Title

German artillery driving through the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1940. Artist: Unknown

Caption

German artillery driving through the Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1940. Paris fell to the invading German army on 14 June 1940. Note the sandbags piled around the base of the Egyptian obelisk to protect it from damage from explosions.

Date

1940

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B96_372

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,2Mb) / 12,3in x 15,8in / 3694 x 4727 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Germany road people male vehicle man men square architecture street German protection country Egypt French France monument Paris guy lane capture Egyptian protected pile avenue war obelisk location century protect protective soldiers soldier wartime concept stack Place de la Concorde B&W 1940s artillery MONOCHROME Army warfare Forties sandbag sandbags World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W Ile-de-France world war 2 Ancient Egyptian 20th century Art Media decade Place de la Revolution Second World War TGN WW2 half-track photograph 2nd World War Unknown photograph