Chronology of World War II

Sunday, June 30th


Surrendering French Soldiers, Maginot Line 1940


Surrendering French Soldiers, Maginot Line 1940
The crew of a French bunker of the Maginot Line surrenders to German troops in June 1940. The face of the French soldier in the center says it all. The French army was not a well motivated one, no comparisson to their fathers in 1914-1918. The German soldier on the right is wearing cotton bags to stash hand grenades.