A Belgian civilian and a German soldier looking at an abandoned French Char B1 heavy tank, Ermeton-sur-Biert, Belgium, mid-May 1940Finnish President Kyösti Kallio decorating Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1940HMS Effingham at anchor in Norway, 16 May 1940Map noting German advances in France and the Low Countries between 10 and 16 May 1940
A Belgian civilian and a German soldier looking at an abandoned French Char B1 heavy tank, Ermeton-sur-Biert, Belgium, mid-May 1940Finnish President Kyösti Kallio decorating Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, Helsinki, Finland, 16 May 1940HMS Effingham at anchor in Norway, 16 May 1940Map noting German advances in France and the Low Countries between 10 and 16 May 1940
Scuttled French Char B1 heavy tank in Beaumont, Belgium, 16 May 1940, photo 2 of 2
Scuttled French Char B1 heavy tank in Beaumont, Belgium, 16 May 1940, photo 2 of 2


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