Forest of Compiegne, 1940
Adolf Hitler and the colonels of the Army, Navy and Air Force inspect the troops of the Wehrmacht after having crushed the French Army after a short war. The next day, OKW chief Keitel was to dictate the armistice terms to the French government on behalf of Hitler in the historic forest of Compiegene in the original wagon of the surrender of the German Empire in 1918, which had been specially brought from a museum. From left: Walther von Brauchitsch, Wilhelm Keitel, Erich Raeder, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering
Picture No
13335661
Media ID
48348033
Size
4959px x 3490px
(993KB)
Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - Scherl
Date
1940
