Photos of French troops 1939-40?
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Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Hello,
has anyone found any photos of French troops 1939-40 ? perhaps pre war military exercises .
All i seem to find are photos of French POW's marching.
Ranjit.
has anyone found any photos of French troops 1939-40 ? perhaps pre war military exercises .
All i seem to find are photos of French POW's marching.
Ranjit.
Don't tell him pike !
Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Hi Ranjit.
It seems that French photos from 1939-45 are relatively rare. Most are either official government or press photos. Someone told me the reason for this is that French soldiers were not allowed to carry cameras. There are some pre-war photos of the French Army in the US National Archives, and I assume the French and German archives have photos too.
Regards,
Marc
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It seems that French photos from 1939-45 are relatively rare. Most are either official government or press photos. Someone told me the reason for this is that French soldiers were not allowed to carry cameras. There are some pre-war photos of the French Army in the US National Archives, and I assume the French and German archives have photos too.
Regards,
Marc
http://www.digitalhistoryarchive.com
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Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Hello,
If you see so many French POW's it is mainly because the campaign of France is still covered by a kind of "pro-german biais" and because 80% of the pictures come from the nazi German propaganda or private pictures from german soldiers
of course in the French reviews, books, forums etc, there are photos coming from the relatives, perhaps not all about may and june 1940 but from september 1939 to june 1940 you can find,
there is a book published in 2010 based on french pictures and not from the german propaganda
http://atf40.forumculture.net/t1791-ils-se-sont-battus
Regards
Loïc
If you see so many French POW's it is mainly because the campaign of France is still covered by a kind of "pro-german biais" and because 80% of the pictures come from the nazi German propaganda or private pictures from german soldiers
of course in the French reviews, books, forums etc, there are photos coming from the relatives, perhaps not all about may and june 1940 but from september 1939 to june 1940 you can find,
there is a book published in 2010 based on french pictures and not from the german propaganda
http://atf40.forumculture.net/t1791-ils-se-sont-battus
Regards
Loïc
Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Hi Loïc,
It is unfortunate, but many excellent French-language books like the one you posted are not easily available outside of France or Europe.
Regards,
Marc
It is unfortunate, but many excellent French-language books like the one you posted are not easily available outside of France or Europe.
Regards,
Marc
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Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Thankyou for all the information gentlemen,
regards
Ranjit.
regards
Ranjit.
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Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Hello
I forgot that there is also the ECPAD website of course
http://www.ecpad.fr/la-bataille-de-fran ... -juin-1940
http://www.ecpad.fr/tag/thema_campagne_norvege
French soldiers and...German POW's
artillery in action in the Ardennes
The drôle de guerre september 1939-may 1940
http://www.ecpad.fr/la-drole-de-guerre- ... 0-mai-1940
"here the country of the smile
7km away >>-----> the country of the ersatz"
a mass open-air
I forgot that there is also the ECPAD website of course
http://www.ecpad.fr/la-bataille-de-fran ... -juin-1940
http://www.ecpad.fr/tag/thema_campagne_norvege
French soldiers and...German POW's
artillery in action in the Ardennes
The drôle de guerre september 1939-may 1940
http://www.ecpad.fr/la-drole-de-guerre- ... 0-mai-1940
"here the country of the smile
7km away >>-----> the country of the ersatz"
a mass open-air
Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Why is it that captured soldiers always look shabby?
Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Because they are defeated.
Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
The photos are great, Loïc, especially this one!:
~Vikki
Here are a few from the 7 March 1940 and 6 June 1940 editions of Match magazine. Sorry the scans aren't clearer, but I thought the content was interesting.Loïc wrote:The drôle de guerre september 1939-may 1940
http://www.ecpad.fr/la-drole-de-guerre- ... 0-mai-1940
"here the country of the smile
7km away >>-----> the country of the ersatz"
~Vikki
Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
I wonder if anyone can identify this uniform? As far as I can see this soldier was captured at Dunkirk, all ideas very gratefully received
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Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
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only a vareuse toutes armes modèle 1938 I think,
the button is for the amovible piece of cloth added to hide the colored collar patch with the unit number to identify the various corps and branches of the Army
Regards
Loïc
only a vareuse toutes armes modèle 1938 I think,
the button is for the amovible piece of cloth added to hide the colored collar patch with the unit number to identify the various corps and branches of the Army
Regards
Loïc
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Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Soldiers of the 67e régiment d'infanterie. Not sure of the date on this. My French is a little rusty but I think the sign says something like "Rememberance of our service, the 67th Inf. Reg. .....in Soissons".
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Max
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Re: Photos of French troops 1939-40?
Merci Loïc!Loïc wrote:Hello
only a vareuse toutes armes modèle 1938 I think,
the button is for the amovible piece of cloth added to hide the colored collar patch with the unit number to identify the various corps and branches of the Army
Regards
Loïc
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