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Original - Crowds line the Champs-Élysées welcoming the liberators of Paris. Parading are the 2nd Armored Division (France).
Reason
This image image has very high encyclopedic value in representing the liberation of Paris, and is used in this way across a number of articles. I know we already have an image that does that, US Tank, Paris (nom), but this image illustrates a different aspect, the crowds and parades, and does so strikingly. It is also used to illustrate the the historic importance of the the Champs-Élysées, the resistance, and the unit parading. The old man, the nurses, the "Vive De Gaulle" all in striking colour bring this alive. The quality is not perfect, of course, but this is a non-reproducible image and it is more than sufficient given that limitation.
Articles this image appears in
Liberation of Paris, Champs-Élysées, French Resistance, Paris, Free French Forces, 2nd Armored Division (France).
Creator
Jack Downey, U.S. Office of War Information
On reflection, you're right. I'm considering withdrawing this. Mostlyharmless (talk) 05:08, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]