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Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. French soldiers fighting against the Germans during the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. World War II. Liberation. Paris. 22-25th August. 1st arrondissement. Rue St-Honoré. 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August, 1944. After the entry of the French 2nd Armored Division, numerous pockets of German snipers had to be rooted out. Many French civilians and members of the French Resistance (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography ICP 657.

Paris. August 25th, 1944. Members of the French Resistance and soldiers of the French army.

Paris. 25 août 1944. Résistants et soldat français. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. Rue de Constantine. Minsitry of Foreign Affairs. A tank of the French 2nd Armored Division fighting near the Invalides during liberation of Paris. 25 August 1944. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography General LECLERC (left) Commander of the French 2nd Armored Division making his way towards Paris, somewhere in the southern suburbs, prior to the liberation of the city. 25 August 1944. Banlieue (...)
Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. World War II. Liberation. Paris. 22-25th August. The 1st 'arrondissement'. Rue de Castiglione. The sheets hanging from the Hotel Continental (on the left of the photo) show the German sur (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 26, 1944. French troops and members of the French Resistance move down the Rue de Rivoli during the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. Members of the resistance crouching behind a truck during the Liberation. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
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South of Paris. August 25th, 1944. Commander General Jacques Philippe LECLERC (second from left) with his staff. Paris was liberated that same day. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. A wounded soldier of the French 2nd Armored Division is evacuated during fighting between the Palais Bourbon and Les Invalides. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. Members of the French resistance combat German troops during the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. Members of the French resistance standingin a doorway during the Liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson The Louvre. German soldiers. 1st arrondissement. Paris. France. 22 - 25 August 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson Near the Opera, German officers taken prisoner at the nearby Kommandantur. Paris. France. August 25, 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. World War II. Liberation. Paris. 26 August 1944. German prisoners being kept by an Allied soldier. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography After the entry of the French 2nd Armored Division, numerous pockets of German snipers had to be rooted out in street fighting. Many French civilians and members of the Resistance helped the Frenc (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. German soldiers surrender to French Resistance fighters during the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Members of the French Resistance who helped to liberate the city, march through Paris during liberation celebrations. Paris. France. 26th August 1944. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. 8th arrondissement. Champs-Elysées. August 26th, 1944. Members of the French Resistance and soldiers of the French Army celebrating the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 26th, 1944. Members of the French Resistance marching through the liberated city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Crowds fill up the Champs Elysees on the 26th August 1944 to celebrate the liberation of Paris. Paris. August 26. 1944 © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography French soldiers and civilians celebrating the liberation of the city on the Champs Elysees. Paris. France. August 26th, 1944. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Magnum Collection FRANCE. Paris. 27th August 1944. A party given in the home of the Paris Vogue editor Michel de Brunhoff, shortly after the liberation of Paris, brought together John MORRIS (rear center with glasse (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 26th, 1944. Crowd on the pavement after snipers in buildings overlooking the Place de l'Hotel de Ville opened fire on the celebrations after the liberation. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Members of the French 2nd Armored Division during celebrations for the Liberation of Paris, Champs Elysees. Paris, France. 26th August 1944. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. Paris. 22 - 25 August 1944.

75007. Quai d'Orsay. Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Ministry of Foreign affairs. Just after the Germans left. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 26th, 1944. General Charles de Gaulle leading the parade down the Avenue des Champs-Elysées to celebrate the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25th, 1944. French troops being welcomed during the liberation of the city. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. World War II. Liberation. Paris. 8th arrondissement. Champs-Elysées. 26th August 1944. General DE GAULLE leads the parade which started at the Arc de Triomphe (grave of the unknown soldier) (...)
Henri Cartier-Bresson FRANCE. Paris. Liberation. August 1944.

Town hall of the 7th arrondissement. Sacha GUITRY, French actor and playwright, is interrogated about his relations with the Germans. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson Emergency workers hold back the crowd who are pushing forward in order to cheer the Allied arrival. World War II. Liberation. Paris. France. 24-25th August 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Germans just left. Quai d'Orsay. Paris. France. 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson Paris, 9th arrondissment. Near the Opera. August 25th, 1944.

German officiers held prisoner at the nearby Kommandantur. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson Moments before the Allies' arrival. 6th arrondissement. Latin quarter. Paris. August 1944. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 26, 1944. Soldiers of the French 2nd Armored Division being welcomed as they travel down Les Champs-Elysées. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography FRANCE. Paris. August 25, 1944. After the entry of the French 2nd Armored Division, numerous pockets of German snipers had to be rooted out. Many French civilians and members of the French Resistan (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography German troops started shooting against the parade celebrating the liberation of the city. Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. Paris. August 26th, 1944. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography ICP 656. Paris. August 25th, 1944. After the entry of the French 2nd Armored Division, numerous pockets of German snipers had to be rooted out in street fighting. Many French civilians and me (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Crowds celebrating the liberation of the city. Paris., France. August 25th, 1944. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos