Liberation of Paris Photographs | World War II Database


Simone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944	Charles de Gaulle, Philippe Leclerc, and others at Montparnasse railway station, Paris, France, 25 Aug 1944

Members of the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division sightseeing in Paris, France, Aug 25, 1944	Charles de Gaulle and his entourage at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 26 Aug 1944

French 2nd Armored Division troops and vehicles parading through the Arc de Triomphe down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France, 26 Aug 1944	French civilians seeking cover as an unexpected German sniper opened fire at a group of American soldiers, Paris, France, 26 Aug 1944

Simone Segouin with MP 40 submachine gun, Paris area, France, late Aug 1944	US General Dwight Eisenhower, French General Pierre Kœnig, and US Lieutenant General Omar Bradley at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 27 Aug 1944

A French mob shaved the head of a French girl as punishment for having personal relations with a German soldier, Montélimar, France, 29 Aug 1944	M8 Greyhound armored car of US Army 102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron passing under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France, 29 Aug 1944

Troops of US 28th Division parading down the Champs Elysees, Paris, France, 29 Aug 1944, Photo 1 of 2.	US Twenty-Eighth Infantry Division march along the Champs-Élysées, Paris, France with l’Arc de Triomphe in the background, Aug 29 1944. Photo 2 of 2.

Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled howitzer of UK 11th Armored Division cross the Seine River, France on a Bailey bridge, 30 Aug 1944	Corporal Charles Johnson of the 783rd Military Police Battalion waved on a supply truck near Alenon, France, 5 Sep 1944

Lieutenant General Patton of the US 3rd Army awarding the Silver Star medal to Private Ernest Jenkins for gallantry during actions at Chateaudun, France, 13 Oct 1944	Execution of a French collaborator, Rennes, France, 21 Nov 1944