![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)
Vue de la ligne Maginot, un mur de défense français construit après la Première Guerre mondiale pour dissuader les Allemands d’envahir le pays. 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)