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The 1940 vintage in France was far worse as Germany had invaded France in June and occupied the northern half of the country, while putting its Vichy collaborators in charge of the rest.
Over the next few years, from Champagne in the north to Burgundy in the east and Bordeaux in the southwest, the Germans looted cellars of precious older bottles while requisitioning much of the current and future production for their own troops and popula...