German soldier standing next to the memorial of the French victory over Germany in 1918, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940

Caption     German soldier standing next to the memorial of the French victory over Germany in 1918, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   B 145 Bild-P50288
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Photo Size 550 x 800 pixels
Photos on Same Day 22 Jun 1940
Photos at Same Place Compiègne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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WW2-Era Place Name Compiègne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France
Lat/Long 49.4274, 2.9064
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