Occupation of southern France by Nazi troops (1942)

German machine gun in a shelter.

Map of the south of France.

A sign with a warning inscription on the demarcation line between occupied France and the territory controlled by the Vichy government.

A watch on the hand of a German officer.

A German motorcade passes under an open barrier into Vichy France after the start of Operation Anton on November 11, 1942. Military trucks pass through a checkpoint.

Map in the hands of German officers.

A German border guard raises the barrier.

German cars and armored vehicles of the Wehrmacht cross the demarcation line.

View of part of the Toulouse-Carcassonne highway (from above).

German armored vehicles move along the streets of the city during the march to Narbonne, city residents watch the movement of German tanks from the sidewalk.

Children sit on the sidewalk.

A German tank drives along the street.

City residents stand on the sidewalk.

A German motorcade moves through an intersection.

German soldiers near a truck during a rest stop.

A column of German artillery stands on the road, local children examine one of the guns.

German soldiers sit on a marble fence during a rest.

The movement of German tanks and armored vehicles along the highway to Marseille.

A column of anti-aircraft guns near a railroad crossing, a German military train passes.

A train with fuel and lubricants passes.

German tanks enter cities.

Rollers and tracks of a German tank.

A German tank column enters a city in the south of France during Operation Anton, November 11-27, 1942, people stand on the sidewalks.

The tank's tracks slide on the cobblestone pavement.

A German plane flies overhead.

View of the coastal part of Marseille.

The Arc de Triomphe in Marseille.

View of the Longchamp Palace in Marseille, a tram passes by.

View of the fountain near the palace.

The bridge connecting the two banks of the bay.

An observer with binoculars at a German anti-aircraft gun.

German anti-aircraft gun crews in the port of Marseille raise their gun barrels.

A machine gun in position.

A coastal artillery gun in a firing position.

Wehrmacht infantry units march on foot to Toulon.

German military trucks drive along the streets and embankment of Toulon.

View of the Bay of Toulon.

German military discuss the deployment of troops in the port of Toulon with French naval officers.

A German military column enters Perpignan, city residents crowd the sidewalks.

Perpignan residents stand on the sidewalks and watch German motorcyclists drive along the city street.

German armored vehicles drive along the embankment and the road along the sea coast.

German armored personnel carriers stop at a chain blocking the way.

Seascape.

German sentry on the seashore in southern France, panorama of the sea bay.