French soldiers burn their weapons

system · August 3, 2021, 10:10am

About 1.5 million french soldiers were captured by the Wehrmacht by the end of the surprisingly quick end of the german western campaign. By June 25th 1940, 01:35 am there was cease-fire...but no peace. The french soldiers on the picture however were convinced never to take a rifle in their hands again.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/french-forces/19323/french-soldiers-burn-their-weapons

flamethrowerguy · January 10, 2009, 9:30pm

For what reason would the french burn their rifles in WW1?

system · August 3, 2021, 10:10am

Rytis · January 11, 2009, 8:23am

The time is the key to this foto. If this is a world war 2, these are not french, but greek resistance fighters, because thei have some Gras rifles it that time.