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A German officer standing beside one of the columns of the Chamber of Deputies building, in Paris, France on August 30, 1944, holds white flag of truce as he negotiates surrender of German forces within the building with a French soldier carrying the Tricolor. Frenchman waits to hoist flag over the building, where one of the last armed clashes took place before the capital was cleared of the Germans. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)