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26 August 1944date QS:P571,+1944-08-26T00:00:00Z/11

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Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees-edit2

Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees-edit2 — Unknown

Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Free French tanks and half tracks of General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division passes through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 26, 1944. Among the crowd can be seen banners in support of Charles de Gaulle.

Photograph by Jack Downey, U.S. Office of War Information

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