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| Hitler (hand on hip) looking at statue of F. Foch before meeting with French delegation for negotiation of the armistice document, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940; still from 1943 film 'Why We Fight' | Keitel in front of the rail car that hosted the German surrender of 1918 and would soon host the French surrender of 1940, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 | L to R: Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Hermann Göring, Rudolf Heß, Adolf Hitler, and Walther von Brauchitsch before the railroad car that hosted the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 | Wilhelm Keitel accepting the French surrender from Charles Huntzinger, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 |
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| Wilhelm Keitel at the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 | Adolf Hitler and his entourage visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 23 Jun 1940 | Adolf Hitler inspecting troops in France with Günther von Kluge, Jun 1940 | Erwin Rommel in the Paris, France victory parade, late Jun 1940 |
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| Speer, Hitler, and sculptor Arno Breker in Paris, France, 23 Jun 1940 | Emperor Showa of Japan greeting Emperor Kangde of puppet state of Manchukuo, Tokyo Station, Tokyo, Japan, 26 Jun 1940 | Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, Germany, Jul 1940 | Adolf Hitler and Jozef Tiso, Jul 1940 |
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| Douglas Bader posing with his Hurricane fighter, 1940 | Harry Truman speaking in Sedalia, Missouri, United States, circa Jul 1940 | Heinrich Himmler with Joachim Peiper and other Waffen-SS officers, France, 1940 | James Lacey, circa 1940s |
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| Hungarian Prime Minister Pál Teleki and Hungarian Foreign Minister István Csáky in München, Germany, 10 Jul 1940; note German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop at left | Fumimaro Konoe at a press conference at the Peerage Club House in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan upon being asked to form a new government, 17 Jul 1940 | Adolf Hitler with newly appointed Field Marshals, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 19 Jul 1940 | Fumimaro Konoe, Yosuke Matsuoka, Zengo Yoshida, and Hideki Tojo at the Ogikubo Talk at Konoe's residence of Tekigaiso in Tokyo, Japan, 19 Jul 1940 |
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