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Author Smith, Jean Edward, author.

Title The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, De Gaulle, and Von Choltitz saved the City of Light / Jean Edward Smith.

Publisher New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.

ISBN 9781501164927
1501164929



Location Call No. Status Message
 Point Place Branch Adult  940.5421 Smi    AVAILABLE  ---
 Washington Branch Adult  940.5421 Smi    AVAILABLE  ---

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Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description 242 pages : maps, portraits, photographs ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject(S) World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris.
Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
ISBN 9781501164927
1501164929