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Before the German storm... Members of the 151e Régiment d'Infanterie display an MG 34 captured during the Sarre Offensive for journalists. Sept 1939.
Paris, Aug 1944. Under fire from German snipers who are still resisting.
A French soldier who fell on the beaches of Dunkirk, 1940.
Happy French civilians standing on top of M5 Stuart tanks used by the Free French Forces during the liberation of Paris, Aug 1944.
Members of the French CDF (Corps des Volontaires). A break for some exquisite tea. (These girls belong to your club, my dear @hedgehog)!!
When ladies were Women @louisMembers of the French CDF (Corps des Volontaires). A break for some exquisite tea. (These girls belong to your club, my dear @hedgehog)!!
Happily retired, I worked till I was 72, am now 88, this year 2026 I will be 89
you could say I have earnt my crust
In occupied Paris, café life continued beneath the trees as civilians tried to hold on to normal routines. Yet the German uniforms strolling past the tables were a constant reminder that the city was no longer free.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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In occupied Paris, café life continued beneath the trees as civilians tried to hold on to normal routines. Yet the German uniforms strolling past the tables were a constant reminder that the city was no longer free.
Until at least Aug 1944. It must be awful to see your city occupied by the enemy and have to just watch. 😕
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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A Laffly AMD 50 armored car and Potez 25 TOE observation plane during maneuvers of the French 192nd Div. in the Jabal al-Druze region in southern Syria.
April 1940
Laffly AMD 50 armored car:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_AM_armoured_car
Potez 25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_25
Paris, August 26, 1944 — Parisians flood the streets in celebration, welcoming Allied soldiers as their city is finally liberated after years of occupation.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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Masses of German soldiers queueing up to the German Theatre at Lille (today Opéra de Lille). Uncompleted by the French at the outbreak of the war, the theatre was finished by German troops during the occupation of the city.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the French capital, Paris, on June 14, 1940, after the Allied armies had been driven back across France.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
French resistance fighters provide an honor guard while escorting two U.S. soldiers (the Cap Burton W. Benze and the Pvt. Charles Goldstone, assigned to Medical Detachment) who were killed in the village of Coulommiers. During the fighting for the town, a German tank opened fire towards an exposed American officer who was seriously wounded. When the private medic attempted to run towards the officer, he was shot and killed by the tank's machine gun. Local town officials have arrived to pay their respects and honor these fallen allies. Aug 1944.
FFI resistance fighters patrol a Paris street during the Liberation of Paris, August 1944.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here: