Occupation of European countries by Nazi troops (1940-1941)

Warships of the German fleet approach the coast of Norway on April 9, 1940. The Kriegsmarine flag and officers on the bridge of a patrol ship.

Deck gun crews before opening fire.

Aiming the barrel of one of the deck guns.

Landing party personnel aboard one of the ships.

An officer with binoculars.

A machine gun crew on board a ship in combat readiness.

Naval officers inspect the Norwegian coast.

Landing party formation on the deck of a ship.

The Kriegsmarine flag flutters.

German bombers fly by.

Panorama of the port, planes fly over the port.

German soldiers unfurl a swastika flag on the bridge as a signal for aircraft.

A column of German armored vehicles on a city street.

German troops disembarking in the port.

Columns of German infantry march along the streets of the city.

A German military transport plane in flight (view from the porthole).

German paratroopers on board an airplane.

View of one of the fjords (above).

German bombers in flight.

Panorama of the bay with seaplanes (above).

A seaplane taking off.

A German military transport Junkers flies over the treetops.

German military transport planes after landing at the airfield.

Wehrmacht units that have disembarked from the planes walk along the airfield past the hangar.

A power transmission tower, German observers on the tower platform.

A German sentry at the entrance to the commandant's office in Oslo.

German fighters fly by.

An anti-aircraft gun crew on duty conducts observation from a hill near the port, panorama of part of the port.

Aerial bombing of the coast of Norway.

German troops walk along the streets of Copenhagen.

The German invasion of Belgium on May 10, 1940. Soldiers throw barbed wire into the river.

German troops cross the Belgian border near one of the customs points.

German tanks cross the Belgian border.

A German mortar crew opens fire.

The advance of German infantry.

German airborne transport aircraft take off.

The territory of the Netherlands (above).

Dropping of German airborne troops.

Landing of German paratroopers on the city and fortress.

Combat operations of German troops on the territory of the Netherlands.

A Dutch officer walks with a white flag.

German officers accept the surrender of one of the units of the Dutch army.

Rotterdam during an air raid, burning houses.

People escape from the fires.

German soldiers walk across a railway bridge.

A carriage in Compiegne before the signing of the capitulation of France on June 22, 1940. Hitler, who arrived to accept the capitulation, and the military accompanying him walk along the guard of honor.

Representatives of the French delegation enter the carriage.

Discussion of the terms of capitulation.

Signing of the capitulation by the representative of France, General Charles Huntziger.

Hitler walks next to one of the generals after signing the capitulation.

Hitler signs his name on the street, Keitel holds a folder with documents.

General S. Huntziger leaves the train car after signing the capitulation of France.

Hitler talks to the military, rejoices at the French capitulation.

German troops fight in Yugoslavia in April 1941. German infantry on the roads of Yugoslavia.

Crossing a water obstacle, faces of German soldiers.

Crossing an anti-tank gun.

Map of Yugoslavia.

The sun rises over the mountains.

German artillery officers at an observation post.

Views of the area under fire.

A German artillery battery opens fire.

Panorama of the area.

A tablet operator makes marks on the map.

A German battery opens fire.

Officers at a forward observation post.

German planes fly.

German bombers drop bombs in the mountains.

Bomb explosions on Yugoslav strongholds in the mountains (above).

German troops on the streets of the city, faces of the townspeople.

German armored vehicles move along the embankment to the port.