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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