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The Liberation of Paris — The uprising and the French armour’s entry, 1944
Paris rose; on the evening of the 24th, the first French tanks reached the Hôtel de Ville; on the 25th, von Choltitz capitulated without executing the destruction order. That evening, de Gaulle: “Paris outraged! Paris broken! Paris martyred! but Paris liberated! liberated by itself, liberated by its people with the help of the armies of France.” (Editorial synthesis)
The Liberation of Paris began on 19 August 1944. (source: Ville de Paris)
The Liberation of Paris ended on 25 August 1944. (source: Ville de Paris)
The Liberation of Paris took place in Paris. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Liberation of Paris ended in the uprising, the entry of Leclerc’s 2nd Armored Division and Paris liberated by its people with the help of the armies of France. (source: INA)
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