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Liberation of Paris 1944: Patton's race for the Seine (Campaign 194)

By Steven J. Zaloga

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2008
ISBN
1846032466, 9781846032462, 9781846038426
Open Library ID
OL11913754M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15782314 bytes)
Series
Osprey Campaign
Pages
97\97
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In July 1944, Operation Cobra broke the stalemate in Normandy and sent the Allies racing across France. The Allied commanders ignored Paris in their planning for this campaign, considering that the risk of intense street fighting and heavy casualties outweighed the city's strategic importance. However, Charles de Gaulle persuaded the Allied commanders to take direct action to liberate his nation's capital. Steven J Zaloga first describes the operations of Patton's Third Army as it advanced towards Paris before focussing on the actions of the Resistance forces inside the city and of the Free French armored division that fought its way in and joined up with them to liberate it on August 24. De Gaulle could then proclaim, "Paris liberated!" and one of the world's loveliest cities had survived Hitler's strident command that it should be held at all costs or reduced to rubble.

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