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Adolf Hitler had the Nazi's Party under his leadership, and they ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945.
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The Nazis, first, opened a concentration camp in Dachau, Germany, for political prisoners.
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France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, after the invasion of Poland.
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The population of France was forced by the collaboration of the Vichy government, the SS and Gestapo.
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The Battle of France had invasions of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and then France by the German army.
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Paris was occupied by Axis forces.
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union and the Nazis shot thousands of Jews in the western regions of Soviet Russia.
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The walled city of Saint-Malo got totally destroyed by fire.
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The Liberation of Paris was a military action during World War II but then the German garrison took over the French capital.
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After World War II, the Nazi Party was outlawed and many of the top officials got arrested for convicting murder.
