The story
Having been pinched out of the line by the closure of the Falaise Pocket, the 9th Infantry Division continued mopping up and enjoyed some welcome rest and recuperation, but not for long.
The Allied advance across France continued at a breakneck pace.
A further encirclement entrapped even more Germans just short of the Seine River, and the French 2nd Armored Division made a triumphal entry into Paris on 25 August in the midst of wildly ecstatic crowds.
Meanwhile Allied commanders envisioned even deeper penetrations and pursuit beyond the Seine.
The 9th Infantry Division was part of these plans, and was trucked over 100 miles to the east to the Seine River south of Paris, there to reassemble and continue the attack.
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