What a terrible time this was for France. Within a month of starting the conflict, Hitler had conquered all of Western Europe, and had signed a non-aggression treaty with Russia so he could concentrate on the defeat of England.

This is how Germany kept its war effort going. Youth camps were set up to send boys for fun, games, and indoctrination. Later in the war, many of them were in the front lines, many of them still more boys than men.