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priscilla 1Nazi Occupied Paris
July 16th 2008 02:54
Today's rare colour pictures of Paris during the Nazi occupation of World War 2 are provided thanks to livejournal. The quality of the photos is remarkable, the one criticism of them is that they paint too rosy a picture of what life was like under the Nazis. Nonetheless, their historical significance cannot be denied.
The German occupation of France in World War II occurred during the period between May 1940 to December 1944. As a result of the disastrous defeat of the Allied armies in the Battle of France, the French cabinet sought a cessation of hostilities. An armistice was signed 22 June 1940 at Compiègne. Under its terms the north and west of France were occupied by the German Army, the remaining one third of the country was ruled by a French government located at Vichy.
*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article German occupation of France during World War II.
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