Battle of Paris 1944

Just a short Video with a bit Sound, The Liberation of Paris (also known as the Battle for Paris) was a military action that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been ruled by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Second Compiègne Armistice on 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France. The liberation began when the French Forces of the Interior—the military structure of the French Resistance—staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army, led by General George Patton. On the night of 24 August, elements of General Philippe Leclerc’s 2nd French Armored Division (the 9ème Compagnie de Combat, Régiment de marche du Tchad, a mechanized infantry unit led by Captain Raymond Dronne, and composed primarily of exiled Spanish republicans), made its way into Paris and arrived at the Hôtel de Ville shortly befor