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Huaca San Miguel, Parque de las Leyendas, Lima, Peru, 2015. Creator: Luis Rosendo
The Huaca San Miguel is a Pre Hispanic archeologic site located in Parque de las Leyendas, Park of the Legends, also known as Huaca Tres Palos, Tree Stick Huaca

Distributing furniture confiscated from Jews to victims of Allied bombing, Paris, 1943-1944
French Milice distributing furniture confiscated from Jews to victims of Allied bombing, Paris, 1943-1944. The Milice Francais was a paramilitary organisation

French women enlisting for war work in Germany, 1940-1944. Faced with a decline in the supply of forced labour from occupied Poland and Russia, the Nazis demanded that France send 250

German soldiers at a restaurant, occupied Paris, June 1940. Paris fell to the Nazis on 14 June 1940, beginning a four year occupation

Bicycle taxi, German-occupied Paris, 1940-1944. Petrol was in short supply during the occupation and what was available went to the Germans

Horse-drawn cart carrying crates of drink, German-occupied Paris, July 1940. Under the German occupation, petrol was unobtainable

Parisians travelling by bicycle, German-occupied Paris, July 1940. Under the German occupation, petrol was unobtainable. Only police cars and vehicles carrying food supplies were allowed to travel

Making wooden shoe soles, German-occupied Paris, February 1941. Like most things, leather was scarce during the occupation

French national lottery draw, German-occupied Paris, August 1941

Billboard dispaying Rassemblement Nationale Populaire posters, German-occupied Paris, February 1941. The Rassmblement Nationale Populaire (RNP)

German military band giving a concert, occupied Paris, 1940-1944

German censorship of the French press, occupied Paris, May 1944

Preparing vitamin sweets, German-occupied France, 1940-1944. Shortages and rationning of the vast majority of foodstuffs had an adverse effect on the diet and health of the civilian population

Belgian refugees with their bicycles and possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940
Belgian refugees with their possessions outside the Gare du Nord, Paris, July 1940. Belgians who had fled to France ahead of the German invasion preparing to return home after the fall of France

French refugees returning home after the fall of France to the Germans, Paris, July 1940

Woman making a hat from wood shavings, German-occupied France, April 1941

Squadron of German Heinkel He 111 bombers flying over occupied Paris, July 1940

German officers at the Arc de Triomphe during the victory parade, Paris, June 1940. Paris fell to the Germans on 14 June 1940

German victory parade after the capture of Paris, June 1940. General Georg von Kuechler, commander of the 18th Army in the invasion of the Low Countries and France

German military concert in the Garden of the Tuileries, Paris, 15 August 1940

German soldiers in a railway wagon, France, August 1940

French street sellers offering souvenirs to a truckload of German soldiers, Paris, 27 July 1940
French street sellers offering souvenirs to a truckload of German soldiers, Place de l Opera, Paris, 27 July 1940

German soldiers relaxing outside a restaurant in Montmartre, Paris, June 1941. Occupied Paris was a highly desirable posting for members of the German military during World War II

German military parade in Paris, June 1940. General Kurt von Briesen watching from the top of the Arc de Triomphe as the parade passes along the Avenue Foch

German military band at the parade on the Place de l Etoile, Paris, June 1940. The Germans entered Paris on 14 June

German supply depot, occupied Paris, February 1941

Food store in occupied Paris, c1941(?)

German military parade along the Champs Elysees during the occupation, Paris, 1940-1944

Refugees with their luggage at the Gare de l Est, Paris, August 1940. People who had fled the German invaders preparing to return to their homes after Frances defeat

Destroyed aircraft at Le Bourget airfield, German-occupied Paris, July 1940

Horse-drawn cabs on a street during the German occupation, Paris, 1944. By the last year of the occupation there were few cars left on the streets of Paris due to the shortage of petrol

Second-hand book and print stalls on the bank of the Seine, German-occupied Paris, 1940. German soldiers looking at the good on display

Cars confiscated by the occupying Germans, Vincennes, Paris, 1940-1944

Women selling German newspapers, German-occupied Paris, 19 July 1940

People queuing outside a dairy shop, German-occupied Paris, 26 July 1940. Shortages and rationing were a feature of everyday life for Parisians during the occupation and would last until 1949

Queue of women outside a dairy shop, German-occupied Paris, 28 June 1940. Shortages and rationing were a feature of everyday life for Parisians during the occupation and would last until 1949

General von Bock saluting German troops parading past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 14 June 1940
General von Bock saluting German troops parading past the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, on 14 June 1940, the day that the city fell to the Nazis

Bomb damage at a Renault factory, Sevres, Paris, 4 April 1943. The factory was bombed by aircraft of the US 8th Air Force

German soldiers on the Champs Elysees, Paris, 14 June 1940. A column of German troops in motorcycles with sidecars heading towards the Arc de Triomphe on the day that Paris fell to the Nazis

German Field Marshal von Rundstedt visiting the Louvre, occupied Paris, October 1940. Von Rundstedt was the commander of German forces in occupied France at the time

German soldiers chatting up French women outside the Moulin Rouge, occupied Paris, June 1940

Occupying German troops at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, June 1940. Paris fell to the invading German army on 14 June

German troops in occupied Paris, June 1940. Paris fell to the Germans on 14 June

French and Belgian refugees, Rambouillet, France, 16 July 1940. Families who had fled before the advancing Germans prepare to return to their homes after the capitulation of France

German forces parading along the Champs Elysees, Paris, 14 June 1940. Viewed from the top of the Arc de Triomphe, a column of German army vehicles on the Champs Elysees on the day that Paris fell to

German army officer leading his company onto a railway station platform, Paris, August 1940

German occupation of Paris, 14 June 1940. Crowds of Parisians line the streets to watch the arrival of the occupying German troops

German checkpoint, occupied Paris, 1940-1944. During the occupation the freedom of movement of the citizens of Paris was restricted as they were subjected to checks of their vehicles and papers

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