Title

Destoyed vehicle, Rue de Castiglione, liberation of Paris, August 1944. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Destoyed vehicle, Rue de Castiglione, liberation of Paris, August 1944. After just over four years of occupation, the Germans surrendered the city to the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August 1944. The previous week saw fighting on the streets as the French Resistance and elements of the general population rose up in revoly against their occupiers.

Date

Aug 25, 1944

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B96_386

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 18,4in x 10,5in / 5520 x 3163 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Germany road people male boy boys child children car cars automobile vehicle crowd looking man men curiosity curious square destruction street German freedom country French France Paris guy burnt lane avenue damage damaged relief liberty war bicycle bicycles bike location century destroyed wartime concept Place de la Concorde B&W 1940s relieved MONOCHROME Forties road Transport Motor Car World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W Ile-de-France world war 2 20th century civilian civilians Art Media decade Place de la Revolution Second World War TGN WW2 photograph 2nd World War Unknown photograph