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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	Men of Company I, 23rd Infantry Regiment, US Army 2nd Infantry Division advancing near Brest, France, 29 Aug 1944	Troops of US 28th Division parading down the Champs Elysees, Paris, France, 29 Aug 1944, Photo 1 of 2.

US Twenty-Eighth Infantry Division march along the Champs-Élysées, Paris, France with l’Arc de Triomphe in the background, Aug 29 1944. Photo 2 of 2.	An 8-inch US Army field gun in action during the bombardment of Brest, France, Aug-Sep 1944	An unexploded shell from German Karl-Gerät self-propelled howitzer, basement of Prudential building, Warsaw, Poland, 30 Aug 1944	Diagram taken from the Navy report showing the ships and pier at the center of the Port Chicago munitions explosion, 17 Jul 1944. Note that the tonnages listed are as of 6 hours prior to the explosion.

King Mihai I of Romania and commanding officer of Tudor Vladimirescu Division General Nicolae Cambrea reviewing troops of the Tudor Vladimirescu Division, Bucharest, late Aug 1944	Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled howitzer of UK 11th Armored Division cross the Seine River, France on a Bailey bridge, 30 Aug 1944	US Navy PT-199, a 78-foot Higgins motor torpedo boat, tied up with US Coast Guard 83-foot patrol boats along the waterfront at Cherbourg, France, 30 Aug 1944.	Entertainer Bing Crosby sang for Allied troops at the opening of the London stage door canteen in Piccadilly, London, 31 Aug 1944

German coastal artillery at Normandy, France, circa Aug-Sep 1944	German machine gun turret, Normandy, France, circa Aug-Sep 1944	US Marines showing their appreciation to the US Coast Guard during the invasion of Guam, Mariana Islands, Aug 1944	USS Cowpens (foreground, in camouflage Measure 33, Design 7a) and USS Independence (background, in camouflage Measure 32, Design 8a) in the Pacific Ocean sailing towards Palau, Caroline Islands, 31 Aug 1944