Yet, as with so many French memories of World War II, the Liberation of Paris has a complicated history. A small plaque on the Quai de la Hôtel de Ville, near Paris’s city hall, reads ...

Such harsh choices lie at the heart of Paris ’44, Patrick Bishop’s fascinating account of the liberation of Paris. On April 28 1944, thousands of French people gathered in the city centre to ...

The end of August marks 75 years since Allied troops entered Paris and liberated the French capital from four years of Nazi occupation. This year, a number of US troops and former French fighters ...

President Francois Hollande led tributes to the French Resistance on Monday, as Paris celebrated the 70th anniversary of its joyful liberation after four long and bitter years of Nazi occupation ...

There is not much doubt that Paris would have been liberated within days even if there had been no popular uprising. But France needed a redeeming event to restore French pride, to wipe away the stain ...

Pierre Antoine Supported by By Vivian Song The tunnel to the subterranean bunker that played a pivotal role in the liberation of Paris is long and narrow, each step down deceptively steep.

As the Germans descended on Paris in June 1940, Jean Texcier, who worked for France’s Ministry of Trade, printed some advice for Parisians on how to behave toward the occupiers. He put the ...

Eisenhower had a dilemma. Allied planners had concluded that the liberation of Paris should be delayed so as to not divert valuable resources away from important operations elsewhere. The city ...

Paris broken! Paris martyred! But Paris liberated!” It was a key inflection point as the Allies pushed on from the west and the Soviet Red Army from the eastern front to Berlin to extinguish the ...

In “Paris 1944: Occupation, Resistance, Liberation,” Patrick Bishop tells the stories of the individuals who lived through the four years of occupation, from German soldiers to French ...