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IN PICTURES: The liberation of Paris from the Nazis, August 1944

IN PICTURES: The liberation of Paris from the Nazis, August 1944

August 19th 1944 marked the start of the uprising in Paris that ended days later with the liberation of the French capital after four years of Nazi control. As the city commemorates the 70th anniversary of those historic events, we’ve put together a selection of images from the start of the uprising to the celebrations on August 25th.

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This photo taken in August 1944 shows police and a member of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) keep watch over the banks of the Seine.Photo: AFP
A picture shows a barricade erected in a Paris' street a few days before the French capital was liberated on August 25, 1944. From August 22, some 600 barricades were constructed by order of Colonel Rol-Tanguy, leader of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior)Photo: AFP
Parisians dig up cobblestones in order to build one of the 600 barricades that were erected in response to the call of Colonel Rol-Tanguy, Chief of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) between 22 and 24 of August 1944.Photo: AFP
A young Parisian woman on her bike passes through a barricade in Paris in the days leading up to liberation on August 25th, 1944.Photo: AFP
Parisians, looking a mixture of excited and fearful line up in the 9th arrondissement to help build barricades that were erected during the battle for Paris 1944. Photo: AFP
This picture taken during the Battle of Paris shows first aid workers with armbands and Red Cross flags running with a strecher rue de Rivoli in Paris next to Chatelet subway station as the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fight against mititiamen and last occupying German forces a few days before the liberation of the capital city during World War II.Photo: AFP
An American flag displayed on a barricade constructed on Avenue de la Porte d'Orleans, what is now today Avenue General LeclercPhoto: AFP
French resistance fighters in the FFI (French forces of the interior) get behind a barricade in the 17th arrondissement.Photo: AFP
This image taken between 19 and 25 August 1944 during the Battle of Paris shows a group of FFi fighters including a firefighter holding arms and seeming happy in a Paris' street a few days before the Liberation of the Paris capital during World War II.Photo: AFP
Members of the FFI (French Forces of the Interior) are seen here confiscating a German cannon from the prefecture of police in Paris.Photo: AFP
The battle rages around Notre Dame cathedral in the heart of Paris, where German snipers were stationed on the roof.Photo: Public resource.org
A French soldier of the Leclerc Division is shown discussing with young Parisians on August 25, 1944 during the military parade marking the Liberation of Paris during World War II.Photo: AFP
Resistance fighters take weapons from a Nazi soldier.Photo: Public Resource.org
A French soldier of the Leclerc Division riding a tank is greeted by Parisians on August 25, 1944 in front of the city hall during the military parade marking the Liberation of Paris during World War II.Photo: AFP
A black French resistance fighter is helped away after being wounded in the battlePhoto: Public resource.org
Cheering crowds, flanked by firemen, greets a tank of the Leclerc Division during the military parade, on August 26, 1944 , Place de la Concorde, the day after the Liberation of Paris.Photo: AFP
The crowd, flanked by firemen, greets the military parade, on August 26, 1944 , Place de la Concorde.Photo: AFP
Parisians cheer fighters of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) during the military parade, on August 26, 1944 , rue de Rivoli, the day after the Liberation of Paris.Photo: AFP
<center><iframe width="460" height="345" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/skGQ0fVx75o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><p><strong>The Liberation of Paris in Colour</strong>. And if you want to see what it was like in colour, you can watch this short video.Photo: ROMANO-ARCHIVES


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