![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)
Après la défaite de la France, un soldat allemand examine les fortifications françaises le long de la ligne Maginot, une série de fortifications le long de la frontière avec l’Allemagne. France, 1940.
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![German troops march into Paris. France, June 1940. [LCID: 08369]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/thumb/3df24df5-1518-4014-85c8-9b451f458445.jpg)