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In France... Pierre Laval is appointed Deputy Premier by Petain. Incidentally de Gaulle is also officially cashiered by General Weygand on this day.
Sunday, June 23, 1940 - Pierre Laval appointed deputy PM
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Adolf Hitler poses in Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background, one day after the formal capitulation of France, on June 23, 1940. He is accompanied by Albert Speer, left, and Arno Breker, professor of visual arts in Berlin and Hitler's favorite sculptor, right.