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| Finnish soldiers during Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Karjala, Finland, 5 Aug 1944; note German panzerfaust anti-armor weapon | Generals Omar Bradley, Bernard Montgomery, and Miles Dempsey with Air-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory in conference on the hood (bonnet) of Montgomery’s Humber Super Snipe staff car, near St. Lô, Normandy, France, 5 Aug 1944. | Polish resistance fighters Wojciech Omyla, Juliusz Bogdan Deczkowski, and Tadeusz Milewski in captured German uniforms and Kar98k rifles, Warsaw, Poland, 5 Aug 1944 | Wrecked Jagdpanzer 38(t) on the street of Warsaw, Poland, 5 Aug 1944; this vehicle was captured and repaired by Polish fighters, and renamed 'Chwat'; it was later destroyed by Germans during fighting near the main post office |
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