Complex sentence: As part of the armistice with Germany, France had agreed to pay for their defeat and much of that was providing farm animals and produce to the occupiers; personal trucks, cars and horses had all been confiscated several years before just after the defeat in 1939.
Split into simpler sentences: As part of the armistice with Germany, France had agreed to pay for their defeat. Much of that was providing farm animals and produce to the occupiers; personal trucks, cars and horses had all been confiscated several years before just after the defeat in 1939.