With the Eiffel Tower visible in the gloomy distance, a Nazi flag flies atop the Arch de Triomphe on June 14, 1940, the day Wehrmact troops seized Paris. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Occupation

Wehrmact troops smile and wave for the camera as they march across the border from Belguim to France in 1940. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

German Conquerors

A group of German troops, awaits orders outside a command post in the Moscow suburbs in November 1941. Their discomfort, caused by a lack of winter clothing, grew worse as the infamous Russian winter descended upon them. German General Alfred Jodl had denied winter gear to his troops on the Eastern front, lest the soldiers get the impression that their mission to conquer the Soviet Union might not be accomplished on schedule. (scanned by HOS Bandit)