![View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51418]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/00a85e7c-edaf-4439-ad82-e6702b654439.jpg "View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51418]")
Aerial view of the city of Rotterdam after it was bombed by the Luftwaffe (the German Air Force). Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May–June 1940.
Item View![Ruined buildings in a French town destroyed by German forces during the Western Campaign. [LCID: 04701]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8a7ca0f4-16d8-4ff5-9650-70d619014219.jpg "Ruined buildings in a French town destroyed by German forces during the Western Campaign. [LCID: 04701]")
Ruined buildings in a French town destroyed by German forces during the Western Campaign. France, May-June 1940.
Item View![A view of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I to deter a German invasion. [LCID: 18015]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/efb50f39-1acf-48ed-b6eb-233867a410b9.jpg "A view of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I to deter a German invasion. [LCID: 18015]")
A view of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I. It was intended to deter a German invasion. France, 1940.
Item View![After the defeat of France, a German soldier examines French fortifications along the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications along ... [LCID: 18019]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/da47a117-e441-450e-8dca-59e99d110fb5.jpg "After the defeat of France, a German soldier examines French fortifications along the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications along ... [LCID: 18019]")
After the defeat of France, a German soldier examines French fortifications along the Maginot Line, a series of fortifications along the border with Germany. France, 1940.
Item View![A view of part of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I to deter a German invasion. [LCID: 18017]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/6b2b9b6e-3d79-49c3-8020-0d135edf7668.jpg "A view of part of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I to deter a German invasion. [LCID: 18017]")
A view of part of the Maginot Line, a French defensive wall built after World War I. It was intended to deter a German invasion. France, ca. June 1940.
Item View![View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51424]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f536b4ba-a582-4cfd-9313-9014736f0c67.jpg "View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51424]")
View of Rotterdam after bombing by the German Luftwaffe in May 1940. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1940.
Item View![View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51425]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0ed10e1e-6f53-4551-b9ce-5f7ce19c56ec.jpg "View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51425]")
View of Rotterdam after bombing by the German Luftwaffe in May 1940. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1940.
Item View![View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940. [LCID: 51422]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0827e6c6-7b30-4a3f-9a06-fa7d9ec14d21.jpg "View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940. [LCID: 51422]")
View of Rotterdam after German bombing during the Western Campaign in May 1940. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May 1940.
Item View![View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51420]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/ad3e00fa-1498-45c6-af0f-0a29cd3f955d.jpg "View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. [LCID: 51420]")
View of Rotterdam after German bombing in May 1940. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1940.
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![German troops march into Paris. France, June 1940. [LCID: 08369]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c72c4884-4210-47ec-8328-618464e154bc.jpg "German troops march into Paris. France, June 1940. [LCID: 08369]")
![Adolf Hitler and his personal architect, Albert Speer, in Paris shortly after the fall of France. [LCID: 80491]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9d0354e1-3c77-4323-b076-e31d67fcb70d.jpg "Adolf Hitler and his personal architect, Albert Speer, in Paris shortly after the fall of France. [LCID: 80491]")