[American solder resting after a town has been liberated from the Germans, Normandy]

[Early on the morning of the day on which Paris would be liberated by the French 2ème Division Blindée (2nd Armored Division), the division's commander General Jacques-Philippe Leclerc (second from left) confers with his staff, south of Paris]

[French civilians and members of the Resistance helping the French troops root out pockets of German snipers after the entry into the city of the French 2nd Armored Division, Paris]

[French civilians and members of the Resistance helping the French troops root out pockets of German snipers after the entry into the city of the French 2nd Armored Division, Paris]

[French civilians and members of the resistance helping the French troops root out pockets of German snipers in street fighting after the entry into the city of the French 2nd Armored Division, Paris]

[French troops and Resistance fighters flushing the last of Germans out of the area between the Invalides and the Palais Bourbon, Paris]

[Celebrating the liberation of the city, Paris]

[Man and boy on his shoulders watching the parade celebrating the liberation of the city, Paris]