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A huge crowd gathers to cheer General de Gaulle at the Place de la Concorde, August 26, 1944, after the liberation of Paris. General de Gaulle, Koenig surrounded generals Leclerc and June, Alexandre Parodi (delegate of the provisional government in the liberated territories), Georges Bideault (President of the National Council of Resistance), from the Arc de Triomphe to the Notre Dame Cathedral. (Photo credit should read AFP/GettyImages)