A French soldier-photographer shown crouched behind a tree somewhere on the French Front, snapping pictures of the action as it takes place several hundred yards away.Probably 'Phoney war' period.
taken from fb/The France and Flanders Campaign 1940

Watching the enemy

Against lighter enemy armor and motorized troops, this French anti-tank gun was deadly.


Anti-tank gun


ON THIS DAY: 8 JUNE 1941

The Syria-Lebanon Campaign begins during WWII. A British-led Allied force invaded both Syria and Lebanon to wrest control from Vichy France. The idea was to prevent Nazi Germany from controlling bases in the area to attack Egypt. 

The Vichy French fought vigorously against the Allies but surrendered on 14 July and handed over control of Levant territories to Free French forces. The campaign was a bloody affair with thousands of casualties but received little attention at the time and since due to the sensitive situation of Allied troops fighting former French allies.
taken from fb/History of War Magazine