The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light / Jean Edward Smith.
Smith, Jean Edward, author.
2019
D762.P3 S65 2019 (Mapit)
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Title The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light / Jean Edward Smith.
Author Smith, Jean Edward, author.
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
ISBN 9781501164927 (hardcover)
1501164929 (hardcover)
Published New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Language English
Description 242 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Call Number D762.P3 S65 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.54/214361
Summary "The liberation of Paris tells the dramatic story of the Allied decision in World War II to divert from the strategic plan in order to save the City of Light from chaos and assist de Gaulle's efforts to become France's new leader even as the German general in charge of the occupation defied his orders to destroy the city as the Allies closed in."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
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Paris occupied
De Gaulle and the resistance
The Allies advance
The German defense
The resistance rises
Eisenhower changes plans
Leclerc moves out
A field of ruins
Day of liberation
De Gaulle triumphant.

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