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Happy liberation of Paris days! August 19th thru the 25th. In short the allies initially wanted to go around Paris. But on the 19th a “popular uprising” against the Nazis broke out. De Gaul demanded that the allies let him take an armored column into the city, lest Paris be liberated by the communists. The allies reluctantly agreed. Hitler ordered General von Choltitz to destroy the city, but the General did not carry out the order. The German garrison surrendered on the 25th.
Cheers to the Liberation of Paris!
Cheers to the Liberation of Paris!