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The liberation of Paris (French: libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944.
Od początku czerwca do końca sierpnia 1944 roku na terenie okupowanej Francji trwała aliancka operacja militarna pod kryptonimem operacja Overlord, która zaczęła się 6 czerwca desantem w Normandii. Operacja ta dawała nadzieję Francuzom na rychłe wyzwolenie spod okupacji niemieckiej.
When the Allies invaded France on June 6, 1944, they intended to bypass the historic city. Engaging in a protracted urban battle in Paris would risk destruction of the city’s key historical and cultural sites, slow down the advance toward Germany, and require significant resources to secure and sustain the civilian population.
23 sie 2024 · In August 1944, an uprising by French resistance fighters forced the Allies to intervene Adolf Hitler wanted Paris razed. Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted his troops to stay out of the city.
22 sie 2014 · Paris was liberated by the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August 1944. By Hugh Schofield. BBC News, Paris. On the morning of 19 August 1944, a 28-year-old Frenchman called Georges...
Paris was liberated at a cost of a thousand FFI casualties, 582 civilians killed and 2 000 wounded, and 156 soldiers of the 2nd DB killed and 225 wounded. The enemy sustained 3 200 dead, while 12 800 were taken prisoner.
On the 11th August, railway workers in Paris and its suburbs began a strike that quickly spread as the Parisian headquarters of the F.F.I. was about to set itself up in the underground bunkers in the Place Denfert-Rochereau. On the 15th August the C.G.T. launched a general strike.
