On this day in history in 1940, Adolf Hitler and his German soldiers entered Paris beginning an occupation that would last four long years. Millions of Parisians had already fled but those that remained were subjected to arrests and interrogations. Also on this day, President Franklin Roosevelt froze the Assets of Axis powers, Germany and Italy.
Sources:
photo courtesy of the United States National Archives
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris
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