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Picture of the day

American troops in an M8 Greyhound passing the Arc de Triomphe during a parade celebrating the liberation of Paris, which concluded 65 years ago today. Paris had been administered by Nazi Germany since the Second Compiègne armistice in June 1940 when Germany occupied the North and West of France and when the Vichy puppet regime was established with its capital in the central city of Vichy. This battle marked the end of Operation Overlord, the restoration of the French Republic and the exile of the Vichy government to Sigmaringen in Germany.Photo credit: United States Office of War Information