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Members of the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division sightseeing in Paris, France, Aug 25, 1944	USAAF intelligence aerial photograph of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp at Oświęcim, Poland taken 25 Aug 1944. This is a scan of an enlarged print taken from the original negative and captioned by the CIA in 1978.	A DUKW amphibious truck with a load of blood and medical personnel, southern French coast, 26 Aug 1944	Charles de Gaulle and his entourage at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 26 Aug 1944

French 2nd Armored Division troops and vehicles parading through the Arc de Triomphe down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France, 26 Aug 1944	French civilians seeking cover as an unexpected German sniper opened fire at a group of American soldiers, Paris, France, 26 Aug 1944	LtGen George Patton as he prepares to offer congratulations to his Third Armored Division for sweeping across northern France and crossing the River Seine northwest of Paris, 26 Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighter with captured German Kar98k rifle outside the Field Cathedral of the Polish Army on Dluga Street, Warsaw, Poland, late Aug 1944

Simone Segouin with MP 40 submachine gun, Paris area, France, late Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighters with a captured German MG 34 machine gun on a balcony on Aleje Jerozolimskie Street, Warsaw, Poland, 27 Aug 1944	US General Dwight Eisenhower, French General Pierre Kœnig, and US Lieutenant General Omar Bradley at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 27 Aug 1944	French Algerian troops taking positions near the Notre-Dame de la Garde basilica, Marseille, France, 28 Aug 1944

German StuG III Ausf. G assault gun fighting at the intersection of Zakroczymska and Romana Sanguszki Streets near the Polish Security Printing Works building, Warsaw, Poland, 28 Aug 1944	Map of Southern France during Operation Dragoon, 15-28 Aug 1944	Prudential building in Warsaw, Poland exploding as it was hit by a shell from a German Karl-Gerät self-propelled howitzer, 28 Aug 1944; viewed from the top of the building at the address Mikołaja Kopernika 28 about 300 meters to the east	Two German prisoners being taken to the 6th Division Prisoner of War Encampment, Brest, France 28 Aug 1944

US Army medics removing a casualty from the battlefield to an aid station in an air shelter, near Brest, France, 28 Aug 1944	A French mob shaved the head of a French girl as punishment for having personal relations with a German soldier, Montélimar, France, 29 Aug 1944	André Diethelm (dark suit), Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (in uniform), Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie (right edge of photograph), and Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert (in kepi with oak leaves) reviewing troops, Marseille, France, 29 Aug 1944	M8 Greyhound armored car of US Army 102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron passing under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 29 Aug 1944