Resistance
Liberation of Paris
19 Aug 1944 – 25 Aug 1944 · Paris
The French Resistance rose in Paris on 19 August 1944. The French 2nd Armoured Division and US forces entered the city, and on 25 August the German commander, General von Choltitz, surrendered. De Gaulle arrived the same day.
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