#august 1944

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USS Texas (BB-35) approaching southern France for Operation Dragoon, on August 15, 1944.

Photographed from USS Philadelphia (CL-41).

NHHC: 80-G-256258

NARA: 77330

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Estonia, August 1944. Degrelle as commanding officer of SS-Kampfgruppe “Wallonien” along with SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner, left, commander of 4.SS-Pz.Gr.Bde. “Nederland” and SS-KGr. “Wagner”. On the right is the “Nederland” brigade adjutant, SS-Ostuf. Schaefer.

Photo and caption featured in The Wallonien: The History of the 5th SS-Sturmbrigade and 28th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division By Richard Landwehr, Jean-Louis Roba, Ray Merriam

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THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE (SOE) IN FRANCE, 1941-1944

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Members of the Maquis and British officers in the Queyras Valley, August 1944. Left to right: Gilbert Galletti, Captain Patrick O'Regan, Captain John Roper, Christine Granville (Countess Krystyna Skarbek) and Captain Leonard Hamilton (Blanchaert).

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August 1944 – Some members of the VIS mission photographed at the liberation of Blois

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29. Jimmy Patch (on the left), with a Yugoslav Partisan and Ron Hill in August 1944.

Photo and caption featured in The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945: Providence Their Guide by David Lloyd-Owen

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Liberation of Paris August 1944 worldwartwo.filminspector.com

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 (photo by Robert Capa).

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The U.S. Army engineers, undaunted by any handicap, bridged the River Seine by means of Pontoon Treadway Bridge, permitting the stream of allied vehicles to resume their relentless drive against the Germans. French civilians cheered the crews in the first vehicles to make the crossing in France on August 30, 1944. (AP Photo/Hugh Broderick)

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Liberation of Paris (August 1944)