: Abandoned equipment in Northern France, German armies march through Paris, British soldiers examine a captured German anti-tank gun, Destroyed French armored vehicle, French soldiers on their way to German POW camps, German tanks make their way through the Ardennes.

beschädigte Brücke und Gebäude in Frankreich 1940

Binnenschiffe auf französischem Fluss im Jahr 1940

brennendes Gebäude in französischer Stadt 1940, Löschversuche

Brennendes Haus in Frankreich, nachts, im Jahr 1940

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Frankreich.- Text ("Wandzeitung" ?) mit Karte "Als wir nach Frankreich zogen", Pionier-Bataillon 223, März bis November 1940; PK 670 Title Frankreich, Text mit Karte, Pionier-Btl. 223 Depicted place France Date 1941date QS:P571,+1941-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Collection German Federal Archives    Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media  Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E   Established 1946  Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF: 137346469 ISNI: 0000000405552728 LCCN: n92025526 NLA: 36455393 OSM: 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I) Accession number Bild 101I-062-2109-32 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive.

Frankreich, Text mit Karte, Pionier-Btl. 223

Frankreich, zerstörtes Haus

Frankreich, zerstörtes Haus

Frankreich, Geschütz

Frankreich, Zerstörungen

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Geräumte Vormarsch- Strasse

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Kriegsbeute

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Eroberte Städte

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Kriegsbeute

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zerstörte Waggons

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You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports. Französische Kriegsgefangene (zumeist Kolonialsoldaten) Title Französischer Kriegsgefangener mit Wachtposten Original caption For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Freund und Feind 2 Wachtm. der Sch. [Schutztruppe?] Date 1940date QS:P571,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Collection German Federal Archives    Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media  Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E   Established 1946  Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF: 137346469 ISNI: 0000000405552728 LCCN: n92025526 NLA: 36455393 OSM: 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Sammlung Adolf von Bomhard (Bild 121) Accession number Bild 121-0417 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive.