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A German mechanized column destroyed by British aircraft, near Mortain, France, 7 Aug 1944; note dead German soldier near wrecked SdKfz. 251 halftrack vehicle	British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sharing a relaxing moment with General Bernard Montgomery’s spaniel puppy “Rommel” at Montgomery’s headquarters at Blay, Normandy, France, 7 Aug 1944.	A Cromwell tank and jeep of 10 PSK, Polish 1st Armored Division passing an abandoned German PaK 43/41 gun during Operation Totalize, France, 8 Aug 1944	A Hitler Youth soldier captured by Canadian soldiers, Caen, France, 9 Aug 1944

British PIAT team, Normanie, France, 9 Aug 1944	Canadian troops posing with a captured German flag, near Hautmesnil, France, 10 Aug 1944; note Sten gun and Lee-Enfield rifle	Map of Guam, Mariana Islands and American advances on the island between 21 Jul and 10 Aug 1944	Polish insurgent fighters with flame throwers on Sienna Street, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1944

German 5 cm PaK 38 gun captured by Polish fighters, gardens outside of Krasinski Palace, Warsaw, Poland, 11 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 2	German 5 cm PaK 38 gun captured by Polish fighters, gardens outside of Krasinski Palace, Warsaw, Poland, 11 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 2	Polish resistance fighters posing with a captured German 5 cm PaK 38 field gun, Krasinskich Gardens, Warsaw, Poland, 11 Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighters Wlodzimierz Denkowski (with Thompson submachine gun), Lech Zubrzycki, Jan Baginski, and Zygmunt Siennicki (with MP35 submachine gun) of the Kedyw (Directorate of Sabotage) on Stawki Street in Wola district, Warsaw, Poland, circa 11 Aug 1944

A soldier of the US Army looks at a German half-track camouflaged with branches near Le Neufbourg, France, Aug 12 1944. The half-track SdKfz 251 Ausf D, SS 926256 is from the 1.SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Note the soldiers M3 Grease Gun	British Beaufighters of RAF 236 Squadron and RCAF 404 Squadron making a rocket attack on the heavily armed German mine detector ship Sauerland off La Pallice France, 12 Aug 1944. Photo 1 of 2	Map depicting US Army VII Corps advancing into Brittany, France, 1-12 Aug 1944	Church services for men of the US 3rd Division on the forecastle of LST-4, en route to the Southern France landings, 13 Aug 1944

LST-286 underway in the Mediterranean Sea during Operation Dragoon, Aug 1944	Map depicting the Allied breakout in Normandy, France, 1-13 Aug 1944	Soldiers and sailors singing hymns during religious services on board LST-4 en route to Southern France, 13 Aug 1944	A French woman welcomed American and French troops, Alençon, Basse-Normandie, France, 14 Aug 1944