Snipers in Paris.

Snipers in Paris.

“Crowds of Parisians celebrating the entry of Allied troops into Paris scatter for cover as a sniper fires from a building on the Place de la Concorde. Although the Germans surrendered the city, small bands of snipers still remained. 08/26/1944.”

[via National Archives Identifier 531206. Series: Signal Corps Photographs of American Military Activity, compiled 1754 – 1954; Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985 via Slate.]