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HMS Mauritius firing on German targets in Audierne Bay, France, 23 Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighter observing Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street from a collapsed wall of the Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, Poland, 23 Aug 1944; note captured German K98 rifle and helmet; the townhouses in the background were of addresses Krakowskie Przedmieście 10, 8, and 6

Remains of a German soldier killed during the Warsaw Uprising, Poland, 23 Aug 1944	Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944

USS Hancock departing San Diego, California, United States, 23 Aug 1944.	Aerial photo for bomb damage assessment on the synthetic oil factory at Ruhland, Germany following an Operation Frantic bombing strike on 21 Jun 1944 (24 Aug 1944 photo).

Concrete U-boat pens at Brest, France showing damage sustained after bombing attacks by the British Royal Air Force, Aug 1944	Hybrid battleship-carrier Hyuga running full power trial, Japan, 24 Aug 1944

Petrof Bay anchored in Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 24 Aug 1944	Polish resistance fighters of the Ruczaj Battalion guarding entrance of the Mala PASTa building at Piusa 19 Street (now 19 Piekna Street), Warsaw, Poland, circa 24 Aug 1944

Sargo at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 24 Aug 1944	United States Navy Presidential Unit Citation awarded to escort carrier USS Bogue and all of her escorts and air squadrons for performance in six specific sorties of Bogue’s task group from 20 Apr 1943 to 24 Aug 1944.

American howitzer 'Miss Connie E' with its US Marine crew, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 25 Aug 1944	Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc, and others at Montparnasse railway station, Paris, France, 25 Aug 1944

Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank, 25 Aug 1944	Launching party of US Navy LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) Vessel No. 325, 25 Aug 1944; sponsor of the ship was African-American Mrs. Lula Martin, second from left

Members of the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division sightseeing in Paris, France, Aug 25, 1944	USAAF intelligence aerial photograph of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp at Oświęcim, Poland taken 25 Aug 1944. This is a scan of an enlarged print taken from the original negative and captioned by the CIA in 1978.

Wounded aircrewmen are helped off B-24H Liberator “Liberty Lib” of the 752nd Bomb Squadron at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, England, UK after a raid on the Dornier factory at Lubeck, Germany, Aug 25 1944. Note the WC54 Ambulance.	A DUKW amphibious truck with a load of blood and medical personnel, southern French coast, 26 Aug 1944