![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]")
Vista de Rotterdam después del bombardeo alemán en mayo de 1940. Rotterdam, Países Bajos, 1940.
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Edificios en ruina de una ciudad francesa destruida por las fuerzas alemanas durante la campaña del frente occidental. Francia, mayo-junio de 1940.
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Las tropas alemanas ingresan en París. Francia, junio de 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Una vista de la Línea Maginot, un muro de defensa francés construido después de la Primera Guerra Mundial para impedir la invasión alemana. Francia, 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Después de la derrota de Francia, un soldado alemán examina las construcciones francesas de la Línea Maginot, una serie de fortificaciones que se extendían a lo largo de la frontera con Alemania. Francia, 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Una vista de parte de la Línea Maginot, un muro de defensa francés construido después de la Primera Guerra Mundial para impedir la invasión alemana. Francia, alrededor de junio de 1940.
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Vista de Rotterdam después del bombardeo alemán en mayo de 1940. Rotterdam, Países Bajos, 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Vista de Rotterdam después del bombardeo alemán en mayo de 1940. Rotterdam, Países Bajos, 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Vista de Rotterdam después del bombardeo alemán durante la campaña occidental en mayo de 1940. Rotterdam, Países Bajos, mayo de 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Vista de Rotterdam después del bombardeo alemán en mayo de 1940. Rotterdam, Países Bajos, 1940.
Leer más![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]")
Adolf Hitler y su arquitecto personal, Albert Speer, en París poco después de la caída de Francia. París, Francia, 23 de junio de 1940.
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