On August 26, 1944, just before the start of the victory parade, General de Gaulle (saluting) inspects troops of the French 2nd Armored Division with General Leclerc (walking stick).


Victory Parade

Fighting in besieged Toulon,  French soldiers turn a captured enemy field gun against the Germans. The eight-day struggle for the port, leading to the surrender of the Germans on August 28, 1944 was most extraordinary. - Notice the dead body, probably German, in the foreground. 

Captured field gun

The crew of a French Bloch MB.131 reconnaissance-bomber, belonging to GA I/35, posing next to their aircraft. Probable location: Dole-Tavaux Aerodrome, September 1939.