![In Yak Attack, by artist Roy Grinnell, Roland de la Poype shoots down a German FW-190 over Russia on October 23, 1944. This was Poype’s 15th aerial victory, and the 182nd for the Normandie-Niemen Squadron.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Q-French-Aces-1-4C-Fal11-760x553.jpg)
General Wilhelm Keitel
French Aces on the Eastern Front: The Normandie-Niemen Squadron
By Andre Bernole and Glenn BarnettThe world was understandably shocked when France capitulated to Nazi Germany in June 1940, but not all Frenchmen accepted their country’s humiliation. Read more