In World War II, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed on May 10th, 1940 which ended the Phony War. German armored units punched through the Ardennes, outflanking the Maginot Line and unhinging the Allied defenders. Paris was occupied and the French government fled to Bordeaux on June 14th. France capitulated on June 25th after the French Second Army Group was forced to surrender on June 22nd. For the Germans, the campaign was a spectacular victory.

France was divided into a German occupation zone in the north and west and a collaborationist government in the south, Vichy France. The British Expeditionary Force and many French soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo. France remained under German occupation until after the Allied defeated the German forces in France following the Allied landings on D-Day in 1944.

Pictured here are a pair of french soldiers manning a Hotchkiss heavy machine gun, while attempting to defend France in the summer of 1940. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Approximate Height: 1-1/2 to 2 inches